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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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2023: Mao and Confucius Meet Marx

Posted on 10/16/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Did Mao in the end think he was going to meet Marx?  Seems so. He was a unique mix of materialism and revolutionary idealism, immense power and great paranoia. Just like in the old saying “Just because you are paranoid … Continue reading →

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2023: Banning ‘Bad Artists’ China’s Harsh Standards

Posted on 03/23/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

My translation of a recent protest from Li Xuezheng producer of the famed PRC TV series “In the Name of the People”人民的名义 against arbitrariness and censorship in the PRC movie industry. Another example of the harsh arbitrary ‘standards’ applied to … Continue reading →

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PRC TV Drama Boosts Interest in Sun Zi and Winning Through Strategy

Posted on 02/27/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

See also the PRC’s latest edition of its military textbook 战略学 The Science of Military Strategy — you can download an English translation of this PRC text from the US Air Force Air University. Wikipedia has an introduction to The … Continue reading →

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2022: Model Prosecutor on Shanghai Securities Market Manipulation

Posted on 02/14/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt @jcmittelstaedt of Oxford University’s China Centre recommended this article on securities fraud in the February 14, 2022 issue of Procuratorate Daily 检查日报 by seasoned Shanghai prosector Ma Weiwei. When I looked up the author Ma Weiwei, I … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #29: The 33rd Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 24, 2020

Posted on 02/26/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 24th The 33rd day of the Wuhan City Closure It’s Monday again. I’ve never liked Mondays because it means I have to go to work. I didn’t think that one day I’d miss it and want to go to … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Mayor Zhou: Reporting Delays Caused by Center, I Acted Fast Once I Got Authorization

Posted on 01/27/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The performance of Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang during the 2020 Wuhan coronavirus epidemic is controversial. Some online reports claim that he is on the way out because of mismanagement of the early stages of the epidemic. Hypothesis: Willing Perpetrator or … Continue reading →

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2019: Politically Incorrect Twitter Browsing Cost Suzhou TV Station Editor His Job

Posted on 04/14/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Suzhou City Main Television Broadcasting Station in its administrative notice of April 4, 2019, announced that Zhu Chengzhuo had been removed from his post as Deputy Director of the All Media Editorial Center of the station. The administrative notice … Continue reading →

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2011: Bai Yansong of PRC Central Television Compares the U.S. and China

Posted on 10/16/2011 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

  This article has been appearing on some Chinese websites since September 11. The comments at the end of the article are interesting too.  The attached photo is also circulating online. The article I saw said the source was “the … Continue reading →

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