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2021: What My Beloved Tsinghua Has Become Angers Me

Posted on 05/18/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Social criticism in the current atmosphere has become more difficult. Over the past decade since Chinese Party General Secretary Xi, now in his second of only-Marx-knows-how-many terms in power, the stress on correct thinking and staying in line with the … Continue reading →

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2020: Zhang Baijia: Reflections on China’s Research on Frontiers and Relations with Neighboring States

Posted on 04/01/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Professor Zhang Baijia 章百家 spoke at the first session and gave opening remarks of the academic workshop on “China’s Frontier and Asian Studies” hosted by the Department of History of Tsinghua University on October 11, 2020. Zhang Baijia is the … Continue reading →

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From Yang Jisheng’s Book: China’s Workers on the Eve of the Cultural Revolution

Posted on 03/03/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

These days I have been reading Yang Jisheng’s 【楊繼繩】 massive book 天地翻覆——中國文化大革命史 (上篇) [The World Turned Upside Down — the History of China’s Cultural Revolution]. I just came across a nice capsule description of the China’s post-1949 unit system for … Continue reading →

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Use Online Exam Questions to Divine How Chinese History and Politics Are Presented in the PRC Today

Posted on 08/21/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Reading through recommended answers for the PRC higher education entrance examinations [gaokao] online can give a feel for what is being taught in the PRC today and over the years reflects the wiggling back and forth of the Party line.  … Continue reading →

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2020: Party Guidance Example: Commenting on Guangming Ribao Article on Chinese Philosophy

Posted on 08/07/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I have to confess that I find this article in Guangming Ribao by Professor Zhang Liwen on Chinese philosophy highly political.  One might saw that philosophy informs politics. Conversely, it seems true at least here that politics informs philosophy or … 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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Wuhan Diary #18: The Twenty-Second Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 13, 2020

Posted on 02/13/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 13 The Twenty-second Day of the Wuhan City Closure Yesterday I dreamed of buying vegetables in a very big vegetable market. I bought tomatoes and looked for potatoes. After buying potatoes I looked for eggplant. After buying eggplant I … Continue reading →

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Atom Bomb Scientist Deng Jiaxian, China’s Oppenheimer

Posted on 08/05/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A bust of nuclear bomb scientist and important weapons program leader, and Purdue engineering PhD Deng Jiaxian 邓稼先 in Mianyang’s People’s Park. Deng Jiaxian received his PhD in Physics at Purdue University in 1950. Only shortly before his death was his … Continue reading →

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