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Carlo J.v. Caro

Carlo J.v. Caro

NY Daily News

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Systemic Suppression: The CCP’s Silent Elimination of Alternative Confucianism

Systemic Suppression: The CCP’s Silent Elimination of Alternative Confucianism

Behind the ceremonial vocabulary used by Xi lies a system of epistemic control – one that quietly disables any version of Confucian thought that...

04.08.2025 4

The Diplomat

Carlo J.v. Caro

The Elimination of Remonstrance: From Confucian Conscience to Organizational Discipline

In the Confucian tradition, remonstrance – the expression of earnest opposition – wasn’t disobedience, it was moral fidelity.

31.07.2025 10

The Diplomat

Carlo J.v. Caro

Legal Minimalism: How the Notion of Sentience Disappeared From Chinese Law

Today, legal status comes not from being able to feel, but from being politically or economically useful.

28.07.2025 10

The Diplomat

Carlo J.v. Caro

Erasing Confucian Cosmology: How Harmony Lost Its Soul

Confucian cosmology was never about superstition. Its real power lay in de-centering authority – binding rulers to a higher standard they couldn’t...

24.07.2025 10

The Diplomat

Carlo J.v. Caro

Bureaucratized Confucianism: How Tradition Became a Tool of Control in China

Values once rooted in moral constraint, like filial piety, virtue, and ethical cultivation, are being refitted to serve a system built on obedience...

22.07.2025 6

The Diplomat

Carlo J.v. Caro

Loaded language fuels attacks: How rhetoric arms antisemitic violence

25.05.2025 10

NY Daily News

Carlo J.v. Caro