also, item #6 is gunpowder; i think the chinese government wanted to remind the so-called west that all their wars have been fought with chinese technology for centuries
I'm pretty sure the document is not directed at anyone in the West (big hint: it's not in English) but rather for internal consumption. Hence also listing traditional Chinese medicine, which is irrelevant for the West, even historically, but plays an important domestic propaganda role as an equal-opportunity competitor to "Western" (i.e. evidence-based) medicine.
As for the technology used to fight wars, as early as the Ming dynasty, cannons were re-imported from Portugal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongyipao . Technology transfer has rarely been a one-way street.
it's a law, not a press release; both are largely motivated by public relations, but the dynamics are very different. in particular none of china's laws are in english, as i imagine none of the laws of your country (nigeria?) are in chinese
a lot of the particular traditional chinese medicines mentioned are not at all irrelevant to the west
Being unable to trust my ability to translate and parse the linked document, what particular traditional chinese medicines mentioned are relevant to the west?
he's fine, but iirc he said it was the worst pain he'd ever felt. it used to be a common athletic doping drug
the overall summary is that we're not talking about powdered rhino horn here. traditional 'western' medicine contains a mix of treatments that are ineffective (unicorn horn, usually bleeding), effective but dangerous (calomel, aconite, cocaine), and effective and safe (magnesia, willow bark). the same is true of traditional chinese medicine. the things listed here are all effective, perhaps too effective. i've had nightmares about cordycepin ever since i was a little kid studying organic chemistry
from http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/fms/202312/20231221153855374.pdf
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082201J 造纸技术 1.宣纸的生产工艺
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also, item #6 is gunpowder; i think the chinese government wanted to remind the so-called west that all their wars have been fought with chinese technology for centuries