China unveils TCM training scheme for belt and road countries

China unveils TCM training scheme for belt and road countries

Yu Yanhong, director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said the international collaboration would focus on acupuncture research, herbal medicine studies, and evidence-based research in traditional medicine. “The plan is to train 1,300 professionals in the first batch over the next three years,” she said, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. “The initiative…

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Opinion | How ‘dragon bones’ shed new light on China’s history and its ancient societies

Opinion | How ‘dragon bones’ shed new light on China’s history and its ancient societies

Hong Kong authorities announced in October that dinosaur bone fossils had been discovered on Port Island, a remote, uninhabited island off the northeastern part of the special administrative region. Palaeoecological experts believe that the small bone fragments date back to the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago), and could be the remains of larger types…

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