Qufu has one now dilapidated church built in the early 20th century. The petition said that building a larger, new church would hurt the feelings of Confucius' followers and insult the sacred birthplace of Confucius.
"To put the shoe on the other foot, if a super-large Confucian temple were built in Jerusalem, Mecca or the Vatican, pitting itself against existing religious buildings there, how would the local people feel about it? Would those governments and people accept it?" said the letter, which has circulated widely since being posted online on December 22.
Aussie mortgage rates continue to climb
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Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiking official interest rates
by less than most other advanced nations, Australian mortgage rates
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