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Crisis a chance for TCM to go global?
It is China's opportunity to project soft power if traditional medicine's efficacy is confirmed
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A staff member preparing traditional Chinese medicine at a Liaoning hospital on Thursday. China has turned to TCM along with Western treatment as part of clinical trials to overcome the coronavirus epidemic.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
What's in a name?
When China first wowed the world with an announcement that it would build a 1,000-bed hospital in 10 days on the outskirts of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic, the authorities did not have a name for it.
