Religion, especially Christianity has spread rapidly throughout China even though the government maintains an atheistic philosophy in governing. ... In 2003 Hu Jintao declared that China needed to start building a "Harmonious Society" which is a resonance of Confusion philosophy. Today China has funded and helped establish thousands of Confucius institutes in universities throughout the world. ... The expansion and the embrace of Confucian philosophy shows a Chinese ambition to spread their culture and thought globally. This is a significant change of policy compared to Mau's de...

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The majority of commons were uneducated and knew the very basics of religion; their main way to relate to Christianity was through visual images and physical objects, the threat of these being taken away provoked fear in many as now they would have little to help them understand teachings and philosophies of the Christian religion. ...

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