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created: 2025-07-23
updated: 2025-07-23
title: Extraordinary Powers Craze
tags:
- event
- China
- psi
description: The Extraordinary Powers Craze was a period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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The [[Extraordinary Powers Craze]] was a period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in [[China]] during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was sparked by a 1979 newspaper article about a twelve-year-old boy named Tang Yu who could allegedly read with his ears.[^1]
This event led to a nationwide fascination with [[Extraordinary Human Body Function]] (EHBF), with numerous reports of children and adults demonstrating psychic abilities such as [[ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis]]. The Chinese government, influenced by the scientist [[Qian Xuesen]], officially sanctioned research into these phenomena, leading to the establishment of research institutes and a surge in the practice of [[qigong]].[^1]
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[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.