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1993 – 2016: (15) : “The Characteristics of the Era Determine the International Politics of the Day” Chapter Fifteen of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Posted on 02/15/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chapter 15 of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science Chapter 15 argues that the “overall pattern” of international politics is always in the end shaped by the defining characteristics of its historical era. The Marxist theory of … Continue reading →

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2026: PLA Daily on What the Purge Means

Posted on 02/04/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Amidst the ongoing purges of top officers of the PLA what should be the attitude of PLA officers and soldiers. They are continually exhorted to be loyal to the Party 政治合格。The PLA is the creature of the Chinese Communist Party … Continue reading →

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1993 – 2016: (11) : The National Question Is Part of the Overall Question of Social Revolution Chapter Eleven of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Posted on 01/26/2026 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Summary:  Chapter Eleven of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science ‘The National Question Is Part of the Overall Question of Social Revolution’ argues that the national question is inseparable from the history of capitalism’s development and class … Continue reading →

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2014: (17) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 17 “In the lover’s eye, even an ordinary woman appears as the beauty Xishi.”

Posted on 12/05/2025 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: (16) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 16 “Let the ruler … Continue reading →

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2021: A Ying — 20th C Chinese Writer, Playwright, Bibliophile

Posted on 06/09/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A Ying 阿英 — pen name of Qian Xingcun (钱杏村) or Qian Xingsen (钱杏森) birth named Qian Defu 钱德富 was a 20th century Chinese writer and playwright active from the 1920s onwards, a founder of the League of Left-Wing Writers, … Continue reading →

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January 1941: Admiral Yamamoto Prewar Letter to Diet Member Sasakawa — “To Defeat the US, Japanese Troops Would Have to March to Washington, D.C. and Exact a Pledge at the White House”

Posted on 02/09/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Nearly a year before the Pearl Harbor attack in January 1941, the commander of that attack, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku wrote to Diet member Sasakawa Ryoichi. Sasakawa, who had recently inspected the Japanese Imperial Navy South Seas forces under Admiral Yamamoto’s … Continue reading →

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Lu Xun’s Ham Radio Operator Son Zhou Haiying

Posted on 02/03/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I met Zhou Haiying in 1995. Zhou Haiying BA1CY, a Chinese ham radio operator whose daughter lived in Taiwan with her husband, was attending a ham radio convention for afficionados of the Ten Meter (28 MHz) ham band. Being a … Continue reading →

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1943 Wartime Japanese Children’s Literature: Pearl Harbor Day in a Japanese Village

Posted on 12/09/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I came across Niimi Nankichi’s wartime Japanese children’s story on the 青空文库 Azora Bunko. The Azora Bunko apparently parallels the Gutenberg Project — its volunteers make older Japanese literature available online. After translating the story, I got interested in its … Continue reading →

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2024: Vietnam War Diaries as Literature in Recent Vietnamese Publications

Posted on 10/13/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Below are translations of three 2024 articles on the diaries of Vietnamese soldiers that appeared recently on Vietnam websites with links to the articles in Vietnamese. Machine translated by Chat GPT4o — I don’t know Vietnamese and so was not … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XLVII: 2010 Perspectives on China’s Corruption and Forgotten Republican Era Heroes

Posted on 07/12/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Find Blood Chronicle Table of Contents and 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 Twelve: From 2010 a Perspective on China’s Prospects After Mao Zedong’s … Continue reading →

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