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With rising global temperatures, severe weather leading to frequent environmental disasters, and food shortages, how should we respond if a biblical seven-year famine were to occur? Many countries currently face high debt, high living costs, high interest rates, high housing prices, and high unemployment; many cities, businesses, and individuals face economic bankruptcy—how should they respond? Some of the world's developed economies are moving towards an aging and long-lived society, placing enormous pressure on senior care and healthcare; the rapid application of artificial intelligence and intelligent robots is reducing many white-collar and blue-collar jobs; many young people face the predicament of unemployment upon graduation; many people around the world are poor, disabled, and homeless, awaiting assistance; the world today faces far too many problems to solve.
However, even more difficult problems await the solutions of visionary politicians from the world's major powers!
We know that the United States and Russia possess over 10,000 nuclear warheads, and both have stated they would use nuclear weapons first if necessary. Both rely on high-speed delivery missiles, deep-sea submarines, and, in the US, long-range bombers, forming a nuclear tactical deterrent; they possess the capability to destroy countless nations on Earth.
China, the United Kingdom, and France together possess over 1,000 warheads and have all developed second-strike nuclear capabilities, enabling them to destroy their adversaries.
Humanity faces a massive crisis of self-destruction on Earth. Any misjudgment, system error, operator negligence, or the personal impulses of commanders or rulers could trigger nuclear war. If these errors are not corrected in time, the result will be the annihilation of humanity.
If a nuclear war were to break out between the two alliances, in the event of a nuclear retaliation, most targets would be destroyed, with no true winners. The dark clouds from the nuclear explosion would block out sunlight, causing the Earth to cool rapidly and become unsuitable for human and plant life. Intelligent robots, able to adapt to environmental changes, would eventually replace humans and become the dominant species on Earth.
I. Regions that could potentially trigger nuclear war include:
1. The Russia-Ukraine war expanding into Europe, potentially triggering nuclear war.
2. A fierce conventional war between China, Japan, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, potentially triggering nuclear war.
3. A large-scale conventional war in the Middle East, potentially triggering localized nuclear war.
II. How to Avoid These?
1. Establish a hotline between nuclear powers to prevent accidental incidents and promptly deter nuclear retaliation.
2. Establish red lines among major powers, ensuring that countries in opposing alliances do not cross them.
3. Maintain normal economic and trade exchanges among major powers; practice restrictive competition in competitive sectors.
4. Strengthen tourism and cultural exchanges among the people of major powers, and academic exchanges in non-competitive fields.
5. Shared concern for environmental protection, cooperation in combating drugs, and prohibition of terrorist organizations.
6. Peaceful coexistence and healthy development for all.
7. Respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries; foreign interference in the internal affairs of other countries should be avoided, and peace should be promoted.
8. Every country has its own history and internal ethnic conflicts; every country has had historical disputes and conflicts with its neighbors to varying degrees; these conflicts need to be mediated within the framework of the United Nations to prevent them from escalating into conflict. If conflict does occur, it should be stopped promptly with the mediation and intervention of the majority of countries.
III. Mediation and Prevention in Several Hotspot Areas:
1. Russia-Ukraine (EU, US) Dispute:
(1) Under the mediation of the US, China, and Europe (rather than supporting the war), the warring parties should cease fire, conduct sincere peace talks, shelve disputed issues, maintain the current situation, and reduce casualties and damage to facilities.
(2) Strengthen exchanges between civilians and churches, eliminate hostility, and let time wash away hatred.
(3) European and American Christian countries should jointly mediate and resolve the conflict, and not support the continuation of the war; achieve an early ceasefire, early peace, and early reconstruction, and bear a good witness for Jesus Christ.
(4) China should actively participate in mediation: China has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine, has never intervened in the war, and has consistently provided humanitarian and civilian economic and material support to both sides; China will play a significant role in post-war reconstruction.
(5) The US, China, and Europe should support Ukraine's post-war reconstruction and recovery.
The Russo-Ukrainian war was highly inappropriate. The two belligerent nations share long-standing blood ties and a deep-rooted Orthodox Christian faith, with both blood relatives and brothers and sisters in Christ. Meanwhile, the European and American countries that supported Ukraine are Catholic and Christian nations, belonging to the broader Christian world, just like Russia. These three religions (Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodoxy) are on the path of embracing differences and moving towards unity. If Christians in these Christian countries cannot reconcile and be tolerant of each other, how can they be true Christians? How can they bear good witness and proclaim the Gospel for the world?
2. Disputes between China, Japan, Taiwan, and the South China Sea
Currently, the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and the Chinese - Japanese disputes are considered the most likely "powder kegs" to trigger direct confrontation between major powers globally.
The Taiwan issue is at the core. If Taiwan declares independence, China intervenes militarily, Japan becomes involved, and the United States is also highly likely to intervene, then the war would be devastating; if it triggers World War III—nuclear war—then all life on Earth would face annihilation.
How to avoid this?
(1) As long as the United States and China reach a consensus and maintain a strategic balance, war can be avoided and a bright future of cooperation and mutual benefit can be welcomed.
A. The United States and China are the first and second largest economies and technological powers, and the first and third largest military powers, respectively. The leaders of both countries should have the courage to focus on better developing their own countries and benefiting their own people; at the same time, they should work together to promote bilateral trade, solve global environmental problems, peaceful development issues, and famine and poverty problems, so that love can become the main theme in the world; the two countries should join hands with Europe and Russia to jointly explore space and build a new space home for mankind.
B. The United States and China will maintain competition in high technology and military fields, and maintain mutually beneficial trade in cultural exchanges and commodity exchanges, so that the friendship between the two peoples can be maintained for a long time.
C. If the United States promotes the peaceful reunification of China, restricts the development of Japanese militarism, truly develops friendly relations with China, and maintains stability in East Asia, then the United States and China will be surely welcomed a bright future of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation.
D. US-China relations have spanned from faint connections in prehistoric civilizations to a magnificent epic in modern times. The main thread of US-China relations can be summarized as: from ancient human migration, to modern clashes and support, and then to the deep intertwining and strategic competition of the present era.
a. Ancient Human Migration (Indigenous Migration Theory): Molecular anthropological research supports the view that the ancestors of Native Americans (Indians) crossed the Bering Land Bridge from Northeast Asia to the Americas approximately 15,000 years ago; a 2025 genome mapping study further refined the kinship between the inhabitants of southeastern coastal China and ancient Native Americans.
b. The Gold Rush and the Contribution of Chinese Laborers (1840s-1880s): In the mid-19th century, a large number of Chinese laborers went to the United States to participate in the "Gold Rush" and build the transcontinental railroad. These laborers paved the foundation for American industrialization with their lives, but also faced discrimination under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
c. Modern Turning Point: The Gengzi (1900) Indemnity and Support for Education and Healthcare
- The United States in the Eight-Nation Alliance (1900s): The United States participated in the invasion of China in 1900, but subsequently advocated the "Open Door" policy in its foreign policy, opposing the partitioning of China by the great powers.
- Return of the Gengzi (1900) Indemnity and Educational Establishment: In 1908, the United States was the first to return the excess portion of the Gengzi (1900) Indemnity to support Chinese education, establishing Tsinghua Academy (the predecessor of Tsinghua University) and sponsoring a large number of students to study in the United States (such as Hu Shi and Zhao Yuanren).
- In 1910, the American church merged Huiwen Academy and Hongyu Academy to form the University of Nanking (later merged into Nanjing University etc.).
- Pioneering Medical Care and the Red Cross: From the late 19th to the early 20th century, American missionaries established the rudiments of a modern medical system in China.
- Medical Institutions: American churches established hundreds of hospitals in China. The most famous example is Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), established in 1921 with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, which represented the world's top medical standards at the time. American Episcopal missionaries also established Tongren Hospital (Shanghai).
- Red Cross: American missionaries were deeply involved in the Chinese Red Cross movement.
d. WWII Allies: Friendship Forged in Blood and Flesh (1937-1945)
- Joint Resistance Against Japan: The United States aided China through the Lend-Lease Act. Chennault's Flying Tigers and the Hump airlift became symbols of Chinese-American friendship. The US counter-offensive in the Pacific directly accelerated Japan's surrender.
- Chennault's Flying Tigers: Founded by retired US pilot General Claire Chennault, the Flying Tigers, in just seven months of volunteer combat starting in December 1941, destroyed nearly 300 Japanese aircraft with an average loss ratio of 1:15, effectively curbing Japanese air superiority in China.
- The Hump: When the Japanese cut off the Burma Road in 1942, turning the Chinese resistance areas into isolated "land islands," the US and China jointly opened an air transport route across the Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains—the Hump.
The air route passed over the southern slopes of the Himalayas, at an altitude of 4,500 to 6,000 meters, and was known as the "death route." This route was also China's lifeline for supplies. The airlift lasted three years and three months, during which the U.S. Army Airlift Command transported approximately 850,000 tons of strategic materials (including fuel, ammunition, and medical supplies) and over 30,000 combat personnel to China. More than 500 aircraft from both China and the U.S. crashed, and over 1,500 pilots were killed or went missing. Many of the crashed pilots were rescued at great personal risk by Chinese villagers; this "friendship that transcends national borders" remains an important foundation for people-to-people diplomacy between China and the U.S.
– Protection During the Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
During the fall of Nanjing in December 1937, approximately 20 Westerners risked their lives to remain in the city and established the International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone. The vast majority of these were American missionaries, doctors, and professors.
The Nanjing Safety Zone: This area of less than 4 square kilometers sheltered approximately 250,000 Chinese refugees at the height of the atrocities.
– Key People and Deeds:
– Minnie Vautrin: Professor at Jinling College, Arts and Sciences. She sheltered tens of thousands of women and children on campus and repeatedly stood alone to prevent Japanese soldiers from entering the campus and abducting women.
– John Magee: Episcopal Reverend. He secretly filmed documentaries of Japanese atrocities with a 16mm camera. This footage later became the most powerful evidence exposing the massacre at the Tokyo Trials.
– Robert Wilson: The only clinical surgeon at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. During the Japanese atrocities, he tirelessly treated Chinese civilians severely injured by shootings, stabbings, and rapes.
– Miner Searle Bates: Professor at Jinling University. He not only protected refugees but also repeatedly protested to the Japanese and documented a large amount of evidence of Japanese atrocities.
g. Diplomatic Relations, Integration, and the Golden Age (1979-2010s)
- Formal Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic relations were established on January 1, 1979, coinciding with Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States.
- Complementary Economic and Trade Relations: The United States provided capital, technology, and markets; China provided labor, land, and manufacturing chains. China's accession to the WTO (2001) deeply intertwined the interests of the two countries, forming the concept of "Chimerica."
- Cultural Exchanges: These forty years witnessed the largest trans-Pacific flow of talent, capital, and technology in human history.
h. The US-China Status Quo in 2025: Strategic Confrontation and Trade Disputes
- Escalating Competition: Starting with the trade war in 2018, the competition is projected to evolve into comprehensive strategic competition by 2025. Key focuses include semiconductor technology restrictions, South China Sea sovereignty, the Taiwan issue, and dominance in the global order.
– “Decoupling” and “Risk Reduction”: Despite the strategic standoff, trade data from 2025 shows that there is still significant commercial trade between the two sides, and there is still a need for cooperation in areas such as climate change, artificial intelligence ethics, and combating transnational crime.
In conclusion, the history of US-China relations proves that cooperation leads to win-win situations, while confrontation leads to lose-lose situations. We hope that strategic politicians with vision in the US and China can, while better developing their own countries, respect and cooperate with each other, jointly manage and develop the Earth's ecology, and work together to explore and develop space and build a better space home for humanity.
E. As one of the most complex bilateral relationships in the world, the relationship between China and Japan is intertwined with millennia-old cultural ties, a history of bloodshed and tears, and a highly dependent modern economy.
- Blood Ties and Historical Connections: According to the *Records of the Grand Historian*, Xu Fu, a Taoist priest from Ganyu, Jiangsu Province during the Qin Dynasty, led three thousand boys and girls eastward to Yingzhou in search of the elixir of immortality, never to return. The *Brief History of Japan* records that Xu Fu came to Japan and brought advanced Chinese civilization to Japan. Later, from the Tang Dynasty's dispatch of envoys to Tang China, the Song Dynasty's trade exchanges, to the Ming Dynasty's academic exchanges, Japan was deeply influenced by China in areas such as writing, architecture, law, religion, and urban planning.
– The latest research in 2025, together with earlier genetic archaeology findings, confirms that the ancestral composition of modern Japanese people has a profound and complex blood relationship with the Han Chinese and other East Asian groups.
– Modern Warfare and Post-War Reflection: From the late 19th century, Japan inflicted immense suffering on China through the First Chinese-Japanese War and the invasion of China (1937-1945). While Japan achieved victory in the War of Resistance against Japan with the assistance of the US and Russia, the US occupation of Japan, coupled with the needs of the Cold War, prevented a thorough reckoning with Japan, allowing the imperial family to remain in power. Japan also failed to offer a profound apology or reflection on its actions towards China and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has repeatedly downplayed or concealed historical facts of aggression, such as the Nanjing Massacre, in textbooks.
– Economic Support and Current Status: Between 1979 and 2008, the Japanese government provided China with substantial low-interest yen loans and technical support. Japanese private enterprises invested heavily in China, contributing to its economic development. The two economies were highly complementary and experienced sustained growth, but this growth cooled in 2025 and has recently declined further due to the Taiwan issue.
– How Japan Can Gain Tolerance: It is widely believed that Japan can only gain genuine tolerance from its neighbors and the world by facing historical truth, sincerely reflecting on its war responsibility, offering a heartfelt apology, and demonstrating the attitude of a responsible major power in regional security (no military expansion, no involvement in Taiwan, no involvement in the South China Sea) and ecological protection (such as controlling the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water).
F. The Resolution of the Taiwan Reunification Issue
a. Taiwan was historically part of China (though briefly occupied by the Netherlands). In modern times, due to the First Chinese-Japanese War (1894–1895), the Qing army suffered a complete defeat, leading to the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding Taiwan, and paying Japan 200 million taels of silver in war reparations.
b. The period of Japanese occupation (1895–1945): Japan ruled Taiwan for 50 years, its policies evolving from early military suppression to a mid-term "assimilation policy," and finally to a later "Japanization movement." Japan established a modern education system in Taiwan (such as public schools), forcibly implemented Japanese language education (called "national language"), and later required Taiwanese people to adopt Japanese names and visit shrines, attempting to spiritually transform Taiwanese into "Japanese subjects." To extract colonial profits, Japan also constructed large-scale railways, ports, power facilities, and water conservancy projects in Taiwan (such as the Wushantou Reservoir), objectively promoting Taiwan's early modernization.
c. Following China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands formally returned to China according to the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. However, the subsequent Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan, and the protection of the United States prevented Taiwan's return, resulting in the current state of division.
d. The Chinese government's stance on reunifying Taiwan adheres to the basic policy of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems," prioritizing peaceful means while retaining the option of using force to address external interference and separatist activities aimed at "Taiwan independence." The Chinese government consistently emphasizes the vision of peaceful reunification within the framework of "both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family" and the "one country, two governance" solution. The blood ties and economic bonds between the people on both sides of the Strait remain a solid foundation for resolving the Taiwan issue.
e. If the United States truly wants to be friendly with China, build its own country well, work together to create a peaceful and prosperous world, jointly explore extraterrestrial life, and create an extraterrestrial home for humanity, then it should facilitate the peaceful return of Taiwan and complete China's reunification cause.
3. Large-Scale Conflicts in the Middle East
The current Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, and the war is ongoing. If not handled properly, it could escalate into a major war in the Middle East and potentially trigger a localized nuclear war.
Solutions:
(1) Under the supervision of major powers, all parties should cease hostilities, engage in sincere peace talks, shelve disputed issues, and maintain the status quo.
(2) Both Israel and Palestine, sharing faith in the God believed in by Abraham, should seek God's forgiveness and mercy, repent through their actions, strengthen people-to-people exchanges, eliminate hostility, and wash away hatred.
(3) All countries should accelerate the reconstruction and restoration of the Gaza Strip to resolve the humanitarian crisis. (4) China’s role in mediating between Israel and Palestine: China has maintained friendly cultural and trade exchanges with Arab countries since the ancient Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, and this continues to the present day; China has always supported the Palestinian people in establishing an independent Palestinian state; China and Israel have always had friendly economic, trade and scientific exchanges, and during the Nazi persecution of Jews in World War II, China protected about 20,000 stateless Jewish refugees in the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Concentration Area, which now stands as a testament to history; China has been mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Middle East wars have long-standing roots, but if they can set aside historical grievances and focus on the fact that they are all descendants of Abraham and believe in the God of Abraham, it is still possible to coexist peacefully and resolve our differences.
According to the Old Testament, God called Abraham to leave Haran and go to the promised land of Canaan. Abraham, with faith, came to Canaan, raised his children, and eventually his descendants became as numerous as the grains of sand on the beach.
When the descendants of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the Jewish people (Judaists), obeyed and relied on God, they were blessed; when they turned away from God, they were punished (to this day). When the disciples of Jesus, the Son of God, followed Jesus' teachings, completed the New Testament, established Christianity, and spread the Gospel, Christianity (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism) spread throughout the world. And after Muhammad, the descendant of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar, established Islam through the Quran, Muslims, through the Quran, proclaim their God Abraham.
Currently, there are moderate Islamist sects, Muslims, Jews, and Christians who identify with the God Abraham. Although there have been many conflicts and wars between Muslims and Christians in the past, it is a very good sign that everyone has been able to resolve past grievances and live relatively amicably for many years before their respective God Abraham.
4. The Role of God's People in Maintaining and Developing World Peace
Of the world's more than 8.2 billion people, approximately 2.5 billion are Christians, 2 billion are Muslims, and 200-300 million are followers of Confucianism and Taoism—more than half the population.
From the Old Testament of Christianity, Genesis states, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The New Testament states, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." The Quran states, "Do not despair in the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins; He is the Most Forgiving and the Most Merciful."
In China, ancient ancestors revered Heaven (God, the Way). Lao Tzu sought the Way, Confucius practiced self-discipline and restored the Zhou rites (restoring the reverence for Heaven), and emperors of successive dynasties called themselves Sons of Heaven and worshipped Heaven upon ascending the throne.
Before Jesus Christ came, God had already placed the Word (conscience?) in people's hearts. In the last days, God will judge people based on whether they are justified by faith, imitate Jesus Christ, and act according to the Word (formerly conscience, later the Holy Spirit).
God loves His people, and His judgment is His sovereign right; we should not presume to judge.
In today's world, we face many challenges—natural, societal, and religious/cultural. If we can submit to the teachings of the God who created heaven and earth, all living things, and humankind, we can overcome any difficulty we encounter, for God loves us, has mercy on us, and bestows grace upon us (God's beloved Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for our sins, cleansing us from them), redeeming us. We repent, are justified by faith, imitate Jesus Christ, spread the gospel throughout the world, and welcome Christ's second coming.
Christians in Europe and America should currently emulate Jesus, working to end the Russia-Ukraine war, demonstrating Christ's love, and bearing beautiful witness to Christ.
Christians in China and the United States, as well as Confucian and Taoist followers, should currently emulate Jesus and their inner faith, striving to prevent war between China and the United States, and filling the world with divine grace.
Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Middle East and other regions should now emulate the way of the God Abraham believed in, quell the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, restore their homes, and let God's mercy and love be manifest.
May the justice, mercy, love, and redemptive grace of the one true God descend upon the whole earth! Amen!
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