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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 Confucianism as part of an effort to establish traditional Chinese culture as a global force on par with Western political ideals: Two years after outlining a “China Dream” to re-establish his nation as a great world power, Mr. Xi is backfilling his vision and seeking a fresh source of legitimacy by reinventing the party as inheritor and savior of a 5,000-year-old civilization.