China News Network BEIJING, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What would East Asia look like without Confucius? Would its core values of Ren (benevolence), Yi (righteousness), and Li (propriety) have been replaced by entirely different notions? In a new video produced by China News Network, Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, embarks on a thought-provoking…
For most of the 103-year history of the Communist Party of China, the teachings of the philosopher Confucius were deemed relics of a backwards past, with its leaders looking to Marxism and socialism to modernise China. But under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, Confucianism has made a dramatic comeback as the bedrock of imperial Chinese ethics…
Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong will press on with explaining the implementation of the “one country, two systems” governing principle to foreign envoys after some declined invites to visit a mainland Chinese province. But Cui Jianchun, the head of the foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong, said on Sunday consuls general should try to…
Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong will press on with explaining the implementation of the “one country, two systems” governing principle to foreign envoys after some declined invites to visit a mainland Chinese province. But Cui Jianchun, the head of the foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong, said on Sunday consuls general should try to…
Some inventions have remained virtually flawless since their inception, requiring only the most subtle adjustments throughout history. Chopsticks exemplify this beautifully. An excavation in southwest China’s Sichuan province in mid-September unearthed a pair of metal chopsticks from the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) that appear as though they could have been cleaned and set for the…