Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s2.42

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Similarly, there is now greater interest in Chinese martial arts and Qigong in India. Many young Indians passionately follow the Chinese “kung-fu” from movies and television. Since 1980s, Indian scholars too have begun to study Chinese Qigong and make its comparison with the Indian Yoga. In 1990s, with greater inflow of young Chinese, many Indian students are learning Taiji from them. With the inclusion of the Chinese martial arts as an event in the Asian Games and the Olympics, several Wushu Associations and training centres have emerged in many places in India. The old Wushu Associations like the ones in Uttar Pradesh (in India) and other provinces have now many regular events and activities as well as closer linkages with such associations in China.