The Pope approves of the "Chinese Rites"

BUMP!!!! Another question I'd like to ask is: What would be the European colonial presence in Southeast Asia if China "pulls a Meiji" or Westernized? Could there still be a significant French presence in S.E. Asia?
 
I'd be curious to see how Christians appreciate ancestor worship and the strong beleif in Astrology that have a strong hold on the population.

Someone above alluded to the fact that there are only two kinds of people...

Chinese and barbarians.....

They are a very proud people with a long history.
 
I'd be curious to see how Christians appreciate ancestor worship and the strong beleif in Astrology that have a strong hold on the population.

Astrology was very much a part of European Christian tradition too. It's only relatively recently that the Church began to condemn it.
 
BUMP!!!! Can anyone predict what long term effect, increased interaction with China could have had on Europe, where increased interaction with Europe would have led to a Meji China? tallwingedgoat, mentioned that there was a great fascination with China among Europeans at that time, how would those trends evolve once interaction with China has been taken to the next level?
 
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