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'Fengshui' stumbles along as debate continues Popularity regained "It's no news at all for fengshui to enter universities," said Professor Yu, who offered fengshui studies in the early 1990s as an elective course open to all students at Beijing University. "The auditorium was packed with more than 100 people each time." Professor Yu has also been giving lectures on fengshui at several universities in Hong Kong and Taiwan, where people have remained keen on the subject. "In fact, Fengshui is quite popular in many countries. A student from the Republic of Korea got the world's first PhD in Fengshui studies, in the U.S., in the 1970s," he said. "A Japanese professor once told me at least 110 universities in Japan offer fengshui courses." In the 1980s, fengshui became popular in Europe, too, he said. Mr. Cao, a self-proclaimed "fengshui expert" who has registered at the training program in Nanjing, said there's massive potential for him in the countryside. "The villagers often consult a fengshui master when they need to build a new house or misfortunes keep haunting their families," said Cao, from Gaochun county on the outskirts of Nanjing. Another fengshui practitioner based in Nanjing said at least 70percent of the city's real estate projects are appraised by fengshui masters before construction starts. Whether it is science or superstition, today's fengshui consulting service is almost 100 percent commercial, said Prof. Cai Dafeng with the Shanghai-based Tongji University. "Fengshui undoubtedly deserves further research from the folk culture and architecture standpoints, but it's irresponsible to promote it merely for economic reasons," said Professor Cai. Enditem
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