CGTN published this video item, entitled “Confucianism in modern society” – below is their description.
This year marks the 2,573rd anniversary of the birth of Confucius, who is the paramount philosopher in China’s history, and a great contributor to the wisdom of the world. After traveling two hours from Beijing by train, I am now in Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius. Over the centuries, scholars and curious minds have been visiting this place, to find out why it managed to nurture such a big name in human history. That was also the question Daniel Bell asked when he decided to leave Canada and come to China to research Confucius and eventually stayed in Shandong for years. As the Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University, Bell is keen to dig deeper into China’s Confucian traditions. He explores how Confucianism used concepts like harmony to prevail over competing philosophies like the ruthless school of Legalism. But even more importantly, he looks at how Confucianism shapes China today.
Beijing, China’s sprawling capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area.
Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Various Indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. The Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British Parliament. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition, with a monarch and a prime minister who serves as the chair of the Cabinet and head of government.
As a highly developed country, Canada has the seventeenth-highest nominal per-capita income globally as well as the thirteenth-highest ranking in the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks.
China is the third largest country in the world by area and the largest country in the world by population. Properly known as the People’s Republic of China, the political territory of the country includes Tibet and Hong Kong. The capital is Beijing.