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I know several Taiwanese families settled here. They're all either Buddhist or Taoist. They speak of Taiwan as a country full of Buddhism and Taoism. Taiwan is not Christian, as Post 15 has said (of course, it <i>is</i> a Christian target). Otherwise it would be like every other run-down non-Western Christian nation by now.
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Contrary to our common notions, the chinese were sensitive to issues of ethnic diversity. From wiki: "The Manchu authorities tried to limit immigration to Taiwan and barred families from travelling to Taiwan to ensure the immigrants would return to their families and ancestral graves..... The Qing tried to protect aboriginal land claims, but also sought to turn them into tax paying subjects. "
It was japanese and Portugese designs upon the island that forced then to consolidate control over the tribal interior. Interestingly, the church has concentrated on converting the taiwanese tribals (70% converted). This is like prachanda's rural to urban strategy, modeled after mao. kai shek's christian tomb
It would be nice to read a chinese version of the bharatvani.org site: the true history of China ..... anyone know such a site?
I know several Taiwanese families settled here. They're all either Buddhist or Taoist. They speak of Taiwan as a country full of Buddhism and Taoism. Taiwan is not Christian, as Post 15 has said (of course, it <i>is</i> a Christian target). Otherwise it would be like every other run-down non-Western Christian nation by now.
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Contrary to our common notions, the chinese were sensitive to issues of ethnic diversity. From wiki: "The Manchu authorities tried to limit immigration to Taiwan and barred families from travelling to Taiwan to ensure the immigrants would return to their families and ancestral graves..... The Qing tried to protect aboriginal land claims, but also sought to turn them into tax paying subjects. "
It was japanese and Portugese designs upon the island that forced then to consolidate control over the tribal interior. Interestingly, the church has concentrated on converting the taiwanese tribals (70% converted). This is like prachanda's rural to urban strategy, modeled after mao. kai shek's christian tomb
It would be nice to read a chinese version of the bharatvani.org site: the true history of China ..... anyone know such a site?