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1、December28,1999HealthSectsinChinaThrive,IfAuthoritiesSeeNoThreatByERIKECKHOLMMostmorningsinalargeparkinwesternBeijing,nearthestonemarkerlabeledOasisofLife,hundredsofcancerpatientspracticeritualexercisesastheytrytoharnesstheinvisibleforcesofqigongtofighttheirdisease.''HAAA!HAAA!''shoutthosewithlungc
2、ancer,tryingtoexpel''bad''elementsfromtheirlungsastheytakeastylizedwalk.Otherpatientssimplystrideinadeliberatewayforfourhoursatatime,theirarmsshiftinginaprescribedfashion.AdozennewcomerscirclearoundYuDayuan,adiscipleoftheGuoLinschoolofanti-cancerqigong,namedforthelatemasterwhodevelopeditinthe1970's
3、.Manyofthenoviceshavealreadyenduredsurgeryorchemotherapyandbeentoldthattheircasesarehopeless.Theyhavecometolearnhowtomobilizetheforcesofqithataresaidtoresideinthebodyandtheenvironment.Theylearnthetrademarkmeditativewalk,andtheyhearMr.Yu'supliftingspeech.''Don'tworry,''hesays.''Evenifyoudidn'thaveca
4、nceryou'ddiesomeday.Therearebenefitstobeingacancerpatient:yourfamilywilltakegoodcareofyouandgiveyounutritiousfood.''''Butthenegativeside,''headds,''isthatyouhavetogothroughsurgery,andyoumaydie.''Thisthrivinganti-cancermovement,repletewiththetestimonialsofcuredpatients,isoneofhundredsofvariantsofqig
5、ong(pronouncedchee-goong)thatcontinueoperatinginChina,evenastheauthoritiespursuetheirharshcrackdownononeprominentoffshoot,FalunGong,andstepuptheirscrutinyoftheothers.Theofficialacceptanceofsomeqigongsectswhileothersarecrushedispartofatwo-decade,oftentortuouseffortbythegovernmenttodistinguishsuppose
6、dlyscientific,beneficialqigongfrompracticesthatarelabeledsuperstitiousandthencurbed.Officiallybrandedasasuperstitious''evilcult,''FalunGongwasbannedinJuly.OnSunday,fourleadersweregivenstiffprisonsentencesfor,amongothercharges,allegedlytellingillfollowersthattheycoulddispensewithconventionalmedicine
7、.SincethecampaigntoeradicateFalunGongbegan,attendanceintheanti-cancergrouphereinYuyuantanParkhasdroppedoffsharply,Mr.Yu,himselfalong-termcancersurvivor,madeapointofsaying,becausepeoplefearattractingtheatten
