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  1. Jan 2022
    1. China Illustrata emphasized the Christian elements of Chinese history, both real and imagined: the book noted the early presence of Nestorian Christians (with a Latin translation of the Nestorian Stele of Xi'an provided by Boym and his Chinese collaborator, Andrew Zheng),[23] but also claimed that the Chinese were descended from the sons of Ham, that Confucius was Hermes Trismegistus/Moses and that the Chinese characters were abstracted hieroglyphs.

      Example of non-Europeans being considered the sons of Ham, in this case by an incredibly learned and influential Roman Catholic scholar.

  2. Mar 2021
  3. Apr 2016
    1. Elizabeth Schuyler, played by Phillipa Soo] is Chinese American, but she definitely reads as white,

      I agree with a commenter that this comment is particularly appalling. What does the author mean by "definitely reads as white"??