Tag Archives: Youth

1939: Reading the Classics with Chairman Mao — Letter to Chen Boda on “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought”

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

I just came across online a 1939 letter from Mao Zedong about the ancient philosopher Mozi written to Chen Boda, then working in the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Department who had just written the article “Mozi’s Philosophical Thought’. Chen Boda … Continue reading →

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2014: (25) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 25 “Guilt by Association”

Posted on 12/11/2025 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: (24) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 24 “Exile” The next … Continue reading →

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2025：PRC AI DeepSeek Discusses Involution — Fierce Competition Driving Some Chinese Companies to the Brink

Posted on 09/27/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Involution 内卷 neijuan!  I heard about that before meaning hopeless, constantly escalating competition to the point of rapidly diminishing returns that exhausted young people and them want to lie flat and tune out from impossible pressures. See 2021: A PRC … Continue reading →

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2025: ChatGPT5 on China’s National Mood

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

Much like the DeepS response 2025: China’s DeepSeek AI on China’s National Mood , focusing on the individual but going a bit further into the social with some discussion of “lying flat” youth disillusionment. I’ll give you the translation first and … Continue reading →

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2025: PRC Youth Sentiment, Seeking Emotional Value of Products and Internal Emigration à la Russe?

Posted on 03/21/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

How to assess the morale and feelings of people in China these days? That is too complicated a question: especially in such a decentralized country that has provinces of differing cultures and culinary preferences that is a tough question. One … Continue reading →

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2019: Avid Reader Xi Jinping — Reading Das Kapital by Lamplight

Posted on 12/22/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

“Avid Reader” Xi Jinping: Reading Under a Kerosene Lamp, Thoroughly Read Das Kapital Three Times “书迷”习近平：煤油灯下读书　三遍通读《资本论》2019年04月23日 14:01:24 来源： 人民网　作者： Seeking Truth [Party ideological journal] Network April 23, 2019, 14:01:24 Source: People’s Daily Online Author: Compiled from People’s Daily, People’s Daily … Continue reading →

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2022: Novelist Azabu Keiba on Tokyo, Youth, Rat Race

Posted on 03/13/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Interview with 30-something Japanese novelist Azabu Keiba 麻布競馬場 on Japanese youth, feelings of being worn out by hopeless competition, country vs. big city Tokyo. His 2022 book 『この部屋から東京タワーは永遠に見えない』麻布競馬場著（集英社） [“Tokyo Tower Can Never Be Seen From This Room”] relates the hallmarks … Continue reading →

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2023: PRC College Grads Seek Jobs in Africa

Posted on 07/21/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

With unemployment among recent college graduates rising in China, some of the more adventurous graduates are looking for jobs with Chinese companies or merchants in Africa. The Chinese Communist Youth League‘s newspaper China Youth Daily reports. Looking at unconventional job … Continue reading →

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2023: China’s Leftist Youth — A T-shirt

Posted on 03/23/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Photo from an anonymous posting on Chinese social media. “Chinese youth in the New Era should have the confidence to and be prepared to, at any moment, to hang capitalists from lamp posts. Long live the people! The PRC Ministry … Continue reading →

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2021: Teaching the Leadership of the Communist Party III

Posted on 12/10/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This is part 3 in a series of translations of the long document issued the the PRC Ministry of Education in October 2021 on how leadership of the Communist Party is to be taught in PRC schools from elementary school … Continue reading →

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