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Tao goes to America

A lot of Taoism impact isn't directly from China,but is caught up with in Europe via the United States.

American scholars, too, typically superimpose their lingua, reinvent all disciplines, establish new rules, and promote their own national champions of course. Therefore, a lot of the impact of Taoism isn’t directly from China, but is caught up with in Europe via the United States. And while China became the largest trade nation in the world by 2013, Chinese intellectuals were until now excluded from the public discourse and the mass media in Europe, with the exception of useful dissidents.

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