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The religious and cultural tensions the West faces are "payback" for slavery and colonialism, a Chinese state-run newspaper said Tuesday in the wake of the Islamist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine.
The editorial in the Global Times newspaper — which often takes a nationalistic tone — dismissed the weekend's huge marches in Paris and elsewhere as "painkillers" that cannot halt the intensifying "clash of civilizations".
http://mg.co.za/article/2015-01-13-west-facing-payback-for-colonialism-china-paper
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West Facing 'Payback' for Colonialism, says China's State-run Paper
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You have no real enemies.
(Score: 1) by Zappy on Thursday January 15 2015, @09:26AM
No.
It is not like the Arab, or Chinese did not have, slaves, or colonialism.
We in the "West" are more conscience of our past in relation to *current* ethic norms.
Christianity has had a head start of half a millennium, we have had our iconoclasm and inquisitions. They are just starting. It is vere fortunate it is, for now at least, a very small minority.