“Political Confucianism” is the official ideology of choice in Mainland China, where some influential people are explicitly seeking to re-re-instate perennially useful Confucianism as China’s “state religion.” Here’s an explanation aimed at a Western audience by Wang Rui-Chang. For more introductory information, see “China: Dem0cracy, or Confucianism?”. There’s also “China repackaging Confucius” and “China unveils its ‘soft-power’ campaign: Canonize Confucius, no mention of Mao” as easy first introductions.
By coincidence, I also just today found this photo collection from the 1973-74 campaign to denounce Confucius.
Canada:
China:
Taiwan:
The States:
Brazil:
UK:
I remember reading this a while back.
Yeah, this has been in the news for a while now. I thought the absence of Mao, and the whole 19th and 20th centuries really, from the Olympic Open Ceremonies was glaringly conspicuous.