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Updated: 2016-08-26 12:15

(China Daily USA)

Science and tradition - New York

Doctors and researchers gather at UN headquarters on Wednesday to discuss the uses of traditional Chinese medicine against cancer and how to best promote the alternative therapy abroad as it gains wider recognition in the ainstream. 'Theory and practice must be combined together,' said Zhang Baoyu,director of Chinese medicine at the Nina Xia Zhang's Hui Bonesetting Hospital. 'We are very grateful that our country has developed so rapidly, and we hope in the future we can treat and alleviate the pain of more patients.' Amy He / China Daily