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Rightist Memoir XLI: Tyranny Twists Human Character

Posted on 07/01/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Find other chapters listed 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 7: The Twisting of Human Character Under Tyranny 暴政扭曲下人性的畸变 The Chinese Communist Party, under Deng … Continue reading →

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2008 Song Yongyi: The Other “Anti-Rightist Campaign” — The Ugliness and Shame of Chinese Intellectual Elites

Posted on 06/30/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

An Alternative “Anti-Rightist Campaign”: The Ugliness and Shame of Chinese Intellectual Elites 宋永毅：另类“反右”:中国知识精英的丑陋和耻辱 by Sun Yongyi Since this spring, the literary world has been abuzz with the possibility that Huang Miaozi and Feng Yidai betrayed their friends after the Anti-Rightist … Continue reading →

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1957: Mao’s “Open Plot” to Entrap Dissidents to Set Stage for the Anti-Rightist Campaign

Posted on 06/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

While some say that Mao Zedong was completely sincere in encouraging criticism of the Communist Party during the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao himself said at the time that this campaign was “open plot” to lure monsters out into the open. … Continue reading →

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