@article{Lin2011,
  author    = {Lin, Hang},
  title     = {The Traditional Confucianism and its Contemporary Relevance},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-68769},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {After a century of its retreat from political and social stages in East Asia, Confucianism eventually found its revival together with the economic industrialization in the region. The awakening consciousness of the traditional Confucian values leads to a reconsideration of their implication on a modern society. Despite the criticism on the actual relevance of Confucianism and modernization, there are precious elements within the Confucian values which provide the relevance of Confucianism to the future, such as an ethic of responsibility and the understanding of the humanistic meaning of life.},
  subject      = {Ostasien},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Lin2011,
  author    = {Lin, Hang},
  title     = {A Mixed Bag of Results: Village Elections in Contemporary China},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-68684},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {While there is only little transformation to the absolute power of the party-state to be detected, some grassroots democratic experiments, however, are receiving enormous attention of the world, especially village elections. Nevertheless, this preliminary exercise of democracy is widely characterized as a mixed bag of results. Since its first conduction, it has experienced immense development and bought great impact not only on different rural political institutions, but also on common mass villagers, as well as changes to the local governance. But at the same time, the limitations of the factual effectiveness of these elections can hardly be underestimated and such aspects as the standardization of electoral procedures are still to be further improved. Moreover, given the wide variations across Chinese countryside and the strong oppositions from all levels, the future of China's village elections remain hard to gauge.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}