The use of Christianity to further the Anglo-Saxon
Imperialist doctrine is never in doubt. The Native American Indians were
the first victims, closing their eyes to pray on being given the Bible
and then opening their eyes and found that they had lost their land. The
Bible in exchange for their land. This Native Indian saying is so spot
on.
And that has also happened to the Australian Aborigines and
the natives of the Pacific Islands. Here in ASEAN, the Philippines is
another perfect example of being betrayed by religion and kept being
poor by human overproduction resulting from overindulgence in religion.
The
Anglo-Saxon Imperialist tried that in India and China as well,
attempting to use Christianity to convert these two Asian giants but
failed. The difficulty of converting Indians and Chinese was their
deep-rooted heritage of thousands of years, that helped them see the
implications espouse by the early missionaries. Moreover, India and
China already have different well established religious base that have
kept the people relatively satisfied with the status quo.
As Lee
Kuan Yew pointed out, the Confucian and folk beliefs in China had given
the Chinese people the comfort and succor for centuries. The West may
call such beliefs as superstitions, but Lee Kuan Yew also asked the
question of who is to say what is in the Bible is not superstition.
Little wonder they called Lee a communist, LOL.
Anonymous
The Bible seems to be full of controversies. Even the question of where Jesus died is full of debates. Did he really rise from the dead is another mystery being debated.
ReplyDeleteHow could such an important event be subjected to so much uncertainty is beyond belief.
LKY have his own religion, which is Kuanyewism. He like to quote Confucius/Meritocracy, but in practice, it is another story.
ReplyDeleteReligion as an opiate failed in India and China. So, they thought that using force could do the work, and they built a powerful military. But that too is failing as other countries, like Russia, China and even Iran are capable of moving into a position to counter that military advantage. North Korea even has nuclear bombs today and sending missiles to Russia, despite all the sanctions. The West is pressuring China not to do business with North Korea and Russia. Why would the Chinese want to do that? Would the USA be pressured not to do business with Ukraine and Israel?
ReplyDeleteSo, when Military power monopoly becomes less of a threat, sanctions is the current modus operandi. Yet sanctions have also failed to work as well, even for decades, as can be seen in Cuba, Iran and North Korea and now against Russia as well. When all else fails, what will the USA do with the likes of China?
The USA and the West are now trying to use technology strangulation against China, trying to stifle China's rise by banning Chinese tech companies and apps. It is not working as well as expected. China is well on its way to being self-reliant in chips for its domestic requirements. The West just fail to realize that China is in a position of strength in having the engineering talents, the control of raw materials, the widespread supply chain and the processing logistics to fight its battle. The West lacks all that and is trying to start everything from scratch. All just trying to build castles in the air, like trying to counter the BRI with the Global Infrastructure Investments and building the India/Middle East/Europe Corridor. Walking blindfolded and hoping to avoid falling down is an exercise in futility.
Meanwhile the USA is boasting that it will soon dominate the high-end chips sector that no one else can topple. Hold my beer says China! Let the USA, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan enjoy the 'beautiful dream to behold' for now under their Chips Alliance umbrella. Without the Chinese market, where are those over-capacity in high-end chips production going to end up? At MacDonalds and KFC? Good to remember that MacDonalds is already closing outlets en-masse all over the world because of the war in the Middle East. And selling those chips in Walmart on their shelves is not going to last as well, knowing supermarkets are closing outlets like fleeing a wildfire in the USA as well.
It is mind blowing how one country is so insecure and needs to think up ways and means to put others down, and it all points to its inability to compete.
ReplyDeleteChina wants a multi-polar world and is not interested in having the Yuan as the global reserve currency, despite the privilege of free money printing rights. Promoting the Yuan is just one of the avenues to help the world move away from sanctions by the USA using the US$ hegemony.
If China overtakes the USA in GDP, it is not an objective that it is pursuing. If China does overtake the USA to be the No. 1 economic power, it is all because of its economic might that makes it happen naturally, not by choice. The narrative that China is trying to be the next unilateral superpower, using the same fear mongering playbook invented by the USA and the West, is not on the Chinese agenda.