Li Ling: Marxism, the CCP, and Traditional Chinese Culture
Li Ling is a historian and a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature,...
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LatestKuang Biao (邝飚): Filial Piety
“Filiality to the state is also a form of filial piety,” a man-on-the-street told CCTV...
Why China Is Turning Back to Confucius
In the Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Page takes an in-depth look at Xi Jinping’s turn toward...
The End of the Rope? Xi Turns to Confucianism
The Economist examines the Party’s ongoing adoption of Confucianism alongside its own...
Confucius, Authoritarianism, and Democracy
The Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Browne talks to Michael Schuman, author of “Confucius And the...
Unraveling China’s Campaign Against Western Values
A recent flurry of translations at Fei Chang Dao tracks the development of China’s current...
Leader Taps Into Classics in Seeking to Cement Power
For the New York Times, Chris Buckley reports on President Xi Jinping’s tendency to publicly...
What Is It Like to Be Disabled in China?
At Aeon, James Palmer examines the lives of disabled Chinese, and attitudes towards them in the...
Xi Touts Party as Defender of Confucius’s Virtues
In a recent speech, President Xi Jinping hailed Confucianism as an antidote for his own...
Party Promotes Confucian Guide for Obedient Children
While Party and businesses extol the merits of the Dizigui, a 17th century book of Confucian...
Confucius Comes Home
The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos examines Confucianism’s post-Cultural Revolution...
The New Face of Chinese Propaganda
At The New York Times, Murong Xuecun examines a new wave of Chinese propaganda slogans, with...
Eight Questions on Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Dao
China Real Time’s Josh Chin talks to Sam Crane, author of the Useless Tree blog and Life,...
CDT Bookshelf: Interview with Sam Crane
Sam Crane is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at...
Xi Jinping Hopes Traditional Faiths Can Fill Moral Void
In its quest to quell public anger over a range of issues, the Xi Jinping administration may be...
Chinese Philosophy Lifts Off in America
A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the growth of Chinese philosophy as a...
Is China Really in a Gilded Age?
Teng He of Tea Leaf Nation writes that the Chinese masses have revived imperial-era phrases to...
Factory Owners and Confucius on the Environment
Hangzhou-based Fulbright fellow Steven Zhang has been conducting research on how the management of factories in Zhejiang province view environmental protection. After describing the term huanbao (环保), Zhang describes his...
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