Chinese Geopolitics

SamuraiBlue said:

If I remember correctly there is a town named "Moscow" in Montana.

Having said that shouldn't that news vid belong in the "Funny stuff Thread"?

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antiterror13 said:

London in Toronto

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China will continue to promote the development of Christian theology and establish a Chinese Christian theology, a top religious affairs official said on Tuesday.

"Over the past decades, the Protestant churches in China have developed very quickly with the implementation of the country's religious policy. In the future, we will continue to boost the development of Christianity in China," said Wang Zuoan, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs.

Wang said Chinese Christian theology should be compatible with the country's path of socialism.

"The construction of Chinese Christian theology should adapt to China's national condition and integrate with Chinese culture," Wang said at a seminar on the Sinicization of Christianity in Shanghai, part of an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.

Figures disclosed at the seminars showed that China now has about 23 million to 40 million Protestants, 1.7 to 2.9 percent of the total population. Each year, about 500,000 people are baptized as Protestants.

According to the State Administration for Religious Affairs in 2012, the country has about 139,000 approved religious places. Among them, there are about 56,000 Christian churches and gathering sites.

By the end of last year, the country had published 65 million copies of the Bible, including editions in minority languages. Additionally, China has 22 theological seminaries across the country.

"Chinese Protestantism's theological education, literature publishing, research, social services and foreign affairs have seen great development. Over the past years, China's Protestantism has become one of the fastest growing universal churches," said Gao Feng, president of the China Christian Council.

A five-year campaign to promote Christian theology in China, launched in 2013, will provide theological guidance for church rostrums in China and will promote the positive and correct theological thinking with a range of publications, exchanges, discussions and evangelism.

The theological exchange campaign encourages more pastors, priests, believers and church volunteers to extract morals that are in line with the trend of the times from the Bible and other religious doctrines, said Gu Mengfei, deputy secretary-general of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.

"This will encourage more believers to make contributions to the country's harmonious social progress, cultural prosperity and economic development," Gu said.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China and other South East Asian to ensure maritime safety in the contested waters.

Mr Kerry made the appeal at the East Asia Summit held in Myanmar (also known as Burma) over the weekend.

The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan all have overlapping claims with China in the South China Sea

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has dismissed his proposal, restating Beijing's position on protecting its sovereignty in the disputed waters.

Analyst Chen Bing tells Shenzhen Satellite TV that China has sent a strong signal that Beijing will not weaken its stance just because the US has decided to interfere.

"There is a concrete strategy behind every word that Beijing says on the issue of the South China Sea dispute. But Washington can only talk big without having any specific strategy. The US can't even explain clearly what the proposed freeze is about," he adds.

Jia Xiudong, a researcher with the China Institute of International Studies, slams Washington for putting Beijing in a "difficult position".

"The proposal was put up in the name of maintaining peace and stability in the South China sea, but the US is actually trying to interfere to sow discord between China and Asean countries," he writes in the Haiwai Net.

Ruan Zongze, deputy director at the China Institute of International Studies, tells the Global Times that "the US is using the issue as an instrument to facilitate its pivot to Asia".
Historic TV series

Moving on to other news, papers praise Beijing's contribution in the global fight against Ebola.

The Chinese government has decided to provide 30 million yuan (£2.89m;$4.86m) in humanitarian aid to Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The Ebola outbreak - the worst-ever - is centred on four West African countries, but has spread to other countries in recent months.

An article from Xinhua News agency comments on "China's strength in fighting Ebola". It notes that China is "happy to help others in difficult times".

"China's contribution in the fight against disasters have gained the world's attention… The whole world needs to deal with the disease together. In the fight against Ebola, China is taking action," it says.

A commentary in the People's Daily recalls China sent a medical team during the initial stage of the Ebola outbreak.

"Some countries promised to help Africa fight the disease, but they evacuated their doctors and diplomats as soon as possible. In contrast to these countries, China has been widely praised for its humanitarian aid," says the article.

And finally, a television series telling the story of Deng Xiaoping and his leadership between 1976 and 1984 has gained public attention.

According to experts, the drama will give a renewed perspective on history by featuring "sensitive figures" such as former Party leaders Hua Guofeng and Hu Yaobang.

Experts interviewed by the Global Times add that Mr Deng's "legacy and influence matter even today" as President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign is "inherited from Mr Deng's philosophy".

"The 'Chinese dream' put forth by President Xi Jinping is a step forward from Mr Deng's reform idea that was aimed at improving China's economy to provide better living standards to citizens," Cai Zhiqiang, a professor with the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, says.

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China's economic growth over the last 30 years has been stunning, averaging just under 10 percent per year, roughly three times the global average. But all of that economic growth has created some mountainous environmental and health-related challenges, too. Literally mountainous — like this huge pile of trash that towers nine stories above the ground in central China's Hebei province. --John Aziz

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Blackstone said:

Good laughs for a slow Monday afternoon: Xi Jinping takes a page from Henry the VIII, and establishes the Church of China?

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Blackstone said:

China's overloaded on trash, and need better strategies to deal with them. Landfill for SCS terraforming, maybe?

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