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The Politics of Chinese Meditation

Mukul Devichand explores the practice of Qigong, breathing exercises designed to cultivate and harness the qi or inner energy. The practice is now highly sensitive in China.

Mukul Devichand explores the practice of Qigong, breathing exercises designed to cultivate and harness the qi or inner energy. After high-profile state confrontations with Qigong groups such as Falun Gong in the 1990s, the practice is now highly sensitive in China and many of its teachers and practitioners have fled to the west.

40 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Sep 200817:00
BBC Radio 4

Broadcasts

  • Tue 9 Sep 200820:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 14 Sep 200817:00
    BBC Radio 4