Confucianism in Modern China

Confucianism as the teaching advocating state governance by highly ethical scholar-bureaucrats and a society ruled by morality and a strong emphasis on hierarchical relationships experienced many difficulties in the 20^th Century and was de facto forgotten as the state philosophy. In the 21st Century China, Confucianism is again functioning on the highest ideological level, providing the possibility of a moral vision that supports the politics of the ruling party (CCP), unites the Chinese population in the face of common civilizational goals and threats, and serves as a base for the new models of international order construction.