While looking (rather unsuccessfully) for articles about Freud's influence in China, I found this article about the contemporary problems people have with Freud. It was published in 1993, so it isn't that recent but I still think it is pretty interesting.
Here is the article
I think one of the most interesting parts of this article is how the journalist brings up Freud's tension with Carl Jung:
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He then goes on to ask if this is a legitimate way to found an objective science. I knew Jung and Freud were not on the best of terms, but I had no idea it was so soap-opera-esque!
I know! I thought the same thing! Their conflict was much more dramatic than I thought!
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