Assignment

China's Economic, Religious and Cultural Development

China and the Development

The people's republic of China is the fourth largest along with the most populous country in the world. Peasants are around four fifth of its population; and the individuals working in trade and industry in urban centers are one fifth of the total populous. Ninety two percent of them are a dominant Chinese ethnic group by the name of Han, however over fifty ethnic minorities exists. (more than 1 billion people) within the country.

The nation's major belief is the famous faith of China, a synergetic faith structure that initiated in the 2nd millennium B.C.E. which afterwards got influenced with fundamentals of both Confucianism and religious (not theoretical) Taoism. The Chinese religion of Taoism that was discovered in the 2nd century C.E., included goddess of Buddhists in its pantheon, and several gods of Taoist and sacrament performances were then compounded into the current standing faith. Nowadays, the Chinese and Taoism admired faith symbiotically extends beyond.

Confucianism initiated in early fifth and late sixth centuries B.C.E. with the Sage Master theorist Confucius in China. Though merely a little proportion still performs it completely as a moral and ceremonial structure in China, It remains as a tough intellectual power, and a lot of its attitude and doings are extensively acknowledged by faction of the popular religion of China. By the immigrants of Persia, Buddhism was introduced within China, India and Central Asia in the first century C.E.; it was fully domesticated by the eighth century. It was Syria where Christianity arrived from in mid-seventh century. In the late seventh century Islam was brought to the land of China from the Muslims of Central Asia and Middle East. A Taoist Tang royal leader in the 19th century greatly mistreated religions of foreign backgrounds, because of which Christianity died out, with Buddhism going underground, and aboriginals of China being converted to Muslims in huge numbers. The protestant missionaries of the West were on the go from commencement of 19th century within China till they were expelled in the year 1952 by the Communist Republic of China.

Ever since the death of Tse-Tung, the leader of China from 1949-1976, the rapidly progressing religion in the country is Christianity. Tough reinforcements have taken place in the eastern seaboard along with the port cities, as well as in towns and cities spotting the internal state.

The Economic Development

The past 300 years of economic modernization has not only changed the meaning of world economy, but also the distribution of wealth and status. The debate on centralization of China as a significant world economy and its contribution to the European development has remained a crucial question. However, after the renaissance period, the pace of economic development dropped in China. At the time of industrial revolution quietly changing the European economy, China was still sleeping and was trapped inside the myopia of modernization and religious beliefs. However, after 20 years, the Chinese economy maintained a high growth rate, and impressive economic ...