Lecture | China Seminar
The Vanishing Chinese Pharmacies: The Current Landscape and Social Identity of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan
- Date
- Wednesday 3 December 2025
- Time
- Serie
- LIAS China Seminar
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 1.48
Abstract
In the past decade, more and more Chinese pharmacies across Taiwan have closed their doors. It can be because of modernization, government regulation, or changing lifestyles. But perhaps, the real question we should ask is: What does this tell us about how Taiwanese society sees traditional Chinese medicine today? In this talk, the current situation of TCM in Taiwan will be discussed— the challenges it faces, the transformations it’s going through, and how social recognition will determine its path forward.
Biography
Winder is professor in the Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources at the College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University in Taiwan. He also serves as Deputy Curator of the Lifu Museum of Chinese Medicine. At present, he is the Chair of Taiwan Studies at Leiden University.