Taiwan kicks out Chinese writer over slapping cure


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TAIPEI (AFP) ? Taiwan's government on Thursday ordered a Chinese writer to leave the island after he claimed that slapping a person's body can cure chronic disease.

Xiao Hongci drew criticism when he claimed that his "slapping therapy" had healing powers at a promotion in Taipei earlier this week, slapping a woman's arm red while demonstrating his technique.

"It takes seven days and it's 100 percent effective for diabetics. It can cure heart disease and high blood pressure too," Xiao said in footage aired by local television.

But his Taiwan tour has been cut short after he has been ordered to leave within seven days as well as paying a fine of Tw$50,000 ($1,600) for claiming healing effects for what is considered a "folk therapy", officials said.

"Xiao in on a tourist visa and he is not allowed to practise medicine here," said an immigration official.

Xiao has published a book on his "slapping therapy" in Taiwan which has reportedly sold more than half a million copies.

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Lane's Principle: "There is no problem which cannot be solved by suitable application of blunt force." ;)

That said, percussive massage has been used for hundreds, if not thousands, of years as a way to stimulate circulation and, in the case of cystic fibrosis and other similar conditions, to treat lung congestikn.

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"It takes seven days and it's 100 percent effective for diabetics. It can cure heart disease and high blood pressure too," Xiao said in footage aired by local television.

I just don't believe that.

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As ridiculous as it sounds, and as absurd as China's laws can sometimes be, if you look past the sensationalism of the article, you notice this little tidbit;

"Xiao in on a tourist visa and he is not allowed to practise medicine here," said an immigration official.

It doesn't matter what cure he came up with or even if he cured death, rules are rules. If he wasn't given permission to practice medicine, he shouldn't have been doing so and advertising it, the fool.

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