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Rightist Memoir XLVII: 2010 Perspectives on China’s Corruption and Forgotten Republican Era Heroes

Find Blood Chronicle Table of Contents and 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 Twelve: From 2010 a Perspective on China’s Prospects After Mao Zedong’s … Continue reading

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Visit remarkable Stephen Jones blog: Music–ritual cultures of Taiwan

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2023: Melancholy Pop Song “Dream” Speaks to Chinese Youth

Chinese singer Ren Suxi and the Wai Yina band melancholy new song “Dream” that speaks to the concerns of Chinese youth about their futures is now on YouTube. See translations of Chinese articles on “lying flat” for discussions of some … Continue reading

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An Okinawan Hymn: Chura Jura

When I worked in Okinawa, Japan for two years (1992 – 1994) as US Vice Consul at Naha I got a chance to hear Okinawan music live. I went to concerts of the Linken Band as well as of Kina … Continue reading

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Wuhan Diary #23: The 27th Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 18, 2020

February 18 The 27th Day of the Wuhan City Closure Today the weather is just great! A warm Spring breeze and brilliant sunshine. Just seeing this kind of sunlight fills me with visions of seas of flowers climbing mountainsides. I … Continue reading

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What Deng Really Said: Yellow Cats, Black Cats — Not White Cats, Black Cats!

White Cats are Usurpers. Deng Spoke of “Yellow Cats and Black Cats” What Deng really said:  “It doesn’t matter whether it is a yellow cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.” … Continue reading

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