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Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun by salty_biscuits on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:52PM (#19436389)
Someone once told me that the authorities in China are a bit hypersensitive to organized woo, mostly as a reaction to the boxer rebellion. I don't know what to believe.
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Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun by pthomas551 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:07PM (#19437086)
More like the Taiping Rebellion...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion#Death_toll

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Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun by salty_biscuits on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @08:07PM (#19437525)
Well both really, important point is that there is a history that influences the current ideology.
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