1.   Feng invited some prominent qigong masters to conduct experiments in which they used their hands to direct qi forces at test tubes of bacteria.

2.   Li went further than other self-styled qigong masters by marrying his exercises to an encompassing cosmology loosely based on Buddhist and Taoist tenets.

3.   Li had bitter disagreements with other qigong masters and the national qigong society expelled him, or he quit, in different versions of the story.

4.   The government sanctions qigong as a unique Chinese tradition, but condemns some charismatic qigong masters for using superstition to fool followers.