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Article: Unlikely bedfellows? Confucius, the CCP, and the resurgence of guoxue.(WORLD IN REVIEW)(Chinese Communist Party )
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- Harvard International Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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Confucius has become China's biggest celebrity. Enjoying an unprecedented revival of interest from China's population, he has also become the country's cultural ambassador to the world: his words adorned the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony, his teachings are being studied by millions of Chinese from all backgrounds, and his physical spirit itself is being revitalized through the acting of international movie star Chow Yun-Fat in a soon-to-be released, government-supported film on his life. In other words, Confucius is being resurrected. Even more significant, this resurrection is occurring in the backdrop of a national resurgence of interest in ...