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ISBN10: 0195329058, ISBN13: 9780195329056, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Very much notations and underlines. Library book.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 2008. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2008. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195329058 9780195329056 [US]

ISBN10: 0195329058, ISBN13: 9780195329056, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 0195329058, ISBN13: 9780195329056, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 0195329058, ISBN13: 9780195329056, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. On April 25, 1999, ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Zhongnanhai, the guarded compound where China's highest leaders live and work, in a day-long peaceful protest of police brutality against fellow practitioners in the neighboring city of Tianjin. Stunned and surprised, China's leaders launched a campaign of brutal suppression against the group which continues to this day. This book, written by a leading scholar of the history of this Chinesepopular religion, is the first to offer a full explanation of what Falun Gong is and where it came from, placing the group in the broader context of the modern history of Chinese religion as well asthe particular context of post-Mao China. Falun Gong began as a form of qigong, a general name describing physical and mental disciplines based loosely on traditional Chinese medical and spiritual practices. Qigong was "invented" in the 1950s by members of the Chinese medical establishment who were worried that China's traditional healing arts would be lost as China modeled its new socialist health care system on Western biomedicine. In the late 1970s,Chinese scientists "discovered" that qi possessed genuine scientific qualities, which allowed qigong to become part of China's drive for modernization. With the support of China's leadership, qigong became ...
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Oxford University Press, Date: 2008-04-16. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2008. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195329058 9780195329056 [US]