“Filiality to the state is also a form of filial piety<\/a>,” a man-on-the-street told CCTV reporters last month. He was one of several people interviewed about “showing filial piety to the state” before one’s own family in a segment that aired on the same day that President Xi Jinping inspected the state broadcaster’s headquarters<\/a>. Political cartoonist Kuang Biao illustrates this form of loyalty\u00a0by depicting the\u00a0character “filial piety” (\u5b5d) bound and submissive:<\/p>\n
Filial piety\u2014or respect for one’s parents, elders, and ancestors\u2014is a core tenet of Confucianism, which Xi’s administration has been touting\u00a0as an alternative<\/a> to “Western ideology<\/a>.” <\/p>\n
Kuang Biao’s WeChat account was deleted recently, after he posted a cartoon comparing the public condemnation of Ren Zhiqiang to the “struggle sessions” of the Cultural Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"