southern China, by a man, surnamed Chen. He said he happened upon “a kid” weeping on her knees while worshipping a Confucius statue late in the evening on Saturday.

It is said to be the ruin of the capital of Shan Hao (one if the five legendary rulers before recorded history in China); five ... clouds floating above. A statue of Confucius stands inside ...

Confucius Institutes — once hailed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as “an important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up” — are in free-fall. These CCP-sponsored centers ...

This was before there was a “China” as we now know it, but the state of Lu is in the territory of today’s Shandong province, the great cradle of Chinese civilization around the Yellow River, set on a ...

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine.

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