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July 19, 2010

chinese religions and economic sustainability

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_370" align="alignright" width="150" caption="A solar-powered light on the road to Maoshan, Jiangsu, China."][/caption] In Sunday's New York Times, Wayne Arnold published a column on the perennial topic "rethinking the measure of growth." The story concerns attempts by Asian economists...
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June 25, 2010

daoism’s quest for relevance

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_534" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photograph taken during the liturgy at the Templo da Transparência Sublime, Rio de Janeiro, December 2009."][/caption] In a Wall Street Journal blog today, Christopher Carothers asks, "Is Daoism is losing its way?" He writes: Today, Buddhism...
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February 2, 2010

avatar vs. confucius

By: James Miller

What do you do, as a Chinese film board, when the Hollywood science fiction film Avatar smashes Chinese box office records in its first three weeks in theaters, when online chat sites are buzzing about the uncanny parallels between the...
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November 5, 2009

china’s green religion

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_309" align="alignright" width="300" caption="James Miller attending the Laozi Conference in the Great Hall of the People"][/caption] I'm at the First Summit on Laozi and Daoist Culture, which is taking place this week in Beijing. The Summit is the work...
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