Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

fyfpoon:

> I did not realize that someone like yourself who is well versed in and
> a true practitioner of quantitative economics could have come out with
> celestial views like this one ...

Jim Walsh:

> I don't think Mr Fung thinks earthquakes have direct political
significance. 
> I think he is suggesting that many Chinese think that they do, following
the 
> philosophy of Mencius and others.
> 
> And if he is right (that many Chinese think earthquakes have direct
political 
> significance), then earthquakes will have an indirect political
significance.

Heaven's fury ....

According to Chinese tradition is manifested in a serious of
cataclysmic events in rapid succession,  and not just one in
isolation. One mustn't forget that the Chinese are still raw
from a freakish snowstorm that paralyzed the entire country.
Followed by the riots in Tibet, the Olympic torch extinguish
-ed in France.

And then, Sichuan .... :)

Regards,

Albert K. Fung
Casa Tres Palmas, Santa Ynez, California, USA.

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