Westerners and Easterners see the world differently – Zeeya Merali
From New Scientist: Chinese and American people see the world differently – literally. While Americans focus on the central objects of photographs, Chinese individuals pay more attention to the image...
View ArticleAncient sage opens the way to peace of modern powers – Bronwen Maddox
From The Independent (link): OH, NOT The Art of War again. When President Hu of China meets President Bush today he will hand him a copy of the classic work on military strategy by Sun Tzu, the...
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The Newest Mandarins – Annping Chin
In the New York Times Magazine, Yale University History professor Annping Chin writes about contemporary interpretations of the classics in China: Scores of men and women in China’s business world...
View ArticlePolitical Confucianism’s Coming of Age
Following the installation of his statue in Tiananmen Square last month, Global Voices charts the gradual rehabilitation of Confucius in China, and examines the domestic and foreign policy implications...
View Article2011 Angus Graham Memorial Lectures Now Online
SOAS Radio has posted a pair of lectures in memory of the late British Sinologist, Angus Graham, by Professor Liu Xiaogan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The first talk discusses “A Taoistic...
View ArticleYan Xuetong: How China Can Defeat America
Yan Xuetong, professor of political science and dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations at Tsinghua University, writes in the New York Times that ancient Chinese philosophy may hold the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Fate of Zhuangzi in Modern China’ by Liu Jianmei
At the South China Morning Post, Chow Chung-yan reviews The Fate of Zhuangzi in Modern China by Liu Jianmei, on the Taoist sage’s varying fortunes during the 20th Century. An English edition of the...
View ArticleChinese Philosophy Lifts Off in America
A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the growth of Chinese philosophy as a subject of study in U.S. academia and the increasing interchanges between Chinese and Western researchers...
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CDT Bookshelf: Interview with Sam Crane
Sam Crane is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Williams College, where he teaches contemporary Chinese politics and ancient Chinese philosophy. He...
View ArticleEight Questions on Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Dao
China Real Time’s Josh Chin talks to Sam Crane, author of the Useless Tree blog and Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Dao, about the applicability of classical Chinese philosophy to modern life and...
View ArticleConfucius Comes Home
The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos examines Confucianism’s post-Cultural Revolution rehabilitation: No one has harnessed the interest in Confucius more successfully than Yu Dan, a professor of media studies...
View ArticleLeader Taps Into Classics in Seeking to Cement Power
For the New York Times, Chris Buckley reports on President Xi Jinping’s tendency to publicly quote from Chinese philosophers including Confucius and Legalist philosopher Han Fei, in an effort to...
View ArticleRich Chinese Seek Spiritual Fulfillment
The Wall Street Journal’s Wei Gu reports that some of China’s wealthy increasingly favor spiritual and cultural pursuits, with enrollment in courses on subjects like traditional philosophy climbing as...
View ArticleThe End of the Rope? Xi Turns to Confucianism
The Economist examines the Party’s ongoing adoption of Confucianism alongside its own heritage as an ideological pillar: Though the party has quietly been rehabilitating Confucius for some time, under...
View ArticleXi Critic Xu Zhangrun Released From Detention, Fired From Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University has fired Xu Zhangrun, a law professor and outspoken critic of Xi Jinping’s leadership, who was released on Sunday after six days in detention. Xu was suspended from teaching duties...
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