New Chinese President Looking to Religion to Fill Moral Void

Corruption has become so bad in China, the new president is now looking to religion to potentially fill the moral void.

The predictions of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the new Chinese President, Xi Jinping, might come forward with humane reforms in dealing with Tibet appear to be coming true. The Central Tibetan Administration reported on Sept. 30, 2013, “Xi Jinping hopes traditional faiths can fill moral void in China: sources.”

In perhaps one of the most radical reformist statements in dealing with China‘s traditional cultures since the Communist Revolution under Mao, Xi has said he hopes China’s traditional cultures, or faiths, which include Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, will help fill a void which has allowed corruption to flourish.

President Xi Jinping has expressed feelings that he sees China as losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths, with hopes these will help fill a vacuum which has been created by the country’s enormous growth and rush to get rich. Xi grew up in Mao’s puritan China and he has been is troubled by what he sees as the country’s moral decline and blind obsession with money.