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2011-04-16T07:17:00.001-07:00

My Take: Relationships and religious advice
CNN (blog)
The Q&A started with an angry young woman eager to exempt her beloved Confucianism from the horrors of religion. Do I really think Confucianism is a religion? Yes, I do. But Confucius hardly spoke of God or the afterlife. Well, neither do many forms of ...
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Message for Japan: Japan: Standing tall on shaky ground
Jakarta Post
An explanation for this endurance is possibly rooted in the culture and spirituality of Buddhism and Shintoism, and the ethics of Confucianism, which came to Japan from China around the sixth century. All three philosophies are still deeply embodied in ...
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2011-04-16T07:17:00.000-07:00

An interpretation of "four realms of life"
Peking University News
How the profound meaning in Confucianism can be applied to the modern society? Two professors from the Department of Philosophy discussed about the philosophy of late Professor Feng Youlan on April 1. With Professors Hu Jun and Wang Zhongjiang as its ...
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2011-04-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

Senior CPC official urges Confucius Institute to contribute to China-Armenia ... Xinhua YEREVAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Li Changchun on Monday visited the Confucius Institute at Yerevan State Linguistic University of Armenia, calling on the institute to train more talents and contribute ... See all stories on this topic »
Music transcends language barrier, celebrates opening of Confucius Institute UM Maneater A concert featuring the Shanghai Normal University Chinese Folk Music Band and the MU Graduate String Quartet celebrated the opening of the Confucius Institute at MU. Ye Jin, assistant professor in the College of Music at SHNU, said through a ... See all stories on this topic »
Gov't shouldn't simply copy China's Confucius Institutes China Post As the news of the government's plan to open a "Taiwan Academy" in selected US cities came out recently, people couldn't help but notice the idea's similarity to mainland China's ongoing "Confucius Institute" project, a soft power offensive modeled on ... See all stories on this topic » Plan for church higher than Confucian temple causes stir in China The National Residents of Qufu fear its centrepiece, the Confucius temple would be overshadowed by a proposed 42-metre-high church. QUFU, CHINA // Few buildings in Qufu rise more than three or four storeys high. Apart from a shopping centre that stretches skywards, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Religious Ecology of Confucius Temples in Contemporary China: An Empirical ...

US-China Institute
Anna Sun from Kenyon College will speak on Confucius Temples at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, New Jersey. Anna Sun's teaching and research interests include sociology of knowledge, sociology of religion, social theory, and sociology ...
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An epic tale of two peoples across the Pacific

Xinhua
Learning Chinese has now become a fashion in the United States, as over 80 Confucius Institutes have opened across the country, teaching the Chinese language and introducing traditional Chinese culture. "We often hold prejudices against other countries ...
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Leading atheist publishes secular Bible

CNN (blog)
What if the book that billions have turned to for ethical guidance wasn't tied to commandments from God or any one particular tradition but instead included the writings of Aristotle, the reflections of Confucius, the poetry of Baudelaire? ...
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Yes! Everyone is a Hypocrite…from China to the US

American Chronicle
Hypocrisy 5: (China) Mao and the Chinese Communist Party once called him with great comtempt Number 2 Kong, with Confucius being the number two son to his father, and condemned Confucius as counter-revolutionary and his theory as serving the exploiting ...
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2011-04-16T07:08:00.000-07:00

"Chinese Bridge" language contest held in Stockholm

Xinhua
Nine students from Stockholm, Lund and Linkoping Universities and 42 students from a dozen middle schools in Sweden participated in the competition jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Sweden and Nordic Confucius Institute in Stockholm. ...
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Taiwan to set up Taiwan academies in Paris, Chicago

Focus Taiwan News Channel
The initiative was in response to mainland China's heavy investment in recent years to establish Confucius Institutes around the world to promote Chinese culture and a version of the Chinese language that uses simplified characters. ...
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2011-04-16T07:04:00.000-07:00

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The KAIST Suicides
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Tom Coyner, who runs an international business consulting firm in Seoul, put his finger on the issue in a column in Monday's Joong Ang Daily in which he talked about the role of Confucianism in Japan's recovery from last month's disastrous earthquake ...
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Students' world religions mural helps keep graffiti in check
Salt Lake Tribune
Taylorsville High student Natalee Mathews picked a religion she knew nothing about it: Confucianism. "I thought it would give me a great learning experience, and it turned out to be," she said. "I learned a lot from this experience and this project, ...
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2011-04-16T07:03:00.000-07:00

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China's Fear
City Journal
It is taught in schools and universities only as a compulsory, antiquated catechism—as is Confucianism. The thought of Confucius has been integrated into ...

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2011-04-10T06:09:00.001-07:00

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Chinese classses - a flash in the pan?
Straits Times (blog)
Across town at the Confucius Institute in Chicago, a partnership between China's Education Ministry and Chicago Public Schools, Ms Jane Lu is also pondering how best to meet the growing demand for Chinese language classes. Though the programme she ...
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Address: 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
US-China Institute
Expect the unexpected. Special Thanks to Bérénice Reynaud, Cheng-Sim Lim, and REDCAT. Additional funding provided by the UCLA Confucius Institute "The film was triggered by my desire to explore the deep emotions caused by my mother's death in 2007. ...
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The Confucian Worldview: A Rational Reconstruction ...
By Patrick S. O'Donnell
The following provides an introduction to some fundamental concepts critical to understanding the Confucian worldview. By that I mean an attempt to rationally and normatively re-construct what Confucius appears to have intended ...
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Confucius on campus | European Voice
confucius on campus china is channelling its cultural outreach through europe's universities.
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Confucius, the Analects and Western Education - Continuum
Frank Flanagan explores the significance for western liberal/democratic educational systems of the philosophy of Confucius. He presents the central elements ...
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2011-04-09T02:44:00.001-07:00

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Confucius Institute brings Chinese culture to MU
UM Maneater
By Kate Grumke MU celebrated the opening of the Confucius Institute on Friday with a musical concert in the morning and an opening ceremony in the afternoon. At the opening, Chancellor Brady Deaton, Senator Kit Bond, and former Governor Bob Holden, ...
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DSU getting Confucius Institute
Valley News Live
AP - April 8, 2011 5:35 AM ET DICKINSON, ND (AP) - Officials at Dickinson State University have signed an agreement with a Chinese university allowing a Confucius Institute on campus. The Dickinson Press reports that DSU joins 73 other Confucius ...
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Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press...
KXNet.com
(Information in the following story is from: The Dickinson Press, http://www.thedickinsonpress.com) DICKINSON, ND (AP) Dickinson State University has agreed to allow a Confucius Institute on campus. The university's institute would join more than 70 ...
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Susannah Frankel: 'I could probably fit my entire family in my dungarees, with ...
The Independent
For his part, my other half has always looked upon my love affair with the Japanese design aesthetic with a certain degree of scepticism, inevitably opining, with none of the wisdom of Confucius, "But isn't that too big?". ...
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Confucius: To know what is right and not to do it is the worst ...
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Confucius. « To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. » Confucius. Philosopher: Confucius Posted on | April 9, 2011 | No Comments. Comments. Leave a Reply. Name (required). Email Address(required). Website ...
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Tourism Confucius Institute to open on the Gold Coast | My ...
By Julia Phipps
Griffith University will host Australia's first Tourism Confucius Institute at the Gold Coast Campus.
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Debate Swarms Around Taiwan Confucius Requirement - China Real ...
While it's not exactly an uprising of Middle Eastern proportions, students in Taiwan have taken to Facebook to protest new educational requirements that ...
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Campus granted Confucius Institute
Dickinson State University officials signed an agreement with a Chinese university on Thursday, officially allowing a Confucius Institute on campus, ...
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MU celebrates new Confucius Institute | The Columbia Daily Tribune ...
The Chinese government and University of Missouri administrators on Friday celebrated the opening of a new center on campus aimed to teach the Chinese ...
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Soshiok.com - Confucius on the table
Pamper your tastebuds with the Confucius cuisine at Mandarin Palace, Kuala Lumpur.
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2011-04-09T02:43:00.000-07:00

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Debate Swarms Around Taiwan Confucius Requirement
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A screenshot taken April 8, 2011 show a Facebook petition page protesting the Taiwan Ministry of Education's plan to make study of the Confucian classics mandatory for high school students. While it's not exactly an uprising of Middle Eastern ...
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2011-04-09T02:36:00.000-07:00

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Noted scholar addresses Confucian humanism
WMU News
by Margaret von Steinen KALAMAZOO--Harvard's Dr. Tu Weiming will present "An Interreligious Perspective on Confucian Humanism," at 5:30 pm Monday, April 18, ...

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2011-04-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

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Dr. Lily Neo is more Confucius than PAP
The Temasek Review
This fixes into the philosophy of Confucianism that promotes care and concern for the poor, weak, young and old people. (老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼). Confucianism wants to extend the love from our own family members to outsiders, including both ...
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Final farewell
Malaysia Star
Chinese culture, he explains, is influenced by three belief systems: Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. "Confucianism, for example, doesn't talk about the next life but it places great emphasis on filial piety. When your parents are alive, ...
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2011-04-05T06:46:00.000-07:00

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Confucius rises as Communist Party revives tradition
China Post
The ruling Nationalists adopted Confucianism as a tool for demanding obedience in the early 20th century, and the sage's place at the heart of Chinese moral philosophy had seemed secure until China's first Communist ruler, Mao Zedong, attacked him at ...
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China's new Age of Enlightenment
Art Newspaper
Leibniz, the German rationalist, corresponded with missionaries and advocated learning from Confucian traditions. Voltaire saw in Confucianism a weapon against religious intolerance and hung a picture of the Chinese moralist on his wall. ...
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2011-04-05T06:44:00.000-07:00

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Major progress in nation's key Confucian classics project
Peking University News
Peking University, Apr. 1, 2011: A PKU-led project on compilation of Confucian works has made a remarkable progress, according to a book donation ceremony at PKU on March 30. A number of government agencies, research institutes, and international ...
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Interview with Joseph Baladi
Asia Times Online
As one New York Times reporter commented, Confucianism is a winner because of its emphasis on education, and one of the Chinese government's top priorities is education. It is a mistake not to recognize China's focus on getting better and doing so fast ...
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2011-03-31T23:34:00.001-07:00

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Confucius Institute presents Chinese Film Series
University of Delaware
The Confucius Institute at the University of Delaware will present several of these award-winning films in its premier Chinese Film Series, "Modern China -- Tradition and Transformation," to be held every Wednesday from April 6 through May 4 on UD's ...
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The Enduring Power of Virtue
The Atlantic
Western accounts of virtue start with Aristotle, but to honor Jim's relationship with China, let's go back instead to Confucius. Depending on what you paid attention to in school, you might remember Confucius by the Silver Rule ("Do not do to others. ...
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Public Schools Get Communist Curriculum
The Moral Liberal
Public school districts in Washington State and California have agreed to allow China's communist regime to conduct "Confucius Classroom" programs supposedly aimed at promoting Chinese language and culture in this country. ...
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Feminism isn't ethical. Humanist is.
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
China repressed women only during very early Confucianism, as Confucius hated women, comparing them to dogs and less intelligent than horses. Confucius had some issues with his mother, I suspect. All humor aside, women were allowed to serve in both the ...
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Far West, or "At the Extremity of the West"?
AsianWeek
It was a strange coincidence that during those high-tension days the China Institute in New York inaugurated a large exhibit on Confucius. He is the philosopher of the 5th-6th Century BC whose philosophy the Chinese regime "appropriates" altering it ...
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2011-03-31T23:34:00.000-07:00

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Will a 'happy' China, make for a happier world?
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
He points to the growing importance of Confucianism within China – a statue of Confucius appeared on Tiananmen Square last year – and, more profoundly, the shift in Chinese government rhetoric away from economic to a broader concept of happiness. ...
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Japan: The Psychology Behind Dignity
Huffington Post (blog)
Empathy for the weak, filial piety and awareness of the fragility of the human condition are not solely Japanese; they originate in the teachings of Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. A survey reveals that among the values that the Japanese people say they ...
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2011-03-31T23:33:00.001-07:00

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Second Confucius Institute established in Sweden
Xinhua
STOCKHOLM, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's second Confucius Institute was inaugurated Tuesday at the Karlstad University in the province of Varmland. Eva Eriksson, governor of Varmland,said at the inaugural ceremony that she will fully support the ...
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Eastern philosophy reduced to a Twitter message
The National
Confucius" Easy for you to say, David Lynch. March 25 "My niece Eva is about to enter her terrible twos. That sounds scary. Any advice?" Yes, Ellen DeGeneres. Run. March 25. "A shelter put a dog named Twitter up for adoption. While their dog, MySpace, ...
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2011-03-31T23:33:00.000-07:00

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University of Liverpool 'knocking on doors' to help businesses develop Chinese ...
Liverpool Daily Post
The university hosts a Confucius centre, the Chinese-backed organisation aimed at developing cultural and trade links between the two countries. It has also established its own campus near Shanghai and Prof Michael Hoey, director of Liverpool Confucius ...
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Pdval glitches reappear in purchase of medicines to Cuba
El Universal
The Venezuelan government attested to the statement attributed to China's philosopher Confucius. Months after Venezuelans were surprised that more than 100000 tons of food imported by the Venezuelan Food Producer and Distributor (Pdval) were rotten and ...
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2011-03-31T23:32:00.000-07:00

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Confucius is a hometown hero again
Sacramento Bee
By BARBARA DEMICK Not long ago, it was a disgrace to carry the surname Kong, which indicated one was a descendent of the philosopher better known in the West as Confucius, a man vilified by the staunchest Communists as a throwback to China's feudal ...
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Calling things by their right names: a lesson from Confucius
Pajamas Media
There is also Confucius. "If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be conducted successfully. When affairs cannot be conducted ...
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Tainan Mayor Lai shows support for marathon runners
eTaiwan News
The trio embarked on their run from the Tainan Metropolitan Park at 6am and reached the Tainan Confucius Temple in an hour. They completed 64 km upon arrival at the Houpi District. Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-Te and Houpi District Administrator Lee ...
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Wishful thinking over IP protection
Financial Times
The Chinese concept of a court of law is far different from the western concept and it has nothing to do with Confucius. In the developed countries and some emerging markets such as India, a court order is a court order and must be obeyed by all other ...
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2011-03-31T23:31:00.001-07:00

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The Sources of Chinese Conduct
Project Syndicate
That measure, the first projection of Chinese naval power so far from home, is consistent with Confucianism, which regards morality as the top priority of policymaking, rather than Marxism, according to which economic interests alone drive foreign ...
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2011-03-31T23:31:00.000-07:00

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Dockers ride their luck
The West Australian
"I was walking down by the Brisbane River this morning and I ran into this statue and it was Confucius," Harvey revealed after the Dockers' audacious opening to the season. "It said 'visitors prosper', so it was a bit of luck on the way. ...
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2011-03-31T23:30:00.001-07:00

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India shrinking
Daily Pioneer
Two, historically, India never had problems with Buddhist/Confucius China. It had — and continues to have — problems with communist China; remove this perverse ideology, and India and China are bhai-bhai. Herein lies the importance of Nirmala Sharma ...
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2011-03-31T23:30:00.000-07:00

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The end of a life: Concepts of afterlife
The Jeju Weekly
However, in Jeju, as in mainland Korea, there is a remarkable religious syncretism, as evidenced by some overlapping of Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism and even Christianity. A Shamanic tradition commonly called Mu (often termed "Musok" by scholars) ...
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2011-03-31T23:29:00.001-07:00

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Meher McArthur discusses and signs Confucius: A Throneless King
US-China Institute
Author Meher McArthur will discuss and sign his recent published book: Confucius: A Throneless King at the Pacific Asia Museum. Meher McArthur discusses and signs Confucius: A Throneless King.A contemporary of Buddha, Confucius was an outspoken and ...
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Sunday night Chinese films returns to MTSU
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO — MTSU's free Chinese Film Festival returns on Sunday nights beginning Sunday, bringing four films from four regions of the country thanks to the Confucius Institute and the College of Mass Communication. Each movie will begin promptly at ...
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Ski Channel
Yet as with the eras of civilization, so doth streams of thought hold only in the interim, and thus it is equally customary for the arguments to swing like the beard of Confucius or a barometer on a New Englande windowsill. In the 18 th century, ...
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Japan's shock vibrates around the world
Sydney Morning Herald
Aside from it being of quite modern origin and about as Chinese as most of the old ''Confucius he say'' jokes - though some researchers point it back to a real Chinese saying that ''It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic ...
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2011-03-31T23:29:00.000-07:00

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Students study faith's traits
Salisbury Post
By Sarah Campbell SALISBURY — Students at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College explored religious practices ranging from Islam to Confucianism to the gospel according to Harry Potter this week. "I think it's good to learn about new religions even if you ...
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2011-03-31T23:28:00.000-07:00

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University of Dubai opens Confucius Institute
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The University of Dubai (UD), a prestigious university in the UAE established by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, announced today the opening of the Confucius Institute that will offer students and working professionals courses on Chinese ...
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Will the great film quota wall of China come down?
The Guardian
Dollar signs are lighting up in foreign producers' eyes China's film quota saw Avatar pulled for Confucius (pictured). Photograph: Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) Ltd/HO You probably didn't notice, but last Saturday was a watershed date in the ...
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Sucker Punch
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's like something Confucius might have said, if Confucius were Charlie Sheen. In which case he would have tweeted it. At any rate, it's nonsensical and demented, as befits Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," set in an insane asylum where a young woman ...
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First Cultural Extravaganza kicks off with comedy, poetry, movies, more
Exponent Online
The event is sponsored by the Black Student Union, Campus Programming and Relations, SUFAC, SOL, Hmong Club, The Alliance, and Confucius Institute. "This is a fun, interactive way for students to learn about people outside of their culture," Nicole ...
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Celebrate National Employee Benefits Day!
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Ralph Waldo Emerson "We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment." - Jim Rohn "Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself." - Confucius.
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2011-03-31T23:27:00.000-07:00

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Confucius is a hometown hero again
Los Angeles Times
The religious side of Confucianism is in evidence here. In front of a looming, painted statue of Confucius in a vaulted niche — in which the ancient sage looked a little like a skinny version of Buddha — visitors burn incense and bow their heads low ...
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Characteristics of Koreans and Japanese
Korea Times
The two countries imported Confucianism from China but used it differently. Joseon kings localized Confucianism into a governing philosophy for ruling the people under a centralized government. Japan used Confucianism as the foundation of social ...
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2011-03-31T23:24:00.000-07:00

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USF, China partnership brings the Confucius Institute, opportunity for students
ABC Action News
The students in Professor Eric Shepherd's classroom are learning Mandarin Chinese and taking advantage of a partnership with Nankai University in China through The Confucius Institute. USF's Confucius Institute is one of 300 worldwide and the first at ...
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Therese Park | A conversation with Confucius
Kansas City Star
Since the 31-foot-tall statue of Confucius (Kong Fuzi, in Chinese) was installed in Beijing's Tianenman Square in January, I've been eager to share what I learned about the ancient philosopher in 2006 as a tourist in Qufu, his hometown in Shangdong ...
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China announces 500 scholarships
The News International
The event was organised by the Confucius Institute, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), here on Tuesday. Yang Linhai appreciated the efforts of the NUML Confucius Institute. He lauded the performance of the Chinese and Pakistani students ...
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2011-03-22T23:57:00.000-07:00

Alfred University Confucius Institute hosts 'Chinese Bridge' competition
AU News
The competition, hosted by the Confucius Institute at Alfred University (CIAU), is open to non-Chinese students under the age of 30 from colleges and universities in the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, ...
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Expanse of soft power
The News International
In contrast, China's Confucius Institute is a fascinating modern soft-power initiative that has made a significant impression around the world. Combining a certain practicality with culture and the arts, China's formula of soft-peddling this initiative ...
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Confucius and Blake
The Island.lk (subscription)
My comments stem from my interest in the life and work of Confucius, who Mr. Blake is well advised to familiarize himself with. Confucius was a sage and social philosopher, whose life is said to have extended from September 551 BC to 479 BC This comes ...
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Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West