Tag Archives: transformation

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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1999: Hu Ping: What is Thought Reform

Posted on 03/11/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Some URLs added. Hu Ping: What is Thought Reform via Independent Chinese PEN website 獨立中文筆會 胡平：什么是思想改造  JULY 15, 2017  Thought reform, Hu Ping 1. Thought reform and “brainwashing” Thought reform, also known as “brainwashing”. Many Chinese people think the word “brainwashing” comes … Continue reading →

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2022:  Zhou Tianyong – Understanding China’s Economy Needs Both Structuralist Approach and Dualistic Institutional Vision

Posted on 10/29/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Economist Zhou Tianyong is the Vice President of the Institute of International Strategic Studies, Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing. Zhou Tianyong, born in 1958, has a doctorate in economics and is … Continue reading →

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2016: Qin Hui on 20th Century Democratic Transformations: Successes and Failures

Posted on 04/11/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just came across on Baidu this transcript of a talk by fomer Tsinghua University History Professor Qin Hui. Now Qin Hui is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Qin Hui: Embracing Democracy – Revelation of … Continue reading →

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