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  • China's leaders rediscover Confucianism

    09/15/2006 11:00:02 AM PDT · by Mrs. Don-o · 41 replies · 1,791+ views
    International Herald Tribune ^ | September 14, 2006 | Daniel A. Bell
    Marxism no longer serves as Chinese society's guiding ideology. But that doesn't mean the end of ideology. Western experts hope liberal democracy will fill the void, but... In China, the moral vacuum is being filled by Christian sects, Falun Gong and extreme forms of nationalism. But the government considers that such alternatives threaten the hard-won peace and stability that underpins China's development, so it has encouraged the revival of Confucianism. ..."Confucius said, 'Harmony is something to be cherished,'" President Hu Jintao noted in February 2005. A few months later, he instructed China's party cadres to build a "harmonious society." Echoing...