Tag Archives: Red Guards

2014: (27) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 27: “Successors”

Posted on 12/12/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (26) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 26: “All Things Are … Continue reading →

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2014: (15) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 15 Origins of Absolute Power and Servility

Posted on 12/03/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (14) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter Fourteen “Absolute Power … Continue reading →

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2015 Gao Falin: Not Elder Generation Bad but Red Guards Getting Old

Posted on 02/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I am often intrigued by how Chinese Communist Party General Secretary in subtle and less subtle ways rhymes with Mao Zedong. Another now purged leader of Xi’s generation, former Chongqing Municipality Party Secretary Bo Xilai, was similar in some ways. … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XVI: Struggle Sessions, Revolutionary Committee and Red Guard Battles

Posted on 03/27/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Previous installment: Rightist Memoir XV: The Cultural “Revolution” Comes to Yanyuan Section 4. Pan Chaoyuan’s Struggle Session Of course the Sixth Brigade didn’t stop having struggle sessions because of my hunger strike. The struggle sessions were moved from the temporary storehouse … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XV: The Cultural “Revolution” Comes to Yanyuan

Posted on 03/26/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Table of Contents 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  Previous installment: Rightist Memoir XIV: Rightists Taken on a Study Tour Book Two Chapter Six The Cultural “Revolution” … Continue reading →

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From Yang Jisheng’s Book: China’s Workers on the Eve of the Cultural Revolution

Posted on 03/03/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

These days I have been reading Yang Jisheng’s 【楊繼繩】 massive book 天地翻覆——中國文化大革命史 (上篇) [The World Turned Upside Down — the History of China’s Cultural Revolution]. I just came across a nice capsule description of the China’s post-1949 unit system for … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XXVII: Political Prisoners “Searching for the Light” at the Close of The Cultural Revolution

Posted on 02/20/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here is another passage from the long (920 pages in Chinese) memoir Bloody Chronicles from long-time (22 years) rightist slave labor camp prisoner Kong Lingping 孔令平. In 2010 Kong’s Hong Kong publisher sent me copies of his books. By that … Continue reading →

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