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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CALL OF THE TRIBES »
YouTube video Taoism and Confucianism have to be seen side-by-side as two distinct responses to the social, political and philosophical conditions of life two and a half millennia ago in China. Whereas Confucianism is greatly concerned with social relations, conduct... |
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China: Democracy, or Confucianism? » China Beat by Xujun EberleinLast October, when the CCP held its 17th congress, CNN reported the event with the headline "China rules out copying Western democracy." My first reaction to this headline was, So what? That spontaneous reaction might have been an... |
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China: Morality Crisis » Global Voices Xujun Eberlein from Inside-Out China have some discussions about the morality crisis happening in China. And whether a new ideology can solve the problem. |
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Introducing Xujun Eberlein » Peking Duck Xujun Eberlein is an e-friend of mine. She grew up in Chongqing and moved to the US in 1988 to study at MIT. She gave up hi-tech for writing and has won a bunch of literary awards. Her first book, Apologies Forthcoming, a collection of stories based on... |
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China to build 'cultural symbolic city' to revive Confucianism » Shanghai Daily CHINA plans to spend billions of dollars to build a cultural symbolic city in its eastern province of Shandong, home to ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, to revive traditional cultural values including Confucianism. Jiang Daming, governor of... |
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“Apologies Forthcoming” - A Conversation with Xujun Eberlein » Peking Duck Xujun Eberlein grew up in Chongqing, China, and moved to the United States in the summer of 1988. After receiving a Ph.D. from MIT in the spring of 1995, and winning an award for her dissertation, she joined a small but ambitious high tech company. On... |
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