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(Click to enlarge.)Money, Religion, and Nations
In China, since the First Emperor unified the Han Chinese world in 246 BC, they suffered all-out rule by different ethnic groups at least twice: the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1358) and the Qing or Ching Dynasty (1644-1911).
It is as if Italy, France, and Germany had been under Egyptian rule twice since the era of Alexander the Great. In that case, national characters of these major European countries should have been warped and distorted beyond imagination.
The Han Chinese enjoyed cultural superiority over foreign rulers, Mongolians (Yuan) and Manchu (Qing) who eventually adopted the Chinese way of administration and economy during their reign. But, every evil generated from occupation by foreigners prevailed among the Han Chinese, though they today have almost absorbed Manchus.
The big failure of the Empire of Japan in the first half of the 20th century is that Japanese elites at the time ventured into direct control and occupation of whole China (as it looked possible due to superior military and economic power of the Empire), though the Empire was so challenged and drawn by Chinese elites who had been in a helpless mess and great confusion in the aftermath of the fall of Manchu's Qing Dynasty which had been triggered by the victory of the Empire of Japan in the Japanese-Sino War (1894-1895).
On the other hand, the Japanese Archipelago has never been occupied by foreign forces except for several years after WWII. The Japanese people (also called the Yamato race) are so different from Chinese (mainly the Han people) like West Europeans are so different from Egyptians. This is a piece of commonsense among the Japanese people which is often reminded of when thinking about China and Chinese at large.
CHAPTER I: China Still Wants Financial Aid from Japan
In 1980's and 1990's when China's GDP was 10 to 20% of today's amount, it received total more than $30 billion aid in the form yen-denominated government credits from Japan. China was also granted another $30 billion loan from Japan through the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (at a very low interest rate and a very long redemption period).
In those years, money from Japan accounted for 10% or so China's national budget for public work, in my humble calculation.
Even in 2009, the Japanese Government provided $50 million ODA for China who never made it public to the Chinese people!
The Chinese Communist Government has made no efforts to let its people know this long history of the Japanese financial and technological aid. Beijing does not want Chinese citizens to become friendly toward the Japanese people, since they will find that they have been told unthinkable lies by their Government for so long after WWII. Yet, some Americans have at least come to take note of this weird relationship.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071201231648AALUGM3
More specifically, according to official data and records in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan:
Overview of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China
June 2005
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China began in 1979 and from that time to the present, approximately 3.1331 trillion yen in loan aid (yen loans), 145.7 billion yen in grant aid, and 144.6 billion yen in technical cooperation have been implemented.
Airports
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Construction Project (40.0 billion yen)
Beijing Capital Airport Terminal Area Expansion Project (30.0 billion yen)
Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport Expansion Project (6.3 billion yen)
Wuhan Tianhe Aerodrome Construction Project (6.3 billion yen)
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminal Expansion Project (3.09 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 111.6 billion yen
Railway Lines
Beijing-Qinhuangdao Railway Expansion Project (87.0 billion yen)
Guiyang-Loudi Railway Construction Project (30.0 billion yen)
Chongqing Urban Railway Construction Project (27.1 billion yen)
Beijing Subway Construction Project (19.7 billion yen)
Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway Construction Project (18.4 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 641.8 billion yen
Roads
Hangzhou-Quzhou Expressway Construction Project (30.0 billion yen)
Liangping-Changshou Highway Construction Project (24.0 billion yen)
Xinxiang-Zhengzhou Highway Construction Project (23.5 billion yen)
Guiyang-Xinzhai Highway Construction Project (15.0 billion yen)
Heilongjiang Heihe-Beian Road Construction Project (12.6 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 195.1 billion yen
Seaports
Qinhuangdao Port Expansion Project (67.4 billion yen)
Qingdao Port Expansion Project (59.7 billion yen)
Huanghua Port Construction Project (15.4 billion yen)
Shenzhen Dapeng Bay Yantian Port 1st Phase Construction Project (14.7 billion yen)
Dalian Port Dayao Bay 1st Phase Construction Project (6.7 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 272.6 billion yen
Power Stations
Tianshengqiao Hydroelectric Power Project (118.0 billion yen)
Jiangxi Jiujiang Thermal Power Plant Construction Project (29.6 billion yen)
Wuqiangxi Dam Construction Project (25.2 billion yen)
Shanhe Thermal Power Plant Construction Project (24.6 billion yen)
Beijing Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station Construction Project (13.0 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 488.2 billion yen
Fertilizer Plants
Weihe Chemical Fertilizer Plant Construction Project (26.9 billion yen)
Inner Mongolia Chemical Fertilizer Construction Project (21.4 billion yen)
Jiujiang Chemical Fertilizer Plant Construction Project (21.4 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 106.3 billion yen
Steel Plants
Shanghai Baoshan Infrastructure Improvement Project (31.0 billion yen)
Environment Protection
Prevention of Air Pollution
Environment Model City Project (Guiyang, Chongqing, Dalian) (30.7 billion yen)
Forestation
Ningxia Afforestation and Vegetation Cover Project (8.0 billion yen)
Sewage System
Xiang River Basin Hunan Environment Improvement Project (3.1 billion yen)
Beijing Sewage Treatment Plant Construction Project (2.6 billion yen)
Cumulative total of aid in this area excluding the above-mentioned projects: 857.8 billion yen
Human Resources Development Projects
Inland Higher Education Project (88.8 billion yen)
Infrastructure Projects in Medical and Environmental Areas
The Project for Construction of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital (Grant aid: 16.430 billion yen)
The Project for Construction of the China-Japan Friendship Environment Protection Center (Grant aid: 10.499 billion yen / Technical cooperation: 1.997 billion yen)
Projects for resolving environmental issues and other global issues including infectious diseases
Public Health Improvement Project (Loan aid: 26.218 billion yen)
Henan Atmospheric Environmental Improvement Project (Loan aid: 19.295 billion yen)
Inner-Mongolia Huhhot Water Environmental Improvement Project (Loan aid: 9.747 billion yen)
The Project for Afforestation for Conservation of Middle Stream of Huang He (Grant aid: 1.656 billion yen)
Expanding Program on Immunization Strengthening Project (Technical cooperation: 617.000 million yen)
The Model Afforestation Project in Sichuan (Technical cooperation: 548.000 million yen)
Promotion of mutual understanding
Public Broadcasting Infrastructure Improvement Project (Loan aid: 20.202 billion yen)
The Project for Development of the Beijing Center for Japanese Studies (Grant aid: 851.000 million yen)
Japanese Language Instructor to Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture (JOCV: Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Program)
Assistance for open and reform policy
Inland Higher Education Project (Regional Vitalization, Market Economy Reform Support, and Environmental Conservation) (Loan aid: 25.482 billion yen)
Sichuan Higher Education Project (Loan aid: 6.131 billion yen)
The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (Grant aid: 259.000 million yen (2003))
Assistance for poverty alleviation
The Project for Supply of Equipment for the Secondary Vocational Schools (Phase II) (Grant aid: 1.268 billion yen)
The Project for Tuberculosis Control in Poor Areas (Grant aid: 321.000 million yen)
The Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment for the Neijiang City Red Cross China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Sichuan Province (Grassroots human security grant aid: 9.000 million yen)
[$1 = 100 yen or so]
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/region/e_asia/china/index.html
The problem is that the Chinese Communist Government has been trying to consolidate its authority as a big enemy to the Empire of Japan of the Second World War era. The Chinese Communist Government has appealed to the Chinese people as a trustworthy leader who is tough against the Japanese militarism now extinct. So, it educates the Chinese people to fight against and hate Japan, while Chinese elites are mostly behaving so friendly to Japanese politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders, and other leading figures of the Japanese society.
The Chinese Government educates its people to hate Japan by telling distorted facts, half-lies, and exaggerated lies about the Japanese-China War having been fought for years before 1945. This is a kind of hate crimes by a state.
But, it simply tells an alarming truth that the Chinese Communist Party will lose support from the Chinese people if the Party fails in keeping a certain level of hatred among Chinese for Japan.
So, they do not tell its people and the world that China's economic success owes Japan; probably 40% of its GDP is actually what has been transfered from Japan; and China of today infringes Japanese patent rights and copy rights in an amount of $100 billion every year.
Yet, as China is situated so close to Japan and it has 1.3 billion population, Japan has to help China and work on China to become a friendly country in future, so patiently.
CHAPTER II: Nag Hammadi Library in 1945 & Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946
The post-WWII period started with the two discoveries of old documents created in the early Christian period: the Nag Hammadi Library found in Egypt in 1945 and the Dead Sea Scrolls found near the Dead Sea in 1946.
In fact, after WWII, Judaists returned to Palestine and Jerusalem to build the nation Israel.
In fact. after WWII, Egypt made war and then peace with Israel, which set the decisive underlying framework for the relationship between Israel and surrounding Islamic states.
In my estimation, Christianity would return to the state in the era between 150 BCE and 70 CE, since the Dead Sea Scrolls were prepared in those years.
In my estimation, the religion of Muslims would return to the state of religions of their ancestors in the era of the 3rd and 4th centuries, since the Nag Hammadi Library was prepared in those years.
Put simply, Christians would become more like Israelites of the era of Jesus Christ. Muslims would become more like early Christians of the era of the falling Roman Empire.
Christians will mention God more and more but Christ Jesus less and less.
Muslims will mention Allah more and more but Islamic saints less and less.
In the U.S., this process is clearly going on.
All the Americans respect the American Dream. All the American Christians respect the American Dream. All the American Judaists respect the American Dream. All the Muslims in America respect the American Dream.
And, all the Christians in the world might come to be like American Christians. All the Muslims in the world might come to be like Muslims in America.
This is what the discoveries of the two miracle holy documents suggest.
Yet, the American Dream should be replaced by the true God.
In other world, the time has come for mankind to choose God or American Dream (money).
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Why did the second or third century documents have to be discovered in Egypt in 1945, 1800 years after they were hidden in the ground?
It is because we need to read the following passages.
THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY
The Nag Hammadi Library
The Gospel of Thomas
Translated by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer
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17. Jesus said, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart."
18. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."
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http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html
No one has ever be born as a result from his or her own efforts to get life from the God Almighty through any negotiations.
One's birth and death belong to the God Almighty. But, his or her living belongs to him or her.
At the beginning one exists for the God Almighty. But as freedom is given, people leave the God. Yet, based on this freedom, one can choose not to leave the God Almighty while exercising his or her freedom in living life but not leaving the God.
Finally, it might be regarded as being sick for a soul to leave the God. It might be so in Heaven.
Mar 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Mar 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.