Feminist Group Applauded, Criticized After Censorship
The official Sina Weibo account of prominent Chinese feminist group Feminist Voice (女权之声) has been...
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Religious Repression and Revival in China
U.S.-based democracy and human rights advocacy group Freedom House this week released the report...
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...
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...
Chinese Philosophy Lifts Off in America
A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the growth of Chinese philosophy as a...
Book Review: ‘The Fate of Zhuangzi in Modern China’ by Liu Jianmei
At the South China Morning Post, Chow Chung-yan reviews The Fate of Zhuangzi in Modern China by Liu Jianmei, on the Taoist sage’s varying fortunes during the 20th Century. An English edition of the book, according to...
China’s Singular Sexual Revolution
In Behind the Red Door, Richard Burger examines various aspects of sex in China, both throughout history and in the resurgence of sexual freedom currently underway. From Mara Hvistendahl at Los Angeles Review of Books: [… T]he...
Five Books on Chinese Language & Culture
Asia Society Director of Education and Chinese Language Initiatives Chris Livacarri chooses five books for The Browser. His picks include histories of China’s languages and its relationships with the outside world, and...
Notes from a Chinese Cave: Qigong’s Quiet Return
In the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson writes about his experiences on a ten-day qigong retreat in a cave: In November, I came to Jinhua with about 400 others on a ten-day retreat to study with Wang Liping, probably...
Ian Johnson: Are China’s Rulers Getting Religion?
In the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson looks at the debate over morality in China following the death of toddler Yue Yue on Foshan, and whether Daoism may be one option to fill the spiritual void in Chinese society: The...
2011 Angus Graham Memorial Lectures Now Online
SOAS Radio has posted a pair of lectures in memory of the late British Sinologist, Angus Graham, by Professor Liu Xiaogan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The first talk discusses “A Taoistic Sense of Social...
The Rise of the Tao
The New York Times Magazine has a lengthy article about the renovation of a Taoist temple and the revival of the belief system in China: RELIGION HAS LONG played a central role in Chinese life, but for much of the 20th century,...
Stunning Chinese Temple Art Hidden from Public Eye
The Wall Street Journal has a video report on rarely seen Taoist temple paintings in remote Shanxi: In China’s Temple of Eternal Happiness is a stunning, ancient wall mural seen by few people because of its remote location...
Racing Ahead, China Resurrects Its Past – Kent Ewing
From Asia Times: As China races into its capitalist future, it is also rediscovering its philosophical and religious past. But can the country move backward as it goes forward? Chinese leaders think so, and they are enthusiastically supporting a revival of the ancient philosophical traditions of Confucianism and Taoism. Late last month, for example, the […]
China’s Values Vacuum – Alice Poon
From Asia Sentinel: In China, the empathy deficit is not only at a worrying level but seems to be further compounded by what intellectuals call a “values vacuum.” In one of his blog posts, Financial Times Chinese web...
Taoism in the Service of the State – Sam Crane
The author of The Useless Tree wrote a commentary post about the Xinhua news on “China to build harmonious society with wisdom of Taoism:” Maybe the Party is making a big mistake. By bringing Taoism into the...
China to build harmonious society with wisdom of Taoism – Xinhua
CCP’s latest “constructing socialist harmonious society” campaign has been trying to utilize traditional cultural resources. The following Xinhua article provides another example: China’s high-ranking officials have called for adopting the wisdom of ancient Taoism to build a harmonious society. Tao Te Ching, or the Classic of the Way and Virtue, was written by Lao Zi […]
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