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2026: Xiaopa Silenced: A Single Critique Labeled as Opposition—A Woman’s Voice Should Not Be Silenced

Posted on 03/02/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

As elsewhere, social and legal norms made for especially strict controls on women in the PRC. China’s fertility planning –a better translation for the Chinese words ‘family planning’ jihua shengyu would be planned fertility. Analogous to state economic planning this … Continue reading →

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2026 China Digital Times 【CDT Weekly】Issue 257: The Spring Festival Gala Not Only Lacks Festive Spirit, It’s Lost Its Human Touch

Posted on 02/25/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The China Digital Times regularly carries a ‘hit parade’ of the latest articles erased by Chinese censors. Censorship in China is mostly post-publication — intimidating journalists and editors afterwards so that they be more self-disciplined in the future. And not … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 12/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2013: Dr. Wang Shuping on “What Happened to People who Spoke Out About HIV/AIDS in China”

Posted on 11/17/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

My old friend Dr. Wang Shuping shared this article with me in 2013. With December 1st AIDS Day coming up again, I now share it here. For more background on China’s AIDS problems and it cover-up during the 1990s and … Continue reading →

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1923: Chinese Communist Party Co-founder Li Dazhao on Populism

Posted on 11/11/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

One of the early influences on the young Mao Zedong was Chinese Communist Party co-founder Li Dazaho. Li Dazaho background from Wikipedia: Li Dazhao (simplified Chinese: 李大钊; traditional Chinese: 李大釗; pinyin: Lǐ Dàzhāo; Wade–Giles: Li Ta-chao; 29 October 1889 – … Continue reading →

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2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church

Posted on 10/11/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2

Posted on 09/25/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This is “劫在中南海” (Catastrophe in Zhongnanhai) by Liu Nianchun, a novel about women caught up in the political machinations and personal whims of power during Mao Zedong’s era in China. The story follows two main female characters, both dancers in … Continue reading →

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1999: Rights Activist Liu Nianchun Interview “For the Rights of Chinese Workers”

Posted on 09/15/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Nianchun paid for his years of democracy activism in China with six years of imprisonment. He and his family were allowed to leave China on his ‘medical parole’ in December 1998. Liu Nianchun lives in New York City. He … Continue reading →

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1919 Bing Xin: Female Students in Our Era of Destruction and Construction

Posted on 06/21/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Translated below the second article of Volume One of Bing Xin’s Collected Works 冰心全集 See also: 1919 Female Students in Our Era of Destruction and Construction The term “female student” (女学生) is a new one that has emerged in the … Continue reading →

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2025: Hunan Xiangya Hospital Whistleblower Murder Case Exposed, Ongoing Suppression by Censors — ChatGPT Search Tool Example

Posted on 06/16/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here is a presentation, through ChatGPT4o search results in Chinese and English, of the dramatic ongoing 2024 Luo Shiyu 罗帅宇 Hunan Xiangya Second Hospital 中南大学湘雅二医院 whistleblower murder case (the authorities say it was suicide, there is some evidence to the … Continue reading →

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