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1939: Reading the Classics with Chairman Mao — Letter to Chen Boda on “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought”

Posted on 02/04/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just came across online a 1939 letter from Mao Zedong about the ancient philosopher Mozi written to Chen Boda, then working in the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Department who had just written the article “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought’. Chen Boda … Continue reading →

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2025: PRC United Front Work Dept. vs. Taiwan, Notes on Some of Taiwan’s International Programs

Posted on 02/19/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here is a three-part translation on this topic. Concerns about PRC subversion in Taiwan as well as corruption led to a movement among some Taiwan voters to recall some KMT members of the Legislative Yuan.: Other related translations on this … Continue reading →

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2013: A Non Han-Centric (Uyghur) Perspective on Chinese History

Posted on 09/17/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Many countries have founding myths. The U.S. has George Washington and the cherry tree, an innocuous myth illustrating the characters of one of the founders. A pernicious one is the “Last Cause” myth of the American South that idealized the … Continue reading →

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2023 Red Flag: China’s Self-Reliant Opening to the World

Posted on 07/27/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Over the past decade, considerations of security in foreign trade and international have gotten increased attention for a number of reasons. A major preoccupation in recent years, global terrorism, is getting less attention. Secretary Xi in a March 2023 speech … Continue reading →

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1999: Jonathan Spence and Yu Ying-shih on Chinese Intellectuals’ Early 20th Century Journey

Posted on 12/30/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The article translated below gives a wonderful big picture overview of China in the mind of China and of the West surrounding the megaquestion of how Chinese wanted their country to move forward. Many observations Jonathan Spence and Yu Ying-shih … Continue reading →

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2020: Suddeutsche Zeitung — The EU Has Too Benevolent A View of China

Posted on 09/15/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

[ChatGPT5 Stephan Kornelius commentary “Die EU pflegt ein zu wohlwollendes Bild von China” which appeared in Suddeutshce Zeitung on September 14, 2020.] Europe believes in the power of reason and treaties. But there has long been a dangerous gap between Beijing … Continue reading →

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The “Oh How did we go wrong?” Question

Posted on 05/16/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

However Did Our China Crystal Balls Fail Us? I have been noticing some people asking the question “How did we get China wrong?” My thinking is that engagement by western people and western government with Chinese people has been very … Continue reading →

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I Ran Into the Propaganda Department While Eating a Hamburger at MacDonald’s in Kunming! 我在昆明麦当劳吃汉堡时候碰到宣传部！

Posted on 10/09/2015 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Highlights of 2003 “Practical Manual for Party Propaganda Work” In 2007 I bought the 2003 edition of the “Practical Manual for Party Propaganda Work” in a Kunming bookstore.  [I looked in up online —  here is the publication data: 新编 … Continue reading →

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