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Confucianism in the Chinese Academia

By Daniel A. BellOver the last decade or so, there has been a revival of Confucianism. Popular books on Confucianism are best sellers, and official discourse from the government often expresses traditional Confucian values like harmony. What is less well... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Fri, Jul 24 2009

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