‘Limited democracy in order to save liberalism’

Confucius, born in 551 BCE, was a Chinese political theorist and philosopher, whose ideas are held in esteem and continue to be studied not just in China and the East Asian countries, but globally. The subject of the lecture was "Liberal Democracy and Confucianism". ThePrint was the media partner of the event. New Delhi: Confucian ideas can address present issues better than the "dominant liberal-democratic" models, said Chinese political philosophy scholar Bai Tongdong during the 15th Giri Deshingkar Memorial Lecture organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies held virtually, Wednesday. Bai,…