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Centralized religion has historically never existed or even anything close to it in China. And Xi has actually been a big booster for revival of the religious

Centralized religion has historically never existed or even anything close to it in China. And Xi has actually been a big booster for revival of the religious traditions that they do have. Every one of these threads is full of people doing a ctrl-f find/replace Russia/China on their cold war propaganda lessons. China's a different country, with a billion and a half people and a few thousand years of history that most Americans are completely ignorant of, but that doesn't stop them from being supremely confident in their takes.

iaw 6y ago
> And Xi has actually been a big booster for revival of the religious traditions that they do have. Tell that to the Uyghur's.
- wolco2 6y ago
  The Uyghur situation and the road to Europe being built over them will need to be resolved in Europe in the future. Religions can create allys. Saving this Islamic branch may go a way to reconnecting/reunderstanding the west and Islam.
aaomidi 6y ago
Centralized religion doesn't need to exist in China. Islam is worldwide. Christianity is worldwide. Judaism is worldwide. And many other faiths are worldwide.
- free_rms 6y ago
  And none of them are super-prevalent in China. They have a non-abrahamic tradition that's a weird localized mashup of buddhism, taoism, local city-gods and crazy statues. This thread is full of people who've never seen any of it confidently asserting How China Feels About Religion.
  - arcticbull 6y ago
    > And none of them are super-prevalent in China. I wonder why. [1] [1] https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-religion-in-china-a-historical-perspective https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-relig...
    - boomboomsubban 6y ago
      It's hard to put the blame solely on Communist China when Christianity's main attempt to take hold led in the Eight-Nation alliance invading China and massacring Christians.
  - aaomidi 6y ago
    Well the fact that they're killing Muslims is pretty telling about how they feel about other religions. Stop trying to white wash crimes against humanities
  - ordinaryradical 6y ago
    The fastest growing community of Christians on the planet was in China for the last 20 years or so. China is large, so it's hard to argue how that equates to prevalence. But in the next five years, the number of Chinese Christians is projected to grow to half the population of the entire United States—150 million. That may only be 15% of the population, but that's still significant.

iaw 6y ago

> And Xi has actually been a big booster for revival of the religious traditions that they do have. Tell that to the Uyghur's.

wolco2 6y ago
The Uyghur situation and the road to Europe being built over them will need to be resolved in Europe in the future. Religions can create allys. Saving this Islamic branch may go a way to reconnecting/reunderstanding the west and Islam.

aaomidi 6y ago

Centralized religion doesn't need to exist in China. Islam is worldwide. Christianity is worldwide. Judaism is worldwide. And many other faiths are worldwide.

free_rms 6y ago
And none of them are super-prevalent in China. They have a non-abrahamic tradition that's a weird localized mashup of buddhism, taoism, local city-gods and crazy statues. This thread is full of people who've never seen any of it confidently asserting How China Feels About Religion.
- arcticbull 6y ago
  > And none of them are super-prevalent in China. I wonder why. [1] [1] https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-religion-in-china-a-historical-perspective https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-relig...
  - boomboomsubban 6y ago
    It's hard to put the blame solely on Communist China when Christianity's main attempt to take hold led in the Eight-Nation alliance invading China and massacring Christians.
- aaomidi 6y ago
  Well the fact that they're killing Muslims is pretty telling about how they feel about other religions. Stop trying to white wash crimes against humanities
- ordinaryradical 6y ago
  The fastest growing community of Christians on the planet was in China for the last 20 years or so. China is large, so it's hard to argue how that equates to prevalence. But in the next five years, the number of Chinese Christians is projected to grow to half the population of the entire United States—150 million. That may only be 15% of the population, but that's still significant.