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2023: After Qin Gang Security Scandal, Tightening Oversight of PRC Foreign Affairs Workers

Posted on 11/04/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

After the sudden disappearance into incognito of (after a two-month delay, now former) PRC Foreign Minister Qin Gang (the PRC Foreign Ministry wouldn’t say just what happened to their Minister) apparently to the Party shuanggui report to a designated place … Continue reading →

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2012-22: PRC Scholars Criticize PRC Education (and More)

Posted on 05/11/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Four articles on the Qian Xusen Question : “None of the students cultivated over the years has had academic achievements comparable to those of the scholars cultivated in the Republic of China. Why do our schools always fail to produce … 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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2022 PRC Civil Service Township Pay Scales, Subidies and Benefits

Posted on 01/17/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Pension and social insurance reforms may reduce takehome pay somewhat. I just saw articles about 2022 PRC pay for local officials and for PLA.  For both, some subsidies are being rolled into base pay with the subsidies abolished.  Take home … Continue reading →

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Fiction Award Prize Joke Reflects Local ‘Little Big Brother’ Corruption

Posted on 08/22/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

China has a micro-fiction prize. This must have been the inspiration for the joke below. It is circulating online in the PRC. Imperial China had a rule of avoidance — officials were not allowed to be the top leader in … Continue reading →

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2012: PRC Official Party and Government Document Issuance and Handling Guidelines

Posted on 12/09/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The variety, purpose and scope of authority of PRC Party and Government official documents, orders, opinions and so forth can be confusing. Translated below are the official guidelines for issuing, receiving, handling and archiving various types of official Chinese Communist … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #9: The Thirteenth Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 4, 2020

Posted on 02/05/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 4 — Day Thirteen of the Wuhan City Closure It is very sunny today. When I got up this morning, the sun’s rays just poured into the bedroom, bathing the entire bed. For just a moment, I thought it … Continue reading →

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Henan 1995: Wang Shuping Warns of Coming Blood Plasma Collection Station Spread HIV Epidemic Among Blood Sellers

Posted on 08/11/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Henan physician Dr. Wang Shuping, the author of the December 1995 report translated below, reviewed this translation and offered several explanatory notes which are included in brackets below. Wang Shuping is now a research worker at the University of Utah … Continue reading →

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2008: 100 Million Peasant Debit Cards: The Golden Grain Benevolence Card

Posted on 09/10/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

  One hundred million Chinese peasants will receive the Golden Grain Benevolence Peasant Card 金穗惠农卡 by 2010 so that they can receive directly receive subsidies from the Chinese central government. There is always lots of leakage in government subsidies to … Continue reading →

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2007: China’s Civil Service — Some Sources

Posted on 09/01/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese senior civil servants move all around China and in and out of major state enterprises as well as various government departments of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. American civil servants don’t rotate … Continue reading →

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