China's Global Aspirations and Confucianism
Lahtinen, Anja This book deals with Chinäs global aspirations, which rise from its economic power, history, tradition, ideology, and culture. Confucianism guided the emperors in their mandate of heaven over two thousand years. Today government-driven Confucianism as a country¿s soft power is embedded to advance Chinäs aspirations for global power. The methodology in this book is historical and cultural narrative to gain a more profound understanding of Chinä...