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2014: (21) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 21 “Purgatory” 

Posted on 12/08/2025 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: (20) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 20 “Many Changes Yet … Continue reading →

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1930: A Ying on Writer Bing Xin 冰心/Xie Wanying

Posted on 06/19/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Her exact contemporary A Ying 阿英/Qian Xingcun 钱杏村 (1900 – 1977) wrote an appreciation of poet and writer Bing Xin 冰心/Xie Wang Ying (1900 – 1999). A Ying’s 1930 article on Bing Xin from Volume II of A Ying’s Collected … Continue reading →

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2025: Names, Names — Many Names for Chinese Writers, Scholars and Revolutionaries

Posted on 06/07/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Translating several works by and articles about the early 20th century revolutionary writer Jiang Guangci I noticed he used quite a few names. Some of this may have been because his writings were politically sensitive but having several alternate names … 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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2020: Excerpt Russian SF Novel A.P.O.C.A.L.L.I.P.S.I.S.

Posted on 04/18/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Found on a Russian website, translated using DeepL. Apocalytic and post-apoctalyptic fiction is intriguing. How would you rebuild a fallen world? This SF novel was published before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Bloody battles between invaders from outer space and Russian … Continue reading →

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2021: Reception of US SciFi in China; A Chinese SF Grandmaster — Ye Yonglie 叶永烈

Posted on 02/18/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Ye Yonglie (1940-2020) Chinese author and occasional film director, sometimes under the pen-names Ye Yang, Ye Ting, Xiao Yong or Jiu Yuan, whose output stretches to fifty volumes of material, of which twenty-four are listed as “works popularizing science”. A … Continue reading →

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2012: PRC Official Party and Government Document Issuance and Handling Guidelines

Posted on 12/09/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The variety, purpose and scope of authority of PRC Party and Government official documents, orders, opinions and so forth can be confusing. Translated below are the official guidelines for issuing, receiving, handling and archiving various types of official Chinese Communist … Continue reading →

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