Stumbling towards Confucius-ville
As part a Beijing-sponsored "cultural renaissance", the 2,500-year-old teachings of Confucius are back in vogue as a counterbalance to the meteoric rise of modern China. But a plan to erect a US$4.2 billion "Chinese Cultural Symbolic City" in the philosopher's hometown has hardly inspired the peace and social harmony of which Confucius wrote. - Wu Zhong
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