Understanding Chinese Qigong in the context of Western culture / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

ABSTRACT

It tries to present various perspectives on the value that Qigong brings to the Western world,responding to medical,creative and spiritual needs,and proposes a cultural approach to its dissemination that can encompass all its facets.In the current growth of China's soft power and the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative,there is a clear opportunity for the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Qigong abroad that shall bear fruit in the near future,gradually shifting the role of China in the world stagefrom a manufactured products supplier to a major influence in culture,lifestyle and thought.