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Tag Archives: state
2026: Lithuania, Taiwan and the PRC — Case Study of the 2021 Sino-Lithuanian One China Dispute
A study of the PRC attempt to strong-arm Lithuania about the presence of a Taiwan representative office in the country. This article appeared in the February 2026 issue of the Norwegian language journal Internasjonal Politikk. Internasjonal Politikk is the leading … Continue reading
Posted in Bilateral Relations, Taiwan
Tagged China, diplomacy, diplomatic partner, EU, European Union, history, Katja Levy, Lithuania, news, One China, One China Duality, partner, policy, politics, PRC, principle, province, Republic of China, ROC, state, statehood, status, successor state, Taiwan, Taiwanese Representative Office, Trade, 台湾, 台湾代表处, 外交, 中国, 代表处
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1923: Chinese Communist Party Co-founder Li Dazhao on Populism
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
Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想, Philosophy 哲学
Tagged China, Chinese, Communist Party, 第三国际, democracy, federalism, founder, history, internationalism, Li Dazhao, liberation, majority rule, philosophy, politics, populism, power, PRC, presidential power, rights, state, Third International, United States, vote, women, womens' suffrage, Woodrow Wilson, workers, 共产党, 创造人, 李大钊, 毛泽东, 民主, 中国
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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
Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想, Politics 政治
Tagged capitalism, change, China, Chinese, class, Communism, Communist Party, continuity, 王沪宁, 社会主义, dictatorship, economics, Engels, 马克思, 马克思主义, Friedrich Engels, govern, history, I am not a Marxist, Karl Marx, Lenin, Marx, Marxism, Marxist, Marxists Internet Archive, philosophy, political form, political science, politics, practice, PRC, revolution, revolutionary, sinicization, socialism, state, truth, Vulgar Marxism, Wang Huning, 共产党, 哲学, 实现是检验真理的为一个标准, 思想, 专政, 中国
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1993 – 2016:(6) “Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination” Chapter Six of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》
Continuing with my translation of Chapter Six 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》“Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination”. The Logic of Politics was written by Chief Editor/Author Wang Huning 王沪宁 and … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, China, class, class rule, Communism, Communist Party, 王沪宁, 習近平思想, democracy, economic base, economic interests, economic relations, emancipation, Engels, 阶级, 马克思, 马克思主义, history, ideologue, ideology, interest, labor, Lenin, Marx, Marxism, Marxist, philosophy, political power, political science, political superstructure, politics, power, PRC, slave labor, slavery, social authority, society, state, textbook, The Logic of Politics, violence, Wang Huning, Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping Thought, 共产党, 列宁, 国家, 奴隶, 思想, 恩格斯, 政治的逻辑, 政治学原理, 政治學, 政治权力, 权力, 权威, 民主, 江澤民, 中国
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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
Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想, Politics 政治
Tagged capitalism, China, Chinese, class, Communism, Communist Party, 王沪宁, dictatorship, govern, governing, history, Karl Marx, Lenin, Marxism, philosophy, politics, PRC, revolution, revolutionary, socialism, state, Wang Huning, 共产党, 中国
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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
Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想, Politics 政治
Tagged capitalism, China, Chinese, class, Communism, Communist Party, deng xiaoping, dictatorship, feudalism, history, Jiang Zemin, Karl Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong, Marxism, philosophy, politics, PRC, primitive communism, primitive society, proletarian, revolution, revolutionary, socialism, state, transformation, transitional stage, Wang Huning, withering away of the state, 共产党, 中国
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2023 Wang Dan: From Collective Party to Personal Dictatorship — Chinese State Imperializes
Contents: A Chinese Party leader comes in with the Central Committee chosen by his predecessor. Five years later, his second term begins with a Central Committee he largely chose himself. With Party Secretary Xi Jinping starting his third term, he … Continue reading
1997: PRC Anti-Corruption Novel “The Wrath of Heaven”: Insights into Official Corruption
I lived in Beijing from 1996 to 2001. One of the better books I read during those days was Cheng Fang’s Tiannu [The Wrath of Heaven is available online via the Internet Archive 天怒 ] a banned novel based on … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption 腐败, Literature 文学, Politics 政治, Society 社会
Tagged banned, book, campaign, censorship, ChatGPT4o, Chen Fang, Chen Xitong, China, collapse, Communist Party, Corruption 腐败, 腐败, Heaven's Wrath, interview, Jiang Zemin, literature, Literature 文学, machine translation, novel, pirate, politics, Politics 政治, state, Wrath of Heaven, 共产党, 北京, 反贪局, 天怒, 小说, 中国
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2018: PRC Scholar: Mass Protests Unorganized, Not Stability Threat, Totalitarian System Can Handle Them
This article on mass protests [群体性事件】aka mass incidents in China appeared on Aisixiang, an academic website that carries some intriguing articles at times, and has gotten suppressed now and then over the years. This article reproduced on Aisixiang originally appeared … Continue reading
Posted in National Security 安全, Politics 政治, Society 社会
Tagged China, 示威, 稳定, 群众, 群体性事件, demonstration, despotism, 颠覆国家政权, failed state, Governance, government, interests, local, mass incident, mass incidents, organize, political science, political stability, politics, power, PRC, protest, protests, riot, social control, stability, state, totalitarian, 共产党, 反抗, 国家, 威胁, 极权主义, 中国
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Understanding the Chinese Police State — Thoughts Towards a Reading List
First of all, I would recommend Stein Ringen’s 2016 book The Perfect Dictatorship — China in the 21st Century is a fine overview and analysis of China as a police state. Less comprehensive works focusing on a particular aspect of the police … Continue reading
Posted in Law 法律, Media 媒体, National Security 安全, Politics 政治, Society 社会
Tagged China, Communist Party, 社会, police, PRC, rights, state, totalitarian, 公民, 共产党, 中国, 人权
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