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1993 – 2016: (11) : The National Question Is Part of the Overall Question of Social Revolution Chapter Eleven of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Summary:  Chapter Eleven of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science ‘The National Question Is Part of the Overall Question of Social Revolution’ argues that the national question is inseparable from the history of capitalism’s development and class … Continue reading

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2013 PRC Party Internal Distribution Book System 1953 – 1980

The PRC still has an internal news distribution system that provides Party and government leader, differentiated by rank, news not permitted to be distributed in the domestic PRC media as well as similarly restricted foreign news. During the first thirty … Continue reading

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2004: Shen Zhihua on Soviet Assistance within Limits to PRC Nuclear Weapons Development

Shen Zhihua 沈志华, a Chinese historian of the Cold War who has done extensive work in both Soviet and Chinese archives Some of Shen Zhihua’s work translated elsewhere on this translation blog: Neil Silver in 2012 translated Shen Zhihua’s book … Continue reading

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2010: Diplomatic Historian Shen Zhihua on Archival Work

See also: 2010 Shen Zhihua:  Opening and Publication of Archives is Not the Same Thing 沈志华:档案的公布与开放并非一回事 ● Shen Zhihua  Key Points: That being said, it does not mean that archives themselves are history. When the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading

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2020: Chinese on US vs. PRC Economy, Science, Education, Outlook for Bilateral Relations

Today I came across this set of three articles comparing the US and China in various dimensions and considering the outlook for bilateral relations. These three articles are translated below. I did a quick translation using DeepL and then reviewed … Continue reading

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2022: Wang Jisi: Has the U.S. Really Declined? Chinese Need to Have a Clear Understanding About This

Has the U.S. Really Declined? Chinese Need to Have a Clear Understanding About This May 14, 2022 | Source: Culture Vertical | Reads: 644 王缉思: 美国到底有没有衰落? 中国人应有清醒认识 Keywords: Belt and Road Global Governance Country Studies Geopolitics [Introduction] In recent years, … Continue reading

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2020: Xiao Gongqin: Dealing with the New Pattern in the U.S. – China Game — U.S.-China Relations III

This is the third and final part of Xiao Gongqin’s article on U.S. – China relations. The first two parts are: Here Professor Xiao Gongjin continues his critique of Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s policy. Xiao argues not for … Continue reading

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2020: Xiao Gongqin: How the U.S. Chooses its Enemies — U.S.-China Relations II

See the first installment of this series, Xiao Gongqin on U.S.-China Relations I: Avoid a Vicious Cycle where you will also see a short biography of Professor Xiao Gongqin. This article provides a fall 2020 perspective on U.S. – China relations. … Continue reading

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PRC Diplomatic History Scholar Shen Zhihua

I’ve been lucky to hear Professor Shen Zhihua at the Wilson Center in DC twice over the past few years.  He came both times with a group of five or so Chinese scholars who gave presentations on PRC history and … Continue reading

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