Some of my Australian friends bemoan that nationalism doesn't really seem to have legs in Australian politics. I have my suspicions as to why that's the case.
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The thing is, if the Chinese pragmatism and ruthlessness is tempered with Christian compassion, it could create a society that's high performance, practical and high enough in trust to be relatively pleasant to live in.
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And frankly, I fancy the chances of survival and success in evangelisation over warfare.
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I’ve heard of so-called “Home Churches” getting raided by Chinese authorities. And the Falun Gong sect of Buddhism is considered an “Enemy of the People”. Because China, like the rest of the COMINTERN, is a nation of “Godless Communists”.
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I hardly wished to imply the Chinese state was leaving it alone. Just that they're holding off on going full pogrom on Christians.
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The Chinese also have a complete lack of maintance culture that seesm completely baffling to Western observers. This puts them in a constant race to build new buildings before the old ones fall down.
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