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2017: Chinese Professor Li Ling on George Orwell’s Anti-Soviet Novels “Animal Farm” and “1984”

Posted on 09/17/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

When I lived in China I would come across 1984 in Chinese bookstores and wonder why the Party didn’t take it personally (or partily?). The answer is that Orwell’s books were taken as anti-Soviet rather than as anti-communist. His books … Continue reading →

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2025：Recent PRC Officialdom Novels

Posted on 01/26/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Recently I saw on the PRC Little Red Book aka RedNote TikTok look-alike website a list of novels about Chinese bureaucracy recommended for new and aspiring Chinese officials who want to get an inside view 体制内 of how the Chinese … Continue reading →

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2024: 1863 Russian Novel “What is to be Done?” Inspires Xi Jinping

Posted on 12/17/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Australian China specialists John Garnaut and Sam Chetwin George December 15 New York Times article claimed “This Unreadable Russian Novel Is Xi Jinping’s Spiritual Guide” on how the mid 19th century novel “What is to be Done” by Nikolay Chernyshevsky … Continue reading →

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2001: Shao Yanxiang Reviews He Jixiang’s “Shanghai Rule of Law Dream”

Posted on 08/02/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Shanghai Rule of Law Dream. (2001) Beijing Shiyue Wenyi Publishing House By Shao Yanxiang “Shanghai Rule of Law Dream” 《沪上法治梦》is a memoir by Mr. He Jixiang 何济翔 , a veteran of Shanghai’s courts, and is part of the “Centennial Life” … Continue reading →

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