TAKE 1 OF 3 -- CPC'S CRACKDOWN ON QIGONG BODIES VIEWED

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SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 3--CPC's CRACKDOWN ON QIGONG BODIES VIEWED
SOURCE: HONG KONG TANGTAI IN CHINESE N0. 39,(25 AUG 90,}PP 14-15
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//((ARTICLE: BY CHI TA (1323 6671): "THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TAKE
ACTION TO PURGE THE 'QIGONG PARTY "'))
((TEXT)) ((EDITOR'S NOTES)) IN CHINA, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PRACTICING QIGONG ((HEALTH REGIMEN INVOLVING BREATHING EXERCISES AND
MEDITATION)) EXERCISES AND BELIEVING IN QIGONG EXCEEDS 200 MILLION,
AND VARIOUS TYPES OF "QIGONG INSTITUTES" HAVE OVER 50 MILLION
MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ORDINARY CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY REPLACED COMMUNISM WITH QIGONG IN THEIR MINDS, AND THE
POLITICAL OLD MEN IN BEIJING ALSO DEPEND ON QIGONG TO SUSTAIN THEIR
LIVES. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, THE CPC HA5 BECOME AWARE. OF THE THREAT
POSED BY THE QIGONG PARTY, AND IS PURGING THE QIGONG CIRCLES. {(END
EDITOR'S NOTES})
QIGONG HAS AN ENORMOUS POWER AND MARKET IN TODAY'S MAINLAND
CHINA.. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL CPC BULLETINS, 50 MILLION PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY PRACTICE QIGONG EXERCISES. HOWEVER, THIS IS ONLY
A CONSERVATIVE FIGURE. IN CHINA, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIRECTLY
PRACTICING QIGONG EXERCISES AND BELIEVING IN QIGONG EXCEEDS 200
MILLION, AND THEY ARE CALLED THE "QIGONG PARTY." RECENTLY, THE CPC
HAS BEGUN TO PURIFY THE QIGONG PARTY AND ARRESTED SOME ''QIGONG
MASTERS" WHO ARE CELEBRATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NUMEROUS PEOPLE ARE
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ALSO INVOLVED. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, "QIGONG" HAS BECOME AN
INCOMPARABLY HOT TOPIC AND HAS DRAWN PEOPLE'S PARTICULAR ATTENTION.
MANY LEADERS ALSO BELIEVE IN QIGONG ((SUBHEAD)}
BESIDES THE CPC, THE ONLY LEGITIMATE ASSOCIATION THAT HAS SPREAD
MOST SUCCESSFULLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IS THE "QIGONG
ASSOCIATION." IT I5 A NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. AMONG THE
BELIEVERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE SUPREME LEADERS LIKE DENG XIAOPING,
YANG SHANGKUN, WANG RENZHONG, PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER WANG FANG,
AND POLITICAL BUREAU MEMBER HU QILI WHO HAS ALREADY STEPPED DOWN;
MEDIUM-LEVEL LEADERS SUCH AS MINISTERS AT ALL LEVELS, PROVINCIAL
.LEADING CADRES, INTELLECTUALS, GRASSROOTS LEADERS; AND THE
GRASSROOTS SUCH AS WORKERS AND PEASANTS.
THE REASON "QIGONG MASTERS" ARE CELEBRATED IS THAT IN THE FIRST
PLACE THEY PAY MEDICAL ATTENTION TO SENIOR CPC LEADERS. CELEBRATED
QIGONG MASTERS YAN XIN, ZHANG XIANGYU, ZHU HETING, AND OTHERS WON
THEIR FAME ACROSS THE COUNTRY AFTER CURING SENIOR LEADERS IN BEIJING
BY USING THEIR QI ((POWER OF BREATH}). SOME FAMOUS QIGONG
PERSONALITIES SAID. EACH OF THE EIGHT "OLD gNES" (DENG XIAOPING~
CHEN YUN, YANG SHANGKUN. DENG Y NG
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MOREOVER, SINCE QIGONG MASTERS PRACTICE DIVINATION ACCORDING 'TO' THE
"I-CHING" ((BOOK OF CHANGES)), THEY CAN CARRY ON POLITICAL STRUGGLES
WITH THEIR OPPONENTS. SOME POLITICIANS IN ZHONGNANHAI ALWAYS TAKE
COUNSEL WITH THEIR QIGONG MASTERS IN "MAKING A MOVE," "CHANGING IT,"
AND "R}??NING TO THE DEFENSIVE." NOW IN ZHONGNANHAI OVER 200
QIGONG MASTERS, OR "BODY-PROTECTING DOCTORS" AND "ADVANCED BRAIN
TRUSTERS" ARE EMPLOYED. THEY GO WITH THEIR LEADERS ON THEIR TRIPS
AND VISITS, AND LIVE WITH THEM. THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE REPORTED:
YANG SHANGKUN GREATLY ENJOYS CHATTING WITH HIS QIGONG MASTERS.
WANG RENZHONG WAS CURED OF HIS BACK PAIN, WHICH HAD LASTED FOR MANY
YEARS, BY A QIGONG MASTER INVITED FROM THE HILLS IN HUNAN PROVINCE.
CHEN YUN NEEDS FOUR QIGONG MASTERS, COMING FROM YUNNAN AND THE
NORTHEAST, TO SUPPLY HIM WITH QI TO SUSTAIN HIS LIFE IN ADDITION TO
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. HU QILI HAS PRACTICED QIGONG EXERCISES FOR OVER
A DOZEN YEARS; WHEN THE POLITICAL BUREAU DEMANDED ITS MEMBERS TO
EXPRESS THEIR STAND BEFORE "4 JUNE" HE FELT CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
AT-LAST, BY RELYING ON "QIGONG," HE BELIEVED THAT HE OUGHT TO ACT
ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE. 50 HE SUPPORTED ZHAO ZIYANG INDIRECTLY.
TWO THOUSAND QIGONG MASTERS ARE EMPLOYED AT ALL. LEADERSHIP STRATA
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ((SUBHEAD))
IN-.THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL PROVINCES AND,CITIES-ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
NEARLY 2,000 QIGONG MASTERS ARE EMPLOYED. HAVING THE SPECIAL
CONVENIENCES,. THESE LEADERS ARE ABLE TO FIND SOME OUTSTANDING QIGONG
PERSONALITIES. THEY EITHER RETAIN THEM BY THEIR SIDE OR RECOMMEND
THEM TO THEIR "OLD SENIORS." WHENEVER YU FEI, VICE-GOVERNOR OF
GUANGDONG PROVINCE, FLIES TO HONG KONG OR VISLTS OTHER COUNTRIES, HE
.MUST HAVE A QIGONG MASTER WITH HIM.
SINCE-19$5, QIGONG HAS BECOME POPULAR IN CHINA,. AND "QIGONG
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TEACHERS" HAVE BECOME SPECIAL PERSONALITIES. ANY CELEBRATED QIGONG
PERFORMER DEFINITELY COMES FROM A CERTAIN IMPORTANT FIGURE. THEY
ARE WELL INFORMED, LIVE AN EASY LIFE, AND ARE INVITED HERE. AND THERE
BY OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS. WHENEVER A BIG EVENT OCCURS OR A VERY
SENSITIVE PROBLEM CROPS UP IN THE MAINLAND'S POLITICAL CIRCLE,
RELEVANT PEOPLE FREQUENTLY ASK THE HELP OF QIGONG MASTERS. IN FACT,
IT IS RARE FOR MEDIUM-LEVEL AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN CHINA TO HAVE NO
QIGONG MASTERS BY THEIR SIDE OR NO FRIENDS IN THE QIGONG CIRCLE. IN
CHINA, QIGONG HAS BECOME A KIND OF POLITICS. THOSE WHO KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT CHINA'S QIGONG AND THE "I-CHING" HAVE MUCH DIFFICULTY
BECOMING SENIOR OFFICIALS OR MAKING A FORTUNE. A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF
THE STATE COMMISSION FOR RESTRUCTURING THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM SAID:
"THERE IS ENDLESS WONDER IN IT. TF YOU ARE CONVERSANT WITH QIGONG
AND THE RULES OF CHANGE, YOU WILL BE AS GOOD IN CHINA AS A FISH
SWIMMING IN THE_WATER, CONTROLLING THINGS AS YOU PLEASE,"
/~~*~~~ BEGINNING OF TAKE 002 ~'**~'~'#/
REF: HK1109052390 HONG KONG TANGTAI CHINESE N0. 39, 25 AUG///AS
YOU PLEASE."
((TEXT)) MEMBERS OF QIGONG BODIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TOTAL
MORE THAN 20 MILLION ((SUBHEAD))
THE COMMON PEOPLE THINK THAT SINCE "PUBLIC OFFICIALS" SET STORE
BY QIGONG, IT MUST BE "GENUINE." MOREOVER, SINCE OLD TIMES PEOPLE
HAVE HAD THE TRADITION AND CUSTOM OF USING WUSHU {{MARTIAL ARTS})
AND QIGONG FOR HEALING PURPOSES, AND ORDINARY CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE
ESTEEMED IT AND ARDENTLY LOVED IT. IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY,
SPECIAL NONGOVERNMENTAL "QIGONG BODIES" HAVE BEEN SET UP. NOW THERE
ARE OVER. 30 BODIES, SIMILAR IN NATURE TO THE "QIGONG ASSOCIATION,"
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HAVING OVER 20 MILLION MEMBERS. IN BEIJING AND
SHANGHAI, THEY HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS EACH. THE QIGONG YU
KEXUE ((QIGONG AND SCIENCE)) MONTHLY MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN GUANGZHOU
SELLS. NEARLY ONE MILLION COPIES PER ISSUE. SOME UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNITS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AS WELL AS CIVIL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS, SPORTS DEPARTMENTS, TRADE UNIONS, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ARE CARRYING OUT DIFFERENT QIGONG ACTIVITIES, HOLDING VARIOUS KINDS
OF SYMPOSIUMS ON QIGONG, AND GIVING PUBLIC LECTURES ACCOMPANIED BY
QIGONG DEMONSTRATIONS. IN 1988, SEVERAL DOZEN SUCH LECTURES WERE
GIVEN IN EACH-BIG. CITY INCLUDING SHANGHAI, GUANGZHOU, BEIJING, XIAN,
WUHAN, AND KUNMING; OVER 60 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
ATTENDED THEM, TICKETS FOR MASTER YANXIN'S DEMONSTRATION LECTURES
AT THE WORKERS' GYMNASIUM IN BEIJING AND THE TIANHE GYMNASIUM IN
GUANGZHOU COST FROM AS MUCH AS 20 YUAN TO 100 YUAN, AND EACH SESSION
LASTED 12 HOURS AND HAD AN AUDIENCE OF 5,000 TO 6,000 PEOPLE. THEY
BROUGHT THEIR FOOD AND SAT AT THE. GYMNASIUM PRACTICING QIGONG ALL
EVENING, FANATICALLY ENGROSSED.
QIGONG IN SOME PLACES OF CHINA IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO HARD
EXERCISES SUCH AS CUTTING GOLD AND CRACKING JADE, GRAPPLING WITH AND
OVERPOWERING OTHERS, LEAPING ONTO ROOFS AND VAULTING OVER WALLS, OR
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EVEN TO THE SOFT EXERCISES SUCH AS HEALING AND KEEPING PEOPLE FIT
AND HEALTHY. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE MAINLAND'S NUMEROUS MYSTICAL
KNOWLEDGE AND ARTS SUCH AS I-CHING STUDIES, FORTUNE-TELLING,
DIVINATION, SPECIAL HUMAN FUNCTIONS, AS WELL A5 WITCHCRAFT, PSYCHIC
ARTS, AND FENGSHUI ((CHINESE GEOMANCY)?. THEY ALL CONSCIOUSLY OR
UNCONSCIOUSLY FALL INTO THE BOUNDARY OF QIGONG FUNCTIONS.
THE CPC NO LONGER PUBLICLY PROMOTES QIGONG ((SUBHEAD))
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AT THE BACK OF QIGONG FUNCTIONS LIES A WHOLE
SET OF CULTURES TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM COMMUNISM. THOSE PRACTICING
QIGONG BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE GODS AND SPIRITS IN THE HEAVENS, AND
THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE SOULS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS
NEITHER PHYSICAL NOR CONCEPTUAL, BUT IS THE INDESCRIBABLE "WORD"
((DAO 6670)) AND ELEMENTS, OR THE "ELEMENTARY BREATH." TO THE
MODERN MAN,. THEY ARE "NONEXISTENT," WHILE ON A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
QIGONG THEY REALLY EXIST. ON THIS LEVEL, PEOPLE CAN DIRECTLY
PERCEIVE THE WORLD AND SIMPLY AND ACCURATELY MASTER IT. HUMAN
BIRTH, AGE,. ILLNESS, AND DEATH AND THE WORLD'S MEETING AND
SEPARATION ALL HAVE BECOME SIMPLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE. ALL ARE
INEVITABLE AND FATALISTIC, AND VOID AND EMPTY. THE CHINESE PEOPLE
HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE CPC'S PROMISES, AND SO THEY USE "QIGONG"
OR SIMILAR BELIEFS TO FILL THE VACUUM IN THEIR SOULS. THIS IS,
INDEED, A GREAT SATIRE ON THE FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF MARXISM.
THE CPG TAKES A VERY UTILITARIAN AND PRACTICAL ATTITUDE TOWARD
QIGONG. WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS BEGINNING FROM THE TIME BEFORE "4
JUNE" TO THE TIME AFTER IT, THE CPC ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED PEOPLE
TO PRACTICE QIGONG. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FREQUENTLY PROMOTED
AND INTRODUCED QIGONG KNOWLEDGE, AND THE GOVERNMENT ALSO HELD
SYMPOSIUMS ON QIGONG FREQUENTLY. BECAUSE AT THAT TIME "QIGONG" WAS
NOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS. IT NEITHER. ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW THE CPC
NOR DEMANDED IT TO SPEED UP REFORM IN ANY FORM. IN THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE QIGONG CRAZE SPREAD AS NEVER BEFORE. SINCE ?f4
JUNE," THE QIGONG PARTY HAS BECOME-MORE WIDESPREAD, AND PEOPLE
GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT THE LIVES OF THE SEVERAL OLD MEN IN POWER ARE
SUSTAINED BY QIGONG MASTERS. SOME INNER INFORMATION SPREAD THAT
THEY KNEW BEFOREHAND THAT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME THE CPC WOULD
DEFINLTELY LOSE MORE OF THE PEOPLE'S SUPPORT, AND THAT "4 JUNE"
WOULD BE "REDRESSED." IT ALSO DISCLOSED THE LIFESPANS OF THE
POLITICAL OLD MEN OF THE CPC. IN OCTOBER 1989, A NUMBER OF
NATIONAL CELEBRATED QIGONG MASTERS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN
TO THE HILLS AND CONTINUE TO LIVE THE HERMIT'S LIFE. THEY ESTIMATED
THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE THE HILLS AGAIN AFTER "4 JUNE" HAS BEEN
REDRESSED. THESE KINDS OF MYSTERIES HAVE CAUSED MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN
THE "QIGONG PARTY." MOREOVER, SINCE "4 JUNE," INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
HAS SLOWED DOWN AND INTELLECTUALS HAVE BECOME SILENT, THEREFORE
PEOPLE HAVE MORE SPARE TIME FOR CONCENTRATING ON "QIGONG" EXERCISES.
IN RECENT MONTHS, HOWEVER, THE CPC TOP HIERARCHY HAS COME TO KNOW
THAT THIS QIGONG PARTY, WHICH APPEARS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH
POLITICS, EMBRACES LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AS ITS BASIS ON THE ONE
HAND, AND IS ACTUALLY PLAYING A ROLE OF CAUSING PEOPLE TO WAIT
.NEGATIVELY AND NOT TO COOPERATE WITH THE CPC BY PEACEFUL MEANS ON
THE OTHER... NOW-THE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE MORALE AND ENTHUSIASM TO
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RESPOND TO THE CPC'S APPEALS, CAUSIIJG DIFFICULTTES FOR THE NATIONAL
ECONOMY.
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REF: HK1109052390 HONG KONG TANGTAI CHINESE N0. 39, 25 AUG///THE
NATIONAL. ECONOMY.
(.(TEXT)) .((PARAGRAPH CONTINUES}) MOREOVER, POLITICALLY
SPEAKING, IN THE EYES OF THE CPC, ONCE THESE KINDS OF BODIES, WHICH
ARE NOT POLITICALLY-ORIENTED AND HAVE NEARLY 200 MILLION-MEMBERS,
BECOME AN INDEPENDENT-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM, ITS VERY EXISTENCE
POSES A THREAT. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THESE NATIONAL CELEBRATED
QIGONG MASTERS WILL PLAY A PART iN WAKING THE PEOPLE UP.
THE "NATURAL CENTER ASSOCIATION" DISBANDED ((SUBHEAD))
THE CPC IS BEGINNING TO PURGE SOME QIGONG BODIES, AND THE MOST
FAR-REACHING CASE WAS THE ARREST OF "QIGONG MASTER" ZHANG XIANGYU IN
BEIJING. ALTHOUGH SHE ONCE DONATED TWO MILLION YUAN TO THE ASIAN
GAMES, HER GROUP THE "NATURAL-CENTER ASSOCIATION" WAS FORCED TO
DISBAND. THE CPC HAS STIPULATED THAT NO INTER-PROVINCIAL AND INTER-
CITY QIGONG ASSOCIATIONS BE ALLOWED TO BE ESTABLISHED, THAT NO
QIGONG PROFESSIONALS BE ALLOWED TO START UP BUSINESSES WITHOUT
MEDICAL DIPLOMAS AWARDED BY THE STATE, AND THAT LARGE PUBLIC QIGONG
LECTURES NO LONGER BE ALLOWED. THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL PROVINGES AND
CITIES HAVE TAKEN EMERGENCY MEASURES BY PROMULGATING THE "TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR QIGONG PHYSICAL TRAINING."
THE GOVERNMENTS OF SHANGHAI, BEIJING, GUANGZHOU, XIAN, AND OTHER
PLACES~HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED "OFFICES MANAGING QIGONG FOR PHYSICAL
TRAINING." THE OFFICE DIRECTOR IN SHANGHAI IS CALLED ZHANG DEJUN.
HE SAID: "THE OFFICE MANAGES QIGONG-TREATMENT BODIES IN THE
MUNICIPALITY.. SHANGHAI HAS FORMULATED 14 ARTICLES FOR THEIR
MANAGEMENT AN.D RECTIFICATION. AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS CAN BE
DIALLED FOR THE SUPERVISION OF AND REPORTING ABOUT QIGONG TEACHERS."
AND BEIJING RIBAO IS BEGINNING TO WRITE ARTICLES SATIRICALLY
CRITICIZING QIGONG PERSONALITIES HEADED BY ZHANG. XIANGYU. THE
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF CHINA AND THE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICAL CIRCLES
IN BEIJING HAVE, AT THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST, ALSO DENOUNCED QIGONG
AS A SUPERSTITION AND A MAGIC ART USED BY SOME TO CHEAT PEOPLE OF
MONEY AND FOOL PEOPLE. THE FAMOUS WRITER KE YUNLU'S NOVEL "THE
GREAT QIGONG MASTER," WHIGH DISSEMINATES QIGONG, WAS ALSO BANNED,
AND HE WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE OF "~ JUNE."
ORDINARY CHINESE PEOPLE HOLD THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION IN CONTEMPT,
GENERALLY. BELIEVING THAT THE GOVERNMENT "ONLY ALLOWS ITSELF TO DO A
LOT OF UNREASONABLE THINGS BUT DOES NOT ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO DO A
SINGLE REASONABLE THING." THE CPC TOP HIERARCHY STILLS WORSHIPS
QIGONG AND IS VIGOROUSLY LOOKING FOR GIFTED QIGONG PEOPLE. IT IS
SAID THAT ZHANG XIANGYU GOT INTO TROUBLE AFTER SNEERING AT YANG
SHANGKUN FOR ORDERING SOLDIERS TO FIRE AT STUDENTS AND WARNED HIM
THAT HE WOULD END UP BAD, AT A MEDICAL CONSULTATION AFTER "4 JUNE."
SINCE TOO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN QIGONG, THE GOVERNMENT. WAS MORE
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CAREFUL IN MAKING THIS MOVE AND DARED NOT BE RECKLESS THIS TIME.
IT I5 A POPULAR SAYING AMONG THE PEOPLE ON THE MAINLAND THAT THE
FACT THAT THIS KIND OF NIHILISM SPREADS WIDE IS THE PRELUDE TO THE
CHANGE OF REGIMES AS ATTESTED IN HISTORY. ALTHOUGH. THIS IS ONLY A
HOPE, IT ALSO REFLECTS SOME PEOPLE'S THINKING.
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