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2013 Ran Yunfei: Making Classical Chinese Texts Come Alive

Posted on 03/14/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

My five years at US Consulate General Chengdu (2007 – 2012) were enriched by getting to know Ran Yunfei. I knew Ran Yunfei as a man prolific in his writings, with a great appreciation for good food and drink, a … Continue reading →

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2025: He Yafu on Taiwan’s Declining Birth Rate

Posted on 02/12/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Lowering China’s birth rate in a coercive program called in Chinese Fertility Planning jihua shengyu. This program was termed ‘family planning’ although it was in fact state planning analogous to the economic planning that characterized the Chinese economy until more … Continue reading →

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1943 Wartime Japanese Children’s Literature: Pearl Harbor Day in a Japanese Village

Posted on 12/09/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I came across Niimi Nankichi’s wartime Japanese children’s story on the 青空文库 Azora Bunko. The Azora Bunko apparently parallels the Gutenberg Project — its volunteers make older Japanese literature available online. After translating the story, I got interested in its … Continue reading →

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2023 Pincong: PRC Self-Criticism — Home/School Education

Posted on 12/21/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The article below is a posting on Pincong [ 品葱】a website set up outside China to facilitate open discussion among PRC citizens about topics that might get them into trouble at home. Over the past several years the risk to … Continue reading →

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2012: Symposium on Mi Hedu’s Red Guard Generation Book

Posted on 07/09/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Reading Chinese historians and writers on Chinese history and historiography brings revelations on many levels. Not just on history, but on difficulties in understanding history because of political and other restrictions and how the changing Party line affects understanding of … Continue reading →

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