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In 1979, a newspaper article about [[Tang Yu]], a twelve-year-old boy in Sichuan who could allegedly read characters printed on folded paper using his ears, ignited a national fascination with claimed paranormal abilities. The [[Extraordinary Powers Craze]] that followed produced hundreds of reported "gifted children" across China and significant public controversy. Skeptical scientists wanted the claims investigated and exposed; others sought to exploit them. The question of whether the state would sanction research into the phenomena was unresolved.[^1]
Qian Xuesen provided the answer. Beginning around 1979 and continuing into the early 1980s, he published articles arguing that [[Extraordinary Human Body Function]] - his preferred scientific framing for what Western researchers called parapsychology - deserved serious scientific investigation within a socialist materialist framework. His argument was that [[qigong]] and related practices tapped genuine physical phenomena that existing science did not yet explain, but that the explanation would ultimately be materialist and could yield practical applications. He wrote that EHBF could be a scientific revolution comparable to the development of quantum mechanics.[^1]
Qian Xuesen provided the answer. Beginning around 1979 and continuing into the early 1980s, he published articles arguing that Extraordinary Human Body Function - his preferred scientific framing for what Western researchers called parapsychology - deserved serious scientific investigation within a socialist materialist framework. His argument was that [[qigong]] and related practices tapped genuine physical phenomena that existing science did not yet explain, but that the explanation would ultimately be materialist and could yield practical applications. He wrote that EHBF could be a scientific revolution comparable to the development of quantum mechanics.[^1]
The political and institutional consequences were immediate. Qian's endorsement provided the ideological cover for Communist Party officials to support EHBF research without appearing to sanction religious or superstitious beliefs. Military research institutes, academic laboratories, and hospitals established EHBF programs. The Chinese government's intelligence and security establishment took an interest in potential military applications. [[Hal Puthoff]]'s 1982 classified DIA report, "Psychoenergetics Research in the People's Republic of China," which Puthoff prepared for the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]]'s [[Psychoenergetics]] program, identified H.S. Tsien by name as the intellectual patron of Chinese EHBF research and documented the extent of state investment the program had attracted - intelligence that DIA officials cited as justification for continued American investment in the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Sun Streak]] and related programs.[^3]
The political and institutional consequences were immediate. Qian's endorsement provided the ideological cover for Communist Party officials to support EHBF research without appearing to sanction religious or superstitious beliefs. Military research institutes, academic laboratories, and hospitals established EHBF programs. The Chinese government's intelligence and security establishment took an interest in potential military applications. [[Hal Puthoff]]'s 1982 classified DIA report, "Psychoenergetics Research in the People's Republic of China," which Puthoff prepared for the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]]'s [[Psychoenergetics]] program, identified H.S. Tsien by name as the intellectual patron of Chinese EHBF research and documented the extent of state investment the program had attracted - intelligence that DIA officials cited as justification for continued American investment in the [[Stargate Project|Sun Streak]] and related programs.[^3]
### Later Life