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Ok, the names for the Changelings are not that impressive, they are called Kamuii (I guess they are elementals), Cats (no idea what these are) and Tanuki (which is a Japanese term so why is it in a book mostly dealing with China?). Also is it so difficult to get the translation right? A tanuki is not a badger, it is a racoon dog, Google was definitely around when this book was written, a picture is all you need.

As such, Western culture seeps into the East
and is slowly but surely saturating the region.
Groan... I know the power of the US is pretty strong but there is some exchange of culture going on, all the "Asian" food in the US is testament to that. They seem to really overdo it sometimes in the storytelling section.

The Cathayans, like other vampires, are static creatures, resigned to roles of relatively lirtle change.
Ok they already mentioned that in the other vampire titles but here it really makes no sense at all, the book mentioned so many things that can influence a Kuei-Jin and their alleged reason for existence is based on change (reaching Dharma), so calling them static does not seem fit in my eyes.

In the Dragon King's place rules his seneschal, Gajyra, a brutal and towering dragon-spirit whose flaming breath can
vaporize white jade and metal alike.
They forgot the "Not Godzilla" sign.

In the Dragon King's place rules his seneschal, Gajyra, a brutal and towering dragon-spirit whose flaming breath can
vaporize white jade and metal alike.
They forgot the "Not Godzilla" sign.

Ah the Realm of Fighting Spirits, I think I know who the three great forces in it are. Among the cosmology if the game line Werewolf the Apocalypse they are known as the three "aspects" (as I would call them):
The Weaver (Originally Order, now cold mechanical stiffness)
The Wyld (Creation, pure creation without order, this one hasn't changed much)
The Wyrm (originally Balance, now Corruption and Destruction)

Unbeknownst to the American pilots, both bombs detonated over major dragon lines, killing the spirits congregated there. The celestial balance of Japan was forever upset by these acts of destruction.
I said it once and I say it again: By the books own rules this means that Japan should be in serious trouble, which it doesn't appear to be, as the book states. Mass hauntings would be believable but not this.

Unbeknownst to the American pilots, both bombs detonated over major dragon lines, killing the spirits congregated there. The celestial balance of Japan was forever upset by these acts of destruction.
I said it once and I say it again: By the books own rules this means that Japan should be in serious trouble, which it doesn't appear to be, as the book states. Mass hauntings would be believable but not this.

Did some people really think that Mao's wife Jiang Qing was a fox spirit? I mean I wouldn't deny it in general, not considered what ridiculous concepts are considered acceptable in the Western world (like the claim that the one drop rule of POC are totally valid and undeniable facts and strictly defined). So the question for is not if, but rather: did it happen?