Tag Archives: Religion

2026: Radio Free Asia — PRC Clergy Travel Restrictions

Radio Free Asia report. RFA is still around. It was largely shutdown in 2025 in the midst of Musk’s DOGE vandalism. Now RFA is coming back to a limited extend in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Burmese. Details at ChatGPT5 search … Continue reading

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2014 Ran Yunfei: “Zhuangzi As I See Him” 冉雲飛著《莊子我説》Preface

I got to know Sichuan writer Ran Yunfei when I worked at U.S. Consulate General Chengdu 2007 – 2012. Ran Yunfei is a fine writer, scholar, and bon vivant.  Lately, studying the Zhuangzi in Chinese with some retired friends we have … Continue reading

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2014: (21) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 21 “Purgatory” 

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: (20) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 20 “Many Changes Yet … Continue reading

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1993 – 2016: (8) : “Political Democracy Is Class Rule” : Chapter Eight of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Chapter Eight of the The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science [政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理] translation continues here. The lead author/editor is Wang Huning, the chief Party ideologue. He is currently #4 on the ruling PRC Politburo standing committee. This … Continue reading

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2014: (5) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” — The Inflated Ego Syndrome Chapter 5

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” continues below with Chapter Five “The Inflated Ego Syndrome”, the unchecked power of China’s top leader and only political party and its consequences for China. Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on … Continue reading

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2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church

China has long severely restricted religious activity and preaching. Religious leaders and congregations must accept the leadership of the Party and the state even in matter touching on religious belief and reject foreign funding and support. How this has worked … Continue reading

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2023: Formation of Marx’s Historical Materialist View of Religion

Lately I have been doing a number of translation to get a better understanding of how socialism/communist in the Marxist traditions, that is Karl Marx and Engels – Lenin – Stalin – Mao – Deng etc. is understood as Marxism … Continue reading

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Song Dynasty: Guan Yinzi Neo-Daoist Text Chapter Four

Continuing with Chapter Four of an apparently Song Dynasty Neo-Daoist synthesis text the Guan Yinzi aka Wenshi Zhengjing. Below I have translated the text of chapter four, supplemented it with a ChatGPT4o translation with explanations, and then a ChatGPT4o translation … Continue reading

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Neo-Daoist Classic Guan Yinzi Chapter Three 關尹子/3

On to Chapter 3! The more I work on this, the more I see it as a text for meditation. So I translated it into prose and from there transposed it into free verse. I’ve been reading more about Daoism … Continue reading

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Song Dynasty?: Daoist Classic Guan Yinzi, a Translation, Chapter Two

The Guan Yinzi series thus far: This is my translation of Chapter Two of the Guan Yinzi. As in Chapter One, I interweave Bao Yizi’s commentary on the text with the original as it would be in an old Chinese … Continue reading

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