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2014: (26) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 26: “All Things Are Connected”

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

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (25) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 25 “Guilt by Association” … Continue reading →

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2014: (22) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 22 “An Earth-Shattering Revelation”

Posted on 12/09/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (21) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 21 “Purgatory”  The next … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XLII: Late 80s Democracy Movement to June Fourth and Aftermath

Posted on 07/03/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Find table of contents chapter links at Kong Lingping’s Rightist Memoir I: “Blood Chronicle” By Long-time Prisoner of Mao Zedong The full Chinese text can be downloaded from bannedbook.org  Chapter 8 Late 80s Protests to June Fourth and Aftermath Deng Xiaoping’s reform and … Continue reading →

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PRC June 4, 1989 Meritorious Service Awards: the Guardians of the Republic

Posted on 03/25/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese language Wikipedia articles often has articles and more detailed articles about China than Wikipedia in other languages. Here is a translation of the Wikipedia article on meritorious service award presented to military personnel who participated in the repression around … Continue reading →

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Xu Yongyue on Early 90’s PRC Party Power Struggles

Posted on 02/28/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A few days ago, I ran across this unsigned Radio Free Asia commentary that quoted anonymous Chinese Communist Party insiders. Anonymous commentaries, while common on social media, are less common in mainstream media that Radio Free Asia would model itself … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir “Blood Chronicles” : Cultural Revolution’s End

Posted on 11/25/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This chapter treats some of the Cultural Revolution years (mid 60s to mid 70s) at the Yanyuan reform through labor prison farm for political prisoners. Chongqing author Kong Lingping’s rightist memoir describes twenty-two years in Chinese prison camps and subsequent … Continue reading →

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List of the Names of Forty-nine People Wounded and Disabled in the Tiananmen Massacre

Posted on 06/03/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Herer is a translation of a list of 49 people wounded and disabled in the Tiananmen Massacre as they tried to flee charging Chinese soldiers in complaince with an order to evacuate Tiananmen Square. As some have rightly pointed out, … Continue reading →

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List of 202 People Killed in the Massacre Collected by the Tiananmen Mothers’ Group (1989-2011)

Posted on 06/03/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The list of the dead collected by the Tiananmen Mothers’ Group continues to increase albeit slowly. 203. Cheng Renxing, male, 25 years old, died of shooting; 204. Dai Jinping, male, 27 years old, died of shooting; 205. Li Haocheng, male, … Continue reading →

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Court Cases of the “June 4th Protesters Against Government Violence”

Posted on 07/30/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese court records give insight into the actions of ordinary Beijing people who went out into the streets in June 1989 to prevent a massacre of students in Tiananmen Square by martial law troops then charging into Beijing. This Chinese-language book, with an introduction by Song Yongyi has the English language title Court Files of Civil Disobedience Against Government Violence on June 4th, 1989 Chinese title: 六四抗暴者法庭档案 Continue reading →

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2011: Opponents of June 4 Tyranny Still in Prison

Posted on 07/20/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese exile writer Liao Yiwu in his recent book Bullets and Opium (Simon & Schuster 2019) writes about the heavy price that the “June Fourth rioters” paid in many years of imprisonment as a result of their participation in the … Continue reading →

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