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Article: Feng Shui makes a comeback after taboo years in China.(Opinion/Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- August 20, 2001
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SHANGHAI - Once derided by revolutionaries as a feudal superstition, the ancient discipline of Feng Shui is now guiding the design of buildings from government offices to state banks in mainland China.
"Many government officials have consulted me about their houses and offices, but if they are senior they send someone else to visit me on their behalf" to avoid embarrassment, said Zhang Lijin, a Feng Shui master who manages his own company in Shanghai.
Despite the Chinese Communist Party's nominal adherence to a scientific Marxist world view, traditional Chinese beliefs about the harmony of the universe are still prevalent and are gaining ground ...