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    Religion in Chinese life

    See Buddhism and Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for an overview of differences between the two religions. I think calling buddhism being nothing but a export version of hinduism would very much be an insult to a real buddhist.
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    Religion in Chinese life

    Taiping rebellion is not a religious war, otherwise the western powers would have sided with the rebels instead of the imperial court. Poverty and hunger drive the persants to rebel during difficult times, a repeating pattern throughout chinese history. It is not about ideology.
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    Religion in Chinese life

    Nepal is not India, if you don't believe me ask a nepalese for confirmation. Furthermore india never existed as a unified, coherent country until the british gave birth to India in 1947. By your reasoning any pakistani can say india is part of ancient pakistan, would you accept that?
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    Religion in Chinese life

    Indians like to take credit for being the original buddhists. But the truth is buddhism is not born in India, it is born in present Nepal. Also, buddhism is all but vanished in the present-day india, less than one percent of indians today are buddhists, there are in fact 3 times more christians...
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    Religion in Chinese life

    Some facts about religions in China: 1. Chinese have never been overtly religious, not in the past, not in the present, nor in the future. Religion generally equals superstition in chinese minds, and is a tool that is potentially useful for bettering life, this life that is, not the life after...
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