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April 14, 2011 | This video is an excerpt from the Berkley Center's event Confucianism in China Today.
The last several years have seen an official revival of Confucianism in China. President Hu Jintao has developed the idea of a "Harmonious Socialist Society," drawing on Confucian ideas. The government has set up a network of cultural Confucius Institutes around the world, and earlier this year a statue of Confucius was erected in Tiananmen Square. Dr. Liu Yi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Berkley Center and Executive Director of Center for Study of Religion and Society at Shanghai University, answers the question: How extensive is the Confucian revival and what is its significance?
