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AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

Russia, for my money is deeply, fiercely, intensely tyrannical, brutal etc with a kind of demonic dark core about it for some reason. The Tzar was bad enough. The goons since have been worse.

And, there's a huge paranoia intensified by Hitler et al.

And, there's a deeply vigorous hostility to God entrenched there--though with some light showing through amazingly in many places in recent years.

North Korea, to me, has a lot of the same stuff plus an Asian fierce arrogance, pride, defensiveness, defiance etc.

China's a mixed bag. There's more authentic Christians there than in the USA. To SOME degree, LOTS of Chinese would just as soon leave the rest of the world alone if the world would leave China alone. Alas, many rulers are arrogant, acquisitive, power hungry, greedy, etc. who see themselves as bringing about a world centered on China, ruled directly or indirectly by China for a thousand years.

MOST of the people from Mainland China that I talk to poohpooh the idea that Mainland China will even invade Taiwan. I think they are blinded somehow. But, it's an interesting fact. I think too many rulers in China have too much of the Shrillery affliction--POWER MONGERING, GREED, TYRANNICAL. But hundreds of millions of other Chinese are above a lot of Americans in charitability, kindness, compassion, generosity, patience, sacrificial helpfulness etc. It will be interesting to see which values bent has how much of an upper hand how long.