This article looks at Ciji (Tzu Chi), a Taiwanese Buddhist charity which has been active in
China since 1991. Ciji's presence in China is all the more remarkable in view of outbreaks of …

This dissertation looks at the political behavior of three Taiwanese Buddhist organizations
since 1989: the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC), the Buddha Light …

Laliberté looks at a relatively unexplored aspect of modern Taiwan: the influence of religion
on politics. This book offers a detailed survey of three of the most important Buddhist …

One of the remarkable illustrations of the development of civil society in China during the
1990s was the emergence of religious actors in social services provision (Tsai 2007; Eng …

A new religious phenomenon in Taiwan is the advent of socially engaged Buddhism,
Buddhist groups committed to working for the betterment of society and the welfare of the …

This paper explores the possibility that Chinese Buddhist institutions can represent a source
of alternate civility conducive to a more open political system. The paper starts to explore the …

Since its rapid expansion, mainly in the 1990s, Tzu Chi has emerged as the largest lay
Buddhist organization in the contemporary Chinese religious world. Tzu Chi was founded in …

Buddhist organizations in Taiwan, for the most part, remained silent during the period of
martial law (1947-1987), and have not been involved during the process of democratization …

The relevance of religious institutions to democratization process in Taiwan represents a
marginal area of study in Western scholarship, with the exception of the literature on the …

Abstract The establishment of Confucius Institutes (CIs) is a great endeavor by the Chinese
government to spread Chinese language and culture in neighboring countries. It is …