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2025: Party Journal — Xi Jinping on Party Member Conduct

Posted on 05/08/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2019: PRC Official Drinking Culture: County Officials

Posted on 04/30/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Social science research by Chinese scholars at its best combines the best of world analytical tools with the cultural understanding of ‘native speakers’ of the local political and social cultures and traditions. Much of this work is encrypted in the … Continue reading →

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10/2021: PRC Names “Top Leaders” of Seven Provinces and Regions

Posted on 11/15/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Learning about and trying to discern the patterns of leader promotions within the Chinese Communist Party can give clues to what is changing and what remains the same. There is politics everywhere. Although under General Secretary Xi Jinping, the top … Continue reading →

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2016: Qin Hui on 20th Century Democratic Transformations: Successes and Failures

Posted on 04/11/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just came across on Baidu this transcript of a talk by fomer Tsinghua University History Professor Qin Hui. Now Qin Hui is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Qin Hui: Embracing Democracy – Revelation of … Continue reading →

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Xu Yongyue on Early 90’s PRC Party Power Struggles

Posted on 02/28/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A few days ago, I ran across this unsigned Radio Free Asia commentary that quoted anonymous Chinese Communist Party insiders. Anonymous commentaries, while common on social media, are less common in mainstream media that Radio Free Asia would model itself … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #25: The 29th Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 20, 2020

Posted on 02/20/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 20, 2020 The 29th Day of the Wuhan City Closure While writing today’s diary entry, I heard about the latest delay in our return to work. We were originally supposed to go back to work tomorrow. Now that has … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #24: The 28th Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 19, 2020

Posted on 02/20/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 19th, the 28th Day of the Wuhan City Closure Today was to be the Wuhan and the China premiere of the The Lion King Broadway musical. I’d been looking forward to it for a long time. Looking back at … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Journalist: Fire Incompetent Wuhan Leader; Wuhan Daily Sends Apology to Wuhan CIty Communist Party Committee

Posted on 01/24/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

[1/25 Revision: I assumed, apparently incorrectly, the “the leader” meant the Party Secretary. The “unhealthy article” only said “the leader” so I changed the headline.] On January 24, Hubei Daily journalist Zhang Ouya wrote on his social media account: Wuhan … Continue reading →

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2018: Zhang Weiying: The Future World Order Depends on What China Does

Posted on 10/28/2018 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Peking University Economics Professor Zhang Weiying’s early October 2018 (and promptly erased by net censors) article “Understanding the World Economy and China” (excerpted in translation on Andrew Batson’s blog) argued that China’s economic development has occurred in spite of rather … Continue reading →

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2010: The Art of Guiding Public Opinion — How Leading Cadres Handle the Media 舆论引导艺术 — 领导干部如何面对媒体

Posted on 08/29/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Art of Guiding Public Opinion — How Leading Cadres Handle the Media 《舆论引导艺术 — 领导干部如何面对媒体》 by Ren Xianliang 任贤良 vice director of the Shaanxi Province Party Committee Propaganda Department and Vice Chairman of the China Journalists’ Association (420 pages, published … Continue reading →

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