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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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1993 – 2016: (7) “The Nature of the State Determines Its Political Form” : Chapter Seven of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

“The Nature of the State Determines Its Political Form” is Chapter Seven of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science 政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理 written by Chief Editor/Author Wang Huning 王沪宁 (now chief Party ideologist and #3 on the Politburo) and a … Continue reading

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1993 – 2016: (5) “The State as Governing Institution Set Apart from Society” Chapter Five of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Marxist perspectives on the state are described in Chapter Five of the Marxist political science textbook “The Logic of Politics” written by a team of Chinese political scientists thirty-odd years ago led by current #3 Communist Party Politburo member and … Continue reading

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1993 – 2016: “The State is an Instrument of Class Rule” — Chapter 4 of the “Logic of Politics”

Continues the translation of a standard text on Marxist Political Science “The Logic of Politics — Principles of Marxist Political Science” 《政治的逻辑 – 马克思主义政治学原理》 to Chapter Four. Marxism is discussed here in the sense it is used by PRC political … Continue reading

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2025: Names, Names — Many Names for Chinese Writers, Scholars and Revolutionaries

Translating several works by and articles about the early 20th century revolutionary writer Jiang Guangci I noticed he used quite a few names. Some of this may have been because his writings were politically sensitive but having several alternate names … Continue reading

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2022: Jiang Guangci as a Translator of Russian Literature into Chinese

After translating Jiang Guangci’s Chinese-language novel “The Young Wanderer” into English, I looked up some articles to learn more about Jiang Guangci (1901 – 1931) and his times. Jiang was an early member of both the Chinese Communist Party (in … Continue reading

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2012: Symposium on Mi Hedu’s Red Guard Generation Book

Reading Chinese historians and writers on Chinese history and historiography brings revelations on many levels. Not just on history, but on difficulties in understanding history because of political and other restrictions and how the changing Party line affects understanding of … Continue reading

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China’s Huayuquan 话语权 — Does it mean ‘China’s Right to Speak’ or ‘the Right to Control Discourse About China’

China’s huayuquan is sometimes translated as China’s right to speak. When I read an article about it in a 2009 article in the Communist Party’s ideological journal Qiushi I got the impression that huayuquan meant China should have the dominant … Continue reading

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