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Confucius the Redeemer as symbolism of President Xi Jinping’s Chinese dreams

Benjamin Haas writing for AFP (January 14, 2015) tells of a Confucius statue that stands tall at the seaside resort in Beidaihe, Hebei Province, China, saying it appears: “Arms outstretched like Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer, a towering Confucius…