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DESCRIPTION:Numata Lecture in Buddhist Studies\n\nClay Bodhisattva Crossing
  the River: Buddhist Public Diplomacy and Its Dialectic in Contemporary Ch
 ina\n\nLawrence Y. K Lau\n\nAbstract\n\nSince the turn of the millennium\,
  Buddhism has been constructed as a cultural “soft power” by China in cult
 ivating ties with Buddhist countries in South\, Southeast and Northeast As
 ia. Over time\, Western countries are also added to the list of target aud
 ience as China “exports” its Buddhism. This talk identifies similar practi
 ces in post-1949 Mao China and provides an analysis for the rationale and 
 strategies for such policies\, their corresponding projects\, as well as r
 eactions from the international Buddhist communities. It will conclude wit
 h an evaluation of the impact of China’s Buddhist diplomatic soft power an
 d its future trajectory.\n\nSpeaker\n\nLawrence Y.K. Lau is associate prof
 essor in the Department of Religious Studies\, Fudan University\, Shanghai
 . His primary research areas are Yogācāra Buddhism and Buddhist political-
 religious relationship under secularization. He recent publications includ
 e Kleśa and Vijñapti: A Philosophical Studies on East Asian Vijñānavāda (2
 020)\, Monastic Literati and Militants: Interacting among Buddhism\, Socie
 ty and Politics (2020)\, and Le Bouddhisme engage and Civil Society: A Stu
 dy of Buddhist Public Engagement in Thailand and Malaysia (2019).\n\nOnlin
 e:  https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88414966681 \n
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SUMMARY:Clay Bodhisattva Crossing the River: Buddhist Public Diplomacy and 
 Its Dialectic in Contemporary China
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