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Jump in help sought for victims of Unification Church after Abe death
- Most asked how family members could leave, others were concerned with financial issues – one person had contributed 500 million yen (US$3.73 million)
- The church has come under renewed scrutiny after investigators said the accused assailant Tetsuya Yamagami was motivated by the former PM’s alleged links
Jiang ZeMing made the right decision.
Well he isn't wrong, purely by the nature of it's geography it's easier to trade with the west as history has always showed. Difficult terrain going East.
Yeah, the terrain's a factor because trade is still done by camel these days.
China has huge pile of USD, China has to spend them somewhere. Only when that pile is significantly reduce would China begin to demand RMB payment.
In addition to that, it is a basic decision that every Chinese ruler has made in the past.
Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Tang and Later Zhou all crashed Buddhism when it became too influential and possessing too much properties.
Ming eventually banned Catholics when they refused to acknowledge that the emperor is above the pop.
Ming and Qing crashed Bailian and Tiandihui.
In Chinese political tradition there is no room for any powerful institution/society parallel to the secular government. This is as fundamental as "Democrazy" to the west.
