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1939: Reading the Classics with Chairman Mao — Letter to Chen Boda on “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought”

Posted on 02/04/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just came across online a 1939 letter from Mao Zedong about the ancient philosopher Mozi written to Chen Boda, then working in the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Department who had just written the article “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought’. Chen Boda … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 07/12/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2018: Ideological History — Getting into the Weeds and Cutting Off the Tails of Capitalism in People’s Daily 1957 – 1995

Posted on 06/24/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

With famine rising in most of China — Anhui was one of the worst, less serious in Heilongjiang and Xinjiang — somewhat less extreme Party leaders prevailed upon Mao to go into semi-retirement and to allow a more moderate line … Continue reading →

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2023 PSB to HK Activist: Propaganda Trip then Return Passport

Posted on 12/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow Ting, in a letter circulating on Twitter, described how she got out of Hong Kong to study in Canada. The police demanded that she make a propaganda trip to the Mainland, write them a letter … Continue reading →

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2013: Critique of Historical Materialism in PRC Archaeology

Posted on 12/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Lately I’ve been reading Chinese articles on archaeological discoveries and how they have been changing the accepted picture of China’s past. Stressed also is historical materialism that informs how those discoveries are understood by the Party and apparently also by … Continue reading →

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1970s Wiki: Listening to Enemy Broadcasts in China

Posted on 10/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Translation of the Chinese language Wikipedia article on Enemy Radio Stations 敵臺 Chinese language Wikipedia articles are naturally often more comprehensive on Chinese topics and include different perspectives. Another Chinese language Wikipedia article translated on this blog: PRC Spies in … Continue reading →

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2023 Words, Words: Inner China vs. Mainland China

Posted on 04/17/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

‘Inner territory’/Inner China 内地/中國内地 nèidì/zhōngguó nèidi is a neologism that seems to be replacing ‘Mainland’ 大陸/中國大陸 dàlù/zhōngguó dàlù to refer to the areas that are integral parts of the PRC. The other areas of the PRC (sometimes also called ‘within … Continue reading →

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2020: Historical Sketch of PRC Intelligence Services

Posted on 02/08/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

[I have been having fun lately exploring machine translation. Here, although I have forgotten most of the first year Russian I learned 20 years ago, I find that using DeepL, the Russian search engine yandex.ru to find articles and online … Continue reading →

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2022: Political Jokes in the People’s Republic of China

Posted on 09/02/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Political joke fans may want to look at other collections of political jokes on this translation blog as well: You may enjoy also the article “How Chinese Citizens Use Puns to Pet Past Censors” by Meaghan Tobin and Katherine Lee. … Continue reading →

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Read CCTV Evening News Transcripts Via Google Translate

Posted on 03/15/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I have been watching the Chinese Central Television lianbo broadcast transcript to see what Chinese people are being told.  Use Google Translate to read CCTV news broadcast transcripts. This is an excellent tool for the many sino-illiterates in the world! … Continue reading →

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