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2026: A PRC Perspective on AI Development vs. Safety in the USA and in the PRC

Posted on 04/17/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Related translations on this blog: Links and notes added to the translation below. Ji Weidong | Techno-Accelerationism and AI Governance: Reconsidering the China Model 季卫东丨科技加速主义与人工智能治理——对中国方案的重新认识 2026年02月15日 【作者】季卫东 Ji WeidongSenior Professor of Humanities, KoGuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University;Director, China … Continue reading →

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2026: Happiness Worldwide, Happiness China

Posted on 03/20/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Comparing something as subjective as happiness especially across regions and countries is one of the most hazardous of endeavors. Some do it anyways. People may be more or less satisfied compared to how well other people they know about are … Continue reading →

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2026: Thoughts on AI, DeepSeek, and Ideologically Suspect English Language Training Data as Poisonous Weeds

Posted on 02/25/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Just yesterday, thinking back to the Isaac Asimov story about a robot (probably the estimable Daneel) who ran for president of the USA because all the candidates were pretty bad news.  That got me to wondering and so I asked … Continue reading →

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1993 – 2016: (8) : “Political Democracy Is Class Rule” : Chapter Eight of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Posted on 11/07/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chapter Eight of the The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science [政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理] translation continues here. The lead author/editor is Wang Huning, the chief Party ideologue. He is currently #4 on the ruling PRC Politburo standing committee. This … Continue reading →

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2025: What’s New at the Much-Heralded Fourth Plenum and a Guide to Ideological and Political Terms in the Fourth Plenum Communique

Posted on 10/24/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I confess that I haven’t been reading the Party ideological journal Seeking Truth Qiushi 求是 as much when I subscribed to it when worked for the US Mission in China in Beijing and Chengdu. Reading the report on the Party’s … Continue reading →

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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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2020: PRC Developments of Marxism — Yu Bin: On the Philosophy of “Contradiction”

Posted on 09/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

How has the PRC’s Marxist ideology (defined in China as Marx thru Xi) changed? Part of the story could be changes that happen as each generation adopts a different explanation of the tradition, another by changed circumstances, sometimes called changes … Continue reading →

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500 CE: Later Han History — Western Border Regions

Posted on 08/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Modern online tools make pulling up and translation classic Chinese texts easy. Used cautiously some assisted intelligence (yours) tools can make extensive reading in languages you have some or limited knowledge of possible. I wonder if the breadth and depth … Continue reading →

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2016: Party Explains Mao’s Respect for Rule by Law; ChatGPT, DeepSeek Explicate

Posted on 07/29/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Jiang Qing quoted this saying of Mao to bolster her argument that the Gang of Four, sadly depleted from the Gang of Five after Mao died, was the real leadership of the Party before that awful coup Hua Guofeng/Ye Jianying that … Continue reading →

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2025: Xi PRC Media Mentions Declining? Cyber Entities Agnostic

Posted on 06/27/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Analyzing metrics of leader power can be sensitive!  The question of frequency of press mentions of Xi Jinping was discussed back six or seven years ago, not so much since, since getting into trouble with the Party doesn’t make sense. … Continue reading →

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