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1923: Chinese Communist Party Co-founder Li Dazhao on Populism

One of the early influences on the young Mao Zedong was Chinese Communist Party co-founder Li Dazaho. Li Dazaho background from Wikipedia: Li Dazhao (simplified Chinese: 李大钊; traditional Chinese: 李大釗; pinyin: Lǐ Dàzhāo; Wade–Giles: Li Ta-chao; 29 October 1889 – … Continue reading

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2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2

This is “劫在中南海” (Catastrophe in Zhongnanhai) by Liu Nianchun, a novel about women caught up in the political machinations and personal whims of power during Mao Zedong’s era in China. The story follows two main female characters, both dancers in … Continue reading

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1999: Rights Activist Liu Nianchun Interview “For the Rights of Chinese Workers”

Liu Nianchun paid for his years of democracy activism in China with six years of imprisonment. He and his family were allowed to leave China on his ‘medical parole’ in December 1998. Liu Nianchun lives in New York City. He … Continue reading

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Rightist Memoir XXXVII: Workers Not Paid, SOE Factory Boss is Fired

Find other chapters listed 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  3. The Agricultural Vehicle Factory in Desperate Shape The agricultural vehicles had sold well for only … Continue reading

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Rightist Memoir XXXVI: My Tractor Factory – Microcosm of 1980s SOE Corruption and Mismanagement

Find other chapters listed 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 Five  Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Above I have written a truthful account of the “dictatorship … Continue reading

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2010 Liu Zhirong: Who Is Taking Our Money?

This interview, posted on the Aisixiang website in April 2023, was originally published on in the Morning Post Weekly, a weekly publication of the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald in Hunan Province. Another Chinese website, the abuluowang.com that also republished this interview, … Continue reading

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2009: What Do Africans Think of the Chinese? 非洲人眼里的中国人

What Do Africans Think of the Chinese?  非洲人眼里的中国人   by the Chinese journalist LIU Zhirong 刘植荣 A few years ago I found this 2009 article posted and reposted on many Chinese websites including http://bbs.tiexue.net/post2_3586214_1.html (it is no longer there) Still interesting … Continue reading

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

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

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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