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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chinese Scholar: Buddhism Used as a Tool of Diplomacy Chinese Scholar: Buddhism Used as a Tool of Diplomacy The primary Taiwanese news agency Central News Agency (CNA) recently reported that Liu Yuguang, a mainland China scholar on Buddhism, warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses Buddhism as a diplomacy tool in order to expand its influence over Southeast Asian governments. Liu Yuguang, an associate professor at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, made these remarks at a lecture on Buddhism that the Institute of East Asian Studies of National Chengchi University held in Taiwan. According to Liu, the CCP is attempting to legitimize its claim that China is a “Buddhist power” by touting the fact that the total number of Buddhist believers in mainland China exceeds those in other Southeast Asian countries. Also, since Buddhism in India has declined, the CCP has been promoting China as the “new motherland of Buddhism.” It is part of the CCP’s internal propaganda that “Buddhism is the Chinese people’s religion,” which is used to stoke nationalism. However, although the CCP provides some breathing space for Buddhism, it is a quid pro quo. “I let you live, so you have to serve me.” While domestically, the CCP views religions as a national security matter, such as subversion, secession, and religious terrorism, it has not neglected turning Buddhism into a diplomacy tool for foreign relations. [ link to chinascope.org] *** Good deeds bring rewards, bad actions bring troubles. That is a law of the universe. *** |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77311828 Germany 06/19/2021 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Chinese Scholar: Buddhism Used as a Tool of Diplomacy Wow interesting |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80456446 United States 06/19/2021 02:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Chinese Scholar: Buddhism Used as a Tool of Diplomacy Actions speaks louder than words. A core tenant of Buddhism is being loving and compassionate towards people and even animals. And the way the CCP inhumanly treats people and animals, shows that they’re far from being Buddhists. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78493380 United States 06/19/2021 02:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Chinese Scholar: Buddhism Used as a Tool of Diplomacy
well Edgar Cayce said China will become the cradle of Christianity, which is probably why the satanic bankers' media attacks them non stop for decades. Buddhism is not really a religion but rather a philosophy since it doesn't have a central figure/idol for believers to worship. maybe this is why CCP consider it safe to promote. it's like when someone says 'i believe in karma and reincarnation', voila you have a buddhist right there. no need to go to war for bankers' new patriotic oil reserves. |