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March 17, 1929, because the nationalist government had the proposal to abolish traditional Chinese medicine. 300 representatives gathered in Shanghai to pledge for canceling the decision, and they succeeded. The conflicts of between Chinese and Western medicine are a miniature of China's modernization. The points are not simply scientific, but are also involved in cultural and political factors. For example you may refer to our research finding: Sean Hsiang-lin Lei, “From Changshan to a New Anti-malarial Drug: Re-networking Chinese Drugs and Excluding Traditional Doctors”.
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