Those who are familiar with China’s post-1949 history also won’t miss the irony that the Communist government is marketing Confucius as the icon of Chinese culture. Confucius and his thoughts ...

Beijing embraces the ancient philosopher as a way to preserve its legitimacy. In China, Confucius Is Politically Correct BEIJING – For much of his life, Chen Zhenbing has been a voice in the ...

Beijing: The mysterious removal of a statue of Confucius opposite Beijing's Tiananmen ... government's most visible endorsement yet of a cultural icon it had once reviled. On Saturday, it was ...

Sy said the statue may be the first icon of Confucius in the country. Known as the master teacher, Confucius was born on September 28, 551 B.C. in Lu, China—now Shandong province. He died ...

HONG KONG, China — An increasing number of American universities have at least one interest in common with China's Communist government: Confucius Institutes. First established in 2004 ...

More than a million people around the world have responded to an appeal for people who think that they are descendants of the Chinese sage Confucius. The appeal was made by Kong Deyong ...

“I am a descent of Confucius,” says my guide, and I am enormously impressed – until I learn later that the Chinese philosopher’s progeny officially number over two million people ...

Those who are familiar with China’s post-1949 history also won’t miss the irony that the Communist government is marketing Confucius as the icon of Chinese culture. Confucius and his thoughts ...