Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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The 7th Asian History Carnival

September 19th, 2006 · No Comments

For those interested in Asian history in the blogosphere, be sure to check out the 7th installment of the Asian History Carnival hosted by the good folks over at Mutantfrog Travelogue. Lots of great resources, links, articles, think pieces, and debates all in one place to catch you up on what’s going on in the [...]

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Tags: Chinese History

Confucianism and a Harmonious Society

September 19th, 2006 · No Comments

On Richard Spencer’s excellent foreign correspondent’s blog for the Telegraph comes a story about Confucianism in today’s China. (”Chaos and Confucianism in the Classroom,” thanks to ESWN for the link.)
Spencer argues:
“When I have mentioned this before, and indeed when I have read about modern Confucianism elsewhere, it’s normally been in the context [...]

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Tags: Chinese History · Chinese politics