Exclusive | Political theorist Daniel A. Bell reflects on China’s melding of Confucius and Marx

Exclusive | Political theorist Daniel A. Bell reflects on China’s melding of Confucius and Marx

Daniel A. Bell, a Canadian political theorist specialising in Confucianism and China’s political meritocracy, is chair of political theory at the University of Hong Kong’s law faculty. He was the first foreigner to be appointed as dean of Shandong University’s school of political science and public administration, and also taught at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. In…

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China’s narrative war with West goes beyond Confucius with focus on other ancient schools

China’s narrative war with West goes beyond Confucius with focus on other ancient schools

China has set up a research institute on early Chinese philosophies, taking the discourse beyond Confucius in its latest effort to win the narrative war with the West on governance values. The “Chinese Zhuzi Research Institute”, or “institute of early Chinese philosophies” opened earlier this month at the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai….

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