It makes sense in the context of social upheaval, objective criteria for community involvement of a nation (town village, province, etc) and the acquisition of tools in developing and modernizing a nation and Zhang saw Christianity (vis a vis Daoism, Confucianism
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, etc ( in that modernization process., as a tool that would provide the impetus for getting rid of what the nation had become at that time.
Anyone read of the Lebanese American who was one impetus in conceptualiation of the public heath system in China? Drug addiction (opium), unsanitary conditions, lack of a central sanitary department, etc all provided a framework for this modern China along with those who saw Japan (despite being the ENEMY) as a positive source of the direction of a nation.
When fascism comes to US America, It will be wrapped in the US flag and waving a cross. An astute patriot