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So the real story is he proposed doing scientifically valid testing, which could easily disprove their efficacy - and that somehow turned into "the experiments
by dakom 7y ago
So the real story is he proposed doing scientifically valid testing, which could easily disprove their efficacy - and that somehow turned into "the experiments give some hope for the treatment of the novel coronavirus" ... due to a bad English translation?
- chalst 7y agoNo, the story is that he wants yes-men on the panel that assesses their efficacy, not independent scientists.
- dakom 7y agoSorry - I am having trouble following this. You're saying Xi Jinping wanted yes-men in order to push the herbal remedies, and Zhong Nanshan wanted real science?
- baybal2 7y ago> ... due to a bad English translation? Not simply bad, but like a 180⁰ of the original meaning. Well, there is rich context to this. Chinese mainland media has been for weeks escalating the "herbal remedies" craze, and Xi somehow managed to insert himself even there. Now the media (propaganda ministry) can't back off, because Xi will look like an idiot if they are to back off and acknowledge how foolish it is. For Zhong, a man with a known anti-quackery sentiment, not speaking in single voice with CPC's herbal remedy peddlers, was enough to be seen as somebody not standing in line.
- dakom 7y agoGotcha, thanks for the breakdown! What a world...
- netsharc 7y agohttps://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/08/31/china-is-ramping-up-its-promotion-of-its-ancient-medical-arts https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/08/31/china-is-rampin... Apparently not just weeks, but for a long time. Imagine if homeopathy became a point of something the government says we have to see as cultural/national pride. And is prescribed by doctors/hospitals because of that, and scientific analysis has to show the results that also reflect that...