Comments on: China to act on gender imbalance http://www.thepropheticyears.com/wordpress/2007/08/25/china-to-act-on-gender-imbalance.html Trends in the world and the Church in these last days Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ruben http://www.thepropheticyears.com/wordpress/2007/08/25/china-to-act-on-gender-imbalance.html/comment-page-1/#comment-224 ruben Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.thepropheticyears.com/wordpress/?p=476#comment-224 For your interest, <a HREF="http://nytimesshorts.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=8404dd9b994ba2c8ae93a06714c0ccb1123d8bfd " REL="nofollow">here</a>'s a documentary about it. It's from the NY Times so you shouldn't be surprised it's biased and meant as a warning against the 'evil right-wingers' but it's still interesting nonetheless. I personally think the Japanese have the right to defend themselves and have an army but of course we need to see things in proper context. The thing gets a bit problematic because of the huge influence of Shintoism on the 'Conservative' Japanese who would support a return to the Japan of old. It pretty much resembles Fascist doctrine in many regards and doesn't really equate to 'Conservatism' as we know it in the West, which may also include nationalism but not in the same way as it does in political views that draw heavily on Shinto beliefs. That's not to say Japanese Conservatives or Shintos are all Fascists but there continue to be extremists in Japan who glorify self-sacrifice for the nation and so on and I'm wondering if there's a chance it may give us a clue as to what the Japan of the end-times may be like and what role it will have to play. IMO, there may be a renewal of such sentiment in Japan would China seriously threaten Japan at some point. I personaly seriously doubt the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans will ever really be able to cooperate in the future unless they have a very good reason to do so. At this time, a spirit of brotherhood between the Indians and Chinese also seems unlikely so there ought to be a very serious reason why they would ever join forces. <br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>ruben For your interest, here’s a documentary about it. It’s from the NY Times so you shouldn’t be surprised it’s biased and meant as a warning against the ‘evil right-wingers’ but it’s still interesting nonetheless. I personally think the Japanese have the right to defend themselves and have an army but of course we need to see things in proper context. The thing gets a bit problematic because of the huge influence of Shintoism on the ‘Conservative’ Japanese who would support a return to the Japan of old. It pretty much resembles Fascist doctrine in many regards and doesn’t really equate to ‘Conservatism’ as we know it in the West, which may also include nationalism but not in the same way as it does in political views that draw heavily on Shinto beliefs. That’s not to say Japanese Conservatives or Shintos are all Fascists but there continue to be extremists in Japan who glorify self-sacrifice for the nation and so on and I’m wondering if there’s a chance it may give us a clue as to what the Japan of the end-times may be like and what role it will have to play. IMO, there may be a renewal of such sentiment in Japan would China seriously threaten Japan at some point. I personaly seriously doubt the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans will ever really be able to cooperate in the future unless they have a very good reason to do so. At this time, a spirit of brotherhood between the Indians and Chinese also seems unlikely so there ought to be a very serious reason why they would ever join forces.

Cheers,
ruben

]]> By: ruben http://www.thepropheticyears.com/wordpress/2007/08/25/china-to-act-on-gender-imbalance.html/comment-page-1/#comment-223 ruben Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.thepropheticyears.com/wordpress/?p=476#comment-223 This makes me wish Chiang Kai-Shek could ressurect and take down the Maoists. If only the Chinese hadn't banned reincarnation! ;)<br/><br/>On a more serious note, I think what you say makes sense although I'm still wondering what might happen to Japan in the meantime. I don't think they're going to remain 'pacifist' forever, especially not in the face of the everlasting anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea (including many in the South since Liberals came in power there) and Communist China with its booming economy and huge and improving military. Some within the Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese Conservatives) have been pressing for changing the constitution drafted by the Americans after the Second World War so the Japanese can legitimately have a true army again. They've also proposed obtaining nukes but a large majority still pretty much opposes this because of Hirosima and Nagasaki. The Japanese Conservatives lost the elections last time which indicates many Japanese - including most of the younger generation - don't buy into Shinzo Abe's ideas of a 'beautiful Japan' and re-establishing more traditionally Japanese values but I still think there's a chance that the public opinion will shift and Japan will re-emerge not merely as an economic powerhouse but also as a great power as in its old days of glory when it truly was an '<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Japanese_Empire2.png" REL="nofollow">empire</a>'. <br/><br/>I guess one day we'll find out. This makes me wish Chiang Kai-Shek could ressurect and take down the Maoists. If only the Chinese hadn’t banned reincarnation! ;)

On a more serious note, I think what you say makes sense although I’m still wondering what might happen to Japan in the meantime. I don’t think they’re going to remain ‘pacifist’ forever, especially not in the face of the everlasting anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea (including many in the South since Liberals came in power there) and Communist China with its booming economy and huge and improving military. Some within the Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese Conservatives) have been pressing for changing the constitution drafted by the Americans after the Second World War so the Japanese can legitimately have a true army again. They’ve also proposed obtaining nukes but a large majority still pretty much opposes this because of Hirosima and Nagasaki. The Japanese Conservatives lost the elections last time which indicates many Japanese - including most of the younger generation - don’t buy into Shinzo Abe’s ideas of a ‘beautiful Japan’ and re-establishing more traditionally Japanese values but I still think there’s a chance that the public opinion will shift and Japan will re-emerge not merely as an economic powerhouse but also as a great power as in its old days of glory when it truly was an ‘empire‘.

I guess one day we’ll find out.

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