Tag Archives: foreign relations

2023 Liu Mengxiong: The Problem Lies in the Economy, the Root Cause in Politics

Posted on 02/26/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Mengxiong’s overview of economic and political problems confronting China translated below was discussed recently on the Chinese language side of the China Digital Times website. English-only readers (sino-illiterates?) may want to access Chinese language material on the CDT website … Continue reading →

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2025 Revision: Chinese Language Study and Translation Tools

Posted on 06/17/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Intermediate and advanced professional learners of Chinese at some point may want to look for Chinese-language materials in their areas of interest. Large Language Model AIs have greatly improved the quality of machine translation recently. An example is the ChatGPT4o … Continue reading →

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2020 Gao Yang: How to Understand Diplomacy Through PRC “Diplomatic Jargon”

Posted on 06/13/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This article titled “高扬：如何透过‘外交行话’看外交？” [ How to Understand Diplomacy Through “Diplomatic Jargon”] first appeared in print on May 29, 2020, as featured on page 3 of the Tongue of the Party — People’s Daily (人民日报) ] The author Gao Yang … Continue reading →

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2024: Xmas Charm Offensive from China — Essay Contest Call for Entries: “Stories of Sino-U.S. Friendship and Cooperation”

Posted on 12/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Reminds 物极必反 wùjí bìfǎn old Chinese saying — when things have gone to one extreme, things have to turn around. US – China relations have not been good for some years so … Maybe a reset for the next president? … Continue reading →

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2024: Shen Zhihua on Cold War Origins, Robert Suettinger on Hu Yaobang

Posted on 11/17/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Xi Jinping on US – China relations From PRC Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s points on US-China relations Fourth, it is important not to challenge red lines and paramount principles. Contradictions and differences between two major countries like China and the … Continue reading →

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2024: Peter Hessler’s “How Chinese Students Experience America”

Posted on 04/07/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Especially interesting were the perspectives of students from non-elite Chinese universities on both China and the USA.  Especially these days, one of the best places to learn about China is in the USA.   Observations on the growth of Chinese institutions … Continue reading →

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2023: A Russian Perspective on China-Russia Relations

Posted on 05/31/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Sampling domestic opinion pieces in foreign language press is interesting since you get an internal perspective rather than the foreign propaganda bias in pieces intended for a foreign audience. Recent improvements in machine translation — the DeepL Chrome browser plugin/extension, … Continue reading →

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2019 Fmr PLA General Liu Yazhou: What is Really Scary about the United States?

Posted on 04/26/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Former PRC General Liu Yazhou faces a death sentence now that he has been handed over to PRC state and Communist Party officials for prosecution on alleged corruption charges. Some call him pro-American. I find pro-American and anti-American to be … Continue reading →

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2022 Neue Zürcher Zeitung: China’s Foreign Relations Debate Breaks Out

Posted on 09/29/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A renewed, passionate debate on China’s proper attitude towards relations with foreign countries in the light of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s special focus on shielding China from pernicious foreign ideological influences has broken out in China. Beijing … Continue reading →

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Huang Renwei: The U.S.-China Strategic Stalemate Phase and Its Battle Relaxation Periods

Posted on 07/06/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Huang Renwei makes good points about U.S. strengths and weaknesses while extrapolating a steady rise for China. What Chinese commentators sometimes miss is that the world is greater than the United States and China: other countries are also growing and … Continue reading →

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