The elderly traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners in the second row felt their expressions darken, a wave of displeasure washing over them. They had hoped to use today’s symposium—with three thousand medical students in attendance—as an opportunity to properly promote and celebrate TCM culture. Instead, the moment Dr. Bai, the representative for Western medicine, took the stage, he set the tone for the entire event.
This wasn't a symposium on the exchange between Eastern and Western medicine; it was clearly a denunciation of TCM.
Though advanced in age, these doctors were far from slow-witted. It was obvious that Dr. Bai’s opening remarks had been meticulously prepared and approved by the university administration. Glancing at the vice president and the Western medicine practitioners in the front row, one could see they showed no signs of surprise; instead, they wore faint, smug expressions of triumph.
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