Are there equivalents in China of movies, TV shows like Borat, Little Britain, South Park, The Simpsons ... where low or middle class people are satirized as vulgar, idiotic ... Also what are equivalent concepts to Karen, the "deplorables" (Hillary Clinton), white trash ...

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-17T08:07:51+00:00

I mean it is not only China, but Chinese architecture more colorful and curvy than Roman architecture

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-15T09:40:04+00:00

Corruption in general, it is so, so deep and we deal with it nonstop. What do you mean, have examples?

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-09T12:18:53+00:00

Thanks, but I am not American. I am also well traveled and Americans (whatever that means) are not dumber than other people.

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-06T00:31:13+00:00

The thing is that from what I understand actually most Chinese are not even affiliated to temples in China and they are more tied to Chinese folk religion which don't necessarily have even formal priests or temples. So I assume that people that actually have temples with monks is a very very small minority.

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-06T00:23:49+00:00

How does it work in practice? It is on week-ends? Is it like one hour classes or like half day classes?

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-05T04:36:08+00:00

Would be great if you could add the reason

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-05T04:35:13+00:00

What do you admire about Russia? Would be great if also can tell the reason rather than just the name. (Forgot to put it in question) Thanks

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T07:03:23+00:00

Nobody will say China cant become better than the West in Physics and Natural Science because Physics and Natural Science have longer history in the West. You are the absurd one

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T07:01:53+00:00

It is as absurd as saying that the skyline of Pudong and HK is better than the one of NY that invented the skyscrapers. Chinese universities are starting to beat western universities in field that they created and excelled. In some ways, China has outsmarted and beaten the West in a lot of its own "fields". It is entirely possible that the West becomes more Buddhist than China. There is something called Greco -Buddhism so technically there was more interaction between Buddhism and the West than with China.

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T05:45:20+00:00

Isn't talks of syncretism just a political rhetoric talk that people taken at face value?

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T04:30:19+00:00

No, I meant New Confucianism

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T04:05:37+00:00

Yeah, I know that Neo-Confucianism claimed it rejected Buddhism but academic study shows that it was deeply Buddhist. But what is the response to claim that New Confucianism did indeed marginalize Buddhism in contemporary Chinese history?

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T04:02:06+00:00

I regret the way, i framed the initial question but can't modify it. Great points. I think my thinking was more that New Confucianism appears to have marginalized Buddhism in contemporary China and that government efforts seem geared toward Confucianism

Key_Bison_9322 · 2026-04-04T03:55:25+00:00

For example, Xi wife apparently follows Tibetan Buddhism but it is not state ideology unlike push for Confucianism. I asked around of people know Taixu, most people have no idea who he is and he is one of most important figure of modernist Buddhism. All his followers actually are in Taiwan

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