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It all began with a WeChat message from my friend. We hadn’t seen each other in a while. She had left Beijing for a quieter, more remote town and her social media updates suggested she was diving deeper into guoxue – “national studies”, or the study of traditional Chinese culture – Buddhist philosophy and other spiritual pursuits…
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Why are urban Chinese like my friend falling for guoxue scams?
Becki Pepper
09:24
It all began with a WeChat message from my friend. We hadn’t seen each other in a while. She had left Beijing for a quieter, more remote town and her social media updates suggested she was diving deeper into guoxue – “national studies”, or the study of traditional Chinese culture – Buddhist philosophy and other
