Have you ever wondered about the odd way in which American missionaries flood into Yunnan? Yunnan is host to the largest SIL office in China and also the largest concentration of missionaries. American missionaries. And they are working with quite intensity along the China - Myanmar - Lao border areas. Maybe its just good fun or could it be putting in place a very subtle command and control structure in the very EXACT region that is China's gateway to Myanmar and the Indian Ocean? But that is not my question. My question is, if this is the goal, if this is the real driving force (which many mission workers may have never thought of or even know they are a part of) is it unethical to be "evangelizing" an area, a people, when in fact its really about global strategy? Is it a violation of ethics? Further, if it is the case, does it then matter whether you eliminate the culture or not, as long as you take control of them by means of religious control? A pastor in each village, a regional head or two, a head in the nearest big town, a head in Jing Hong, a head director in Kunming, command and control. Something happens in one area and you can call someone and find out exactly what did happen and when. Any event is 15 minutes from an American "phone booth" to report in. Combine that with the same command and control structure in Myanmar along the border in ethnic regions and you have nearly an American border do you not? Much more attention paid to that one than the one near Mexico.
