Qigong, Marxism, and the East/West Flip of Science and Mysticism

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Qigong is often seen in the West as mystical and esoteric, but in China it was reframed through Marxist vocabulary as scientific, materialist, and health-oriented. This article explores how that East/West flip happened — and what it means for how we understand Qigong today.