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Confucianism as China State Ideology?

Two excellent posts on Confucianism as THE ideology for China. The first, by Xujun Eberlein, writing at China Beat, is entitled, "China: Democracy, or Confucianism?" Greatly oversimplified, its thesis is, essentially, as follows: It seems typical of... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Fri, Jun 13 2008

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