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2014: (29) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 29: “Back to the Starting Point”

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (28) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 28: “Hard to Put … Continue reading

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2014: (26) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 26: “All Things Are Connected”

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (25) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 25 “Guilt by Association” … Continue reading

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2014: (16) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 16 “Let the ruler be a true ruler, and the minister be a true minister”

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (15) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 15 Origins of Absolute … Continue reading

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2025: Hunan Xiangya Hospital Whistleblower Murder Case Exposed, Ongoing Suppression by Censors — ChatGPT Search Tool Example

Here is a presentation, through ChatGPT4o search results in Chinese and English, of the dramatic ongoing 2024 Luo Shiyu 罗帅宇 Hunan Xiangya Second Hospital 中南大学湘雅二医院 whistleblower murder case (the authorities say it was suicide, there is some evidence to the … Continue reading

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2025: Party Journal — Xi Jinping on Party Member Conduct

Reading the statements of China’s leader Xi Jinping in the Chinese Communist Party’s ideological journal Qiushi reminds me of reading and ancient text together with the explanation of each sentence or longer passage by learned commentators. A Sharp Ideological Weapon … Continue reading

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Rightist Memoir XLIII: My Family Falls Apart

Find table of contents chapter links at Kong Lingping’s Rightist Memoir I: “Blood Chronicle” By Long-time Prisoner of Mao Zedong The full Chinese text can be downloaded from bannedbook.org  Chapter 9 My Family Falls Apart Mother had been feeling tightness in her chest … Continue reading

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2024: Suicide in China 中国自杀现象 (via Chinese language 维基百科)

During the 1990s, the suicide rate among rural women was the highest in the PRC. I recall vividly a meeting with experts from the section of the PRC Ministry of Agriculture (around 1998 while working in the US Embassy Beijing … Continue reading

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2023: Controversies on Death of Mao’s Son Mao Anying During the Korean War

Comparing a recent Yahoo Taiwan news story with Wikipedia articles in various languages about Mao’s son Mao Anying. As you might expect, the Russian articles provides much more detail about his ten years in the Soviet Union as a student … Continue reading

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2011: Mao Zedong on Life and Death

Mao Zedong, always an intriguing mix of idealism and militant materialism, would often say that when he would die he would go to meet Marx. Some examples and discussion of this are in the recent blog article here 2023: Mao … Continue reading

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Rightist Memoir XXVI: Final Cultural Revolution Shockwaves

Kong Linping in his memoir tells the story of a murderous terraced paddy field and road construction project that killed many of the slave laborers in his labor camp. Chongqing author Kong Lingping’s rightist memoir describes twenty-two years in Chinese … Continue reading

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