Highlights from China's 76th PLA airforce celebration movie
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China Foreign ministry response to Japan PM statement in Japan diet.
China Foreign ministry response to Japan PM statement in Japan diet.
So what happened in the end? Why didn't it have the same level of resistance on being coopted by Hinduism like Sikhism or Islam?Actually, Buddhists in India had to fight as well and may in fact have preceded the Sikhs in this.
The term hindu was invented by the British to label anyone in the occupied territories who wasn't Muslim, Christian, or Jew. Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Sanatani, Shaivi, Vaishnavi, and I dunno how many countless others, all fell under the hindu category. The Sanatani (whom you'd associate with a typical hindu today) were the most powerful among them and found it to their advantage to claim all as their own.
Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists successfully fought for their religious independence. The others did not succeed and are still seeking that recognition.
The upper castes of Sanatani Hinduism despised Islam because the latter offered the lower castes an escape from perpetual slavery. Why be a low caste Hindu (born to serve the Brahmin) when you can be a Muslim without any caste, especially one who is protected by Muslim rulers? Even today, bigoted Indian Hindus call local Muslims as low caste convert as a derogatory slur.
Sanatani hate for Islam exploded in the 17th century when the Muslim Mughal emperor Aurangzeb prohibited feudalism and actually managed to accomplish it within a short time. This was catastrophic for the caste system and deprived the upper castes of much of their power.
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Persian has never been used as Islam's sacred language. Even in Persia itself and among Persian rulers where Persian was the court/official language, Arabic was the language employed for theology.
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I have the lowest of the low opinions about religion. If they are genuinely going that way then they deserve every mess coming their way.I've heard that India is pushing forward with a Hindu nationalist agenda. What are your thoughts on such policies?
Don't compare China and India; they're completely incomparable. Does a backward theocratic social system deserve to be compared to China's?
The people who got caught plotting terror attacks are doctors. They had jobs. The problem with Islam is like a brain disease where people become miserable as hell and then take it out on other people. You guys stay in your Chinese bubble even while living in the west and have no idea about other cultures. That‘s why I see a lot of dumb posts here. I had friends who went deeper and deeper into Islam radicalization pipeline. It started off by hating on women not covering themselves from head to toe, then to stop drinking alcohol then even giving up on music. Now imagine living without talking to women, having fun, listening to music etc. These people become miserable and frustrated as hell and then they finally take it out on other people.You pacify regions by giving them jobs and help them better integrate into society at large, if all you do is send soldiers without alleviating any of the problems you will just get more people dissatisfied with your rule. The problem with this for India is that they don't even have enough jobs for Hindus let alone religious minorities.
Also, India is closer with Afghanistan than Pakistan is lol. By your logic Pakistan should be given all of Kashmir.
Standards of living in India nor Pakistan are good at all, most of them just work as farmers. Theres also no reason why an Indian would be better than a Pakistani to get along with.
What China did with Islam is the exact same it did with every other religion. Stop spreading racist propaganda. imagine how you would feel if someone said: "A lot of folks are very blind to what Blacks are really up to, they think it's another race they can just ignore"
China controls Islam like it does with any other religion. In fact, it doesn't even recognize Hinduism lol, you want the rest of the world to not recognize Hinduism as well?![]()
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Buddhists didn't have separate territorial claims; they had claims only on religious structures and small parcels of lands considered holy but these were lost to Brahmin lordships. The south Indian Hindu sects had land claims but they were weak politically and very destitute financially.So what happened in the end? Why didn't it have the same level of resistance on being coopted by Hinduism like Sikhism or Islam?
The seething caused by Aurangzeb says a lot.
So I guess it's really does come down to politics and hard power in the end.Buddhists didn't have separate territorial claims; they had claims only on religious structures and small parcels of lands considered holy but these were lost to Brahmin lordships. The south Indian Hindu sects had land claims but they were weak politically and very destitute financially.
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Looks like round 2 confirmation
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Trump be like "President Xi and I are good friends and we just had a great meeting, the best. You want me to talk shit about him you're going to have to pay up, and I don't even seen any of that 500 billion from last deal with Japan."
The idea of blockading China who has land borders with Russia and ME, not to mention China being the 5th largest oil producer itself is just Reddit level IQ, and that's not even getting into how US who themselves are isolated from Euroasia and actually dependant on imports can survive a counter blockade from China. If US military actually invests in it it says more about the competency of US strategic planning than anything else.Yeah, I don't find this convincing at all. If the Americans are doing this grand plan to confront China, then why have their main military actions this year been aimed at Yemen, Iran, and now Venezuvela? Sure, you're going to have think tanks come up with fancy ideas, but these are rarely acted upon, and are often unworkable to begin with. Hell, most political leaders barely even pay any attention to them.
In this particular example, I doubt that the US has some sort of strategy for blockading China. It may have been an effective move 15 years ago, but the time has long passed for that kind of thing. More importantly, while there are certain players in the US who are interested in a war against China, the key part of this strategy requires that China be seen as the aggressor. A blockade is already an act of war, so it just fit.