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1993 – 2016: (16) : “Humanity’s Transition to Communism is Inevitable”, Chapter Sixteen of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Posted on 02/18/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Summary Chapter 16 of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science Wang Huning, then Fudan University professor and leader of the early 1990s The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science project and today politburo member and leader … 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》

Posted on 11/07/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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》

Posted on 11/01/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

“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》

Posted on 10/07/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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

Posted on 10/03/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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

Posted on 09/29/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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1957: Pt III Hundred Flowers Rightists Speak: Socialism, Slandering the Party, Democracy

Posted on 10/09/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here are translated excerpts from the 1958 Renmin University book 888-page Renmin University September 1958 book Selected Rightist Speeches from Institutions of Higher Education published by the Office of Socialist Ideology Education, Communist Party Committee, Renmin University of China 【高等学校右派言論选編 中共中国人民大学委員会社会主义思想敎育办公室】give us the … 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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2018: Party’s Evolving Understanding of the Principal Contradiction in Chinese Society

Posted on 06/15/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Process of the Communist Party of China’s Understanding of the Principal Contradiction in Chinese Society 中國共產黨對我國社會主要矛盾的認識過程 韓振峰 2018年06月06日08:25    來源：光明日報 by Han Zhenfeng (Author: Han Zhenfeng, Dean of the School of Marxism, Beijing Jiaotong University, Researcher at the Beijing Xi Jinping … Continue reading →

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2023: The Past, Present and Future of Chinese Economics 

Posted on 12/23/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This article by Peking University Professor Yao Yang, calling for a greater focus on understanding Chinese domestic economic issues rather than theoretical issues reminds just slightly of the July 2023 article by Su Changhe, Dean of the School of International … Continue reading →

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