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pcr0 on May 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: China's $1T Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order

China's history was mostly shaped by the "three teachings" of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, combined with a lot of folklore.

Religion was never allowed to gain any significant power by Chinese emperors. They often taxed then destroyed monasteries/churches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecutio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_China

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