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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》

Posted on 01/26/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2014 Ran Yunfei: “Zhuangzi As I See Him” 冉雲飛著《莊子我説》Preface

Posted on 12/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I got to know Sichuan writer Ran Yunfei when I worked at U.S. Consulate General Chengdu 2007 – 2012. Ran Yunfei is a fine writer, scholar, and bon vivant.  Lately, studying the Zhuangzi in Chinese with some retired friends we have … 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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2025: PRC MOFA ‘Chronology of US-China Bilateral Relations’ via ChatGPT4o with Thoughts on Machine Translation

Posted on 03/22/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Example of Unedited ChatGPT 4o Machine Translation Chronology of US – China Bilateral Relations from the website of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs to February 2025 中国同美国的关系 The translation below by ChatGPT4o gives you an idea of what a large language model machine translation … Continue reading →

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2014 Nicander: PRC, Swedish Language Policy Histories Compared

Posted on 12/14/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Increased communications and wider use of computerized devices such as auto-correct functions in word processing and texting may accelerate the pace of language change. Frida Hylander @fridahylander.bsky.social noted on Bluesky recently that autocorrect functions for texting on the iphone give … Continue reading →

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2024: ChatGPT 4o on Hypocrisy East and West

Posted on 10/01/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I asked the ChatGPT 4o Oracle about conceptions of hypocrisy in Chinese and English.  Fun — although ChatGPT isn’t always right and one always needs to check — but that goes for the blatherings of mere carbon-based entities as well.  … 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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China-Russia: Histories of ‘Spelling’ (pinyin) of Chinese in Russia and China

Posted on 02/11/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

After reading some excellent contributions on Quora about the current (there are quite a few others with their own pluses and minuses) PRC official method of ‘spelling sounds’ pinyin Mandarin pronunciation, I found the article translated below about the development … Continue reading →

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2023: ChatGPT Does the Heart Sutra

Posted on 05/21/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Heart Sutra is the most famous text of Mahayana Buddhism. Here ChatGPT translated the Heart Sutra from Chinese. I had thought of trying a translation from Tibetan since religious texts in Tibetan are said to be very close to … Continue reading →

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