Confucius Making a Comeback In Money-Driven Modern China

Confucianism is enjoying a resurgence China, as more and more Chinese seek ways to adapt to a culture in which corruption has spread and materialism has become a driving value.

Editor's note:

The final quote of the article is quite telling:

"Confucianism, as far as I understand, calls for universal harmony in the world with a single culture. In a world with universal harmony, all different religions in the world will share a common view, and all different interpretations about the universe will reach a consensus."

Such things can be said of the Communist Party. Despite what academics have been saying these days regarding pluralism and democracy in Confucianism, the current Chinese government's stress on consensus in the name of (what it thinks is) the common good is not new.