Tag Archives: commentator

2023: PRC Charm Offensive Takes Shape

Is a PRC charm offensive gathering force? Now the first rule of a charm offensive is not to be offensive. Today’s page three Halloween commentary in People’s Daily is by the Voice of China commentator. Like a lot of things … Continue reading

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2023: PRC Military Commentator Cautions on Underestimating US S&T, Military Strengths

Chinese military commentators, sometimes serving PLA officers, often provide widely circulated information and misinformation on military affairs. The PLA has a corps of writer senior officers without significant command experience who tend to speak more daringly (to gain an audience?) … Continue reading

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1978: Hu Fuming’s “Practice is the Sole Criterion of Truth” and his Retrospective

Nice interview with Hu Fuming, lead drafter of the historic 1978 Guangming Ribao commentary “Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth” pointing out Mao and Party aren’t necessarily always right. What a heretical thought! During the early post-Mao days after … Continue reading

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Yu Ying-shih on The ‘Gentleman’ and the Confucian Ideal

Lately I have been reading the Analects Confucius with two friends who also worked in China and read Chinese. We have been working through the original text assisted by the translation and commentaries of Annping Chin and myriad Chinese language … Continue reading

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