Confucianism

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

REL/133 February 6, 2012 Mr. Michael Hilley Confucianism is a philosophy developed in China and is often seen as a religion. It helps individuals learn and understand themselves and become one with society. Confucius’s primary goa ...
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Confucius Institutes are not about Confucius

Source: The Useless Tree

There is a bit of a dust up over Confucius Institutes, those Chinese-government sponsored organizations that promote Chinese language teaching in US (and locations all over the world). But before we get to the details of this k ...
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Pride and prejudice are out of date

Source: China Daily

On May 24, the US Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011, which cover almost all the countries and territories of the world except for the US itself, of course. I went through the chapter dedicated ...
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Whose Blasphemy?; The Atheist Case for Religious Freedom

Source: Religion Dispatches

It is hard to imagine a less hateful person than Alexander Aan. Mild and soft-spoken, the 30-year-old Indonesian bureaucrat recently told Al Jazeera, in an interview conducted just outside his jail cell, “As a democracy and part of the ...
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Source: The Jakarta Post

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Second Field Trip of China

Source: Travel Blog

Tuesday night, we all decided to head down to West Lake. About 10 of us took taxis down to West Lake to walk around and enjoy the lake at night. The lights of the buildings reflecting off the lake was beautiful. In addit ...
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On Global Cultural Influence in Modern/Post-Modern Times

Source: The Useless Tree

All this talk of imposing or importing outside values on China but there is little talk I hear of importing Chinese values to the west. I believe that the west needs more of Chinese values, especially Confucian values, than Chi ...
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What China's Talking About Today: Getting Tough With North Korea

Source: The Atlantic

After North Koreans held 29 Chinese fishermen hostage, web users in Chine are calling for their country to take action against the long-time ally. The hostages on their way back to Dalian, China (Sina News). Chinese fisherman held hostage by North K ...
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Immigrant family values

Source: Eagle Forum

Conservatives argue in favor of family values, and many immigrants have very strong family values, so it is sometimes argued that conservatives should favor increased immigration. That argument is wrong. Family has supreme importance t ...
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