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Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300410018-1 Zha-McConnell: 09-Jun-90 Parapsychology in the People’s Republic of China page 16 2. Targets must be sealed using tamper-proof methods--"irreversible" is the Chinese term. 3. There must be continuous, on-site, multi-angle observation by experimenters or by video tape. These requirements have led researchers to believe that their reported results are real, and that the effect is PK acting on the target. When the use of modern instruments becomes unavoidable, it is believed that the experimental protocol must be arranged so that the subject is away from the instruments and without knowledge of when or how the surveillance and analysis of targets is performed. 4, Psi as a personally developable skill It is assumed as a matter of course in P.R.C. that psychic ability, as well as other benefits, can be developed through the practice of qigong. In the West, by contrast, the serious literature largely ignores training and stresses conditions at the time of the experiment. 5. Areas not studied Although investigations of apparitions, poltergeists, hauntings, and survival of death (including mediumship, channeling, and reincarnation) are not formally banned in P.R.C., these topics are often considered to be sensitive, and thus are not reported as being formally studied because of concer about their ideological inappropriateness under the compelling guidelines of Marxist materialism. Moreover, researchers are comparatively ignorant conceming these psychic research topics. Some experimenters briefly investigated such areas earlier, but soon became targets for attack by Mr. Yu Guangyuan and others. It seems that no one has mentioned these topics openly since then. . References!2 Ao Dalun (1986). Realities and the myths around us. Qigong Yu Kexue (Qigong and Science), No. 3. Chai Jianyu, & Zhao Yong (1981). A preliminary detection of interactions between the extraordinary function of the human body and matter. Ziran Zazhi (Nature Journal) 4, 892-894, 936. Chen Hsin, & Mei Lei (1983). Study of the extraordinary function of the human body in China. In W. G. Roll, J. Beloff, & R. A. White (Eds.), Research in Parapsychology 1982 (pp. 278-282). Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press. (In English.) Chen Yi, Li Chunpu, Hao Shucheng, Cheng Shaoen, Yan Hongcheng, Li Shoucheng, Liu Xingde, Qi Yuhua, Feng - ~ ~Chunfeng; Zhang Tianhua, Guan Tonglin,-Wang-Zhiliang; Gao Feng, Gao Chuncheng, Wang Zheyue, Yue Peizhi, & Lu Fengqin (1981). Preliminary results of human magnifying function. Ziran Zazhi (Nature Journal), 4,185-186. Cheng Shouliang, He Muyan, Wang Chu, Zheng Lemin, Zhao Shaoyuan, Zhang Zuqi, Liu Zhaoqian, & Wu Baogang (1979). Preliminary report on a special inductive function in the human body (II): The generality question. Ziran Zazhi (Nature Journal), 2, 334-335. Combined Committee for EFHB Tests (1983). Report on tests of the authenticity of EFHB. Renti Teyigongneng Yanjiu (EFHB Research), 1, 9-22. Dong, P. (1984). The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. (In English.) EFHB Research Group of Yunnan University (1981). Preliminary measurements of EFHB mechanical effect. Ziran Zazhi (Nature Journal), 4, 347-350. 121n the P.R.C. authoritative statements about sensitive topics frequently appear in serial publications of restricted circulation. Later, these statements may be quoted or paraphrased in an unrestricted journal and, in this way, become available for quotation in writings intended for foreign publication. In China, papers abstracted in another journal keep their original titles unless otherwise indicated. In the present list, references are in Chinese unless notated "(in English)". The reader will notice the absence of Chinese research papers in foreign journals.. Such papers would require official approval before submission, and, for the present, such approval is not likely to be forthcoming. Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300410018-1