{"id":187139,"date":"2015-09-20T22:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T05:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=187139"},"modified":"2015-09-20T22:31:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T05:31:07","slug":"why-china-is-turning-back-to-confucius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/09\/why-china-is-turning-back-to-confucius\/","title":{"rendered":"Why China Is Turning Back to Confucius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Wall Street Journal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-china-is-turning-back-to-confucius-1442754000\"><strong>Jeremy Page takes an in-depth look at Xi Jinping&#8217;s turn toward Confucianism<\/strong><\/a> as part of an effort to establish traditional Chinese culture as a global force on par with Western political ideals:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two years after outlining a \u201cChina Dream\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>The shift forms the backdrop for Mr. Xi\u2019s visit to the U.S. this week and could shape China for years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Xi appears to be seeking to inoculate Chinese people against the spread of Western political ideals of individual freedom and democracy, part of what some political insiders say he views as a long-term contest of values and ideology with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The effort is gaining urgency now, as an economic slowdown and stock-market rout fray the social compact of the last three decades in which citizens traded political freedom for rapid wealth creation. With Communist dogma and Chinese-style capitalism losing appeal, the party needs fresh ideas. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-china-is-turning-back-to-confucius-1442754000\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/07\/the-end-of-the-rope-xi-turns-to-confucianism\/\">previous posts<\/a> on<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/01\/confucius-comes-home\/\"> the revival of Confucianism<\/a>, via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Page takes an in-depth look at Xi Jinping&#8217;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 \u201cChina Dream\u201d to re-establish his nation as a great world power, Mr. Xi 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