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Old 02-08-2016, 04:19 PM   #392
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Default Re: Taipei History - there is more

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Originally Posted by Indiana View Post
The (Larry Chi) book had been circulated among Chinese to some degree, but no one had it translated into another language, particularly English. I wondered how this could be that the book was written in the eighties and I come along in the 2000s and have it translated. The price was high ($680) and the Chinese could have done it themselves for the sake of English readers, but for some reason no one did. I was told it was a cultural matter just as there was no warning from the Chinese about Daystar at its inception.
I think it's pretty clear that this culture avoids airing dirty laundry at all costs. Even when the cost includes violating scripture: i.e. "tell it to the church". Anyone who hung around the LC for a while saw culture repeatedly trump scripture.
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