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2025 Revision: Chinese Language Study and Translation Tools

Posted on 06/17/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Intermediate and advanced professional learners of Chinese at some point may want to look for Chinese-language materials in their areas of interest. Large Language Model AIs have greatly improved the quality of machine translation recently. An example is the ChatGPT4o … Continue reading →

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Yu Ruxin: Through the Storm – The PLA in the Cultural Revolution (Excerpt) I

Posted on 02/11/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Joseph Torigian’s interview with “Through the Storm: the PLA in the Cultural Revolution” author Yu Ruixin I found particularly interesting for Yu’s discussion of the difficulties of doing research on the history of the Chinese Communist Party and of even … Continue reading →

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Han Gang: Restoring the True Hua Guofeng to History

Posted on 01/07/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Revisionism was a curse word thrown around during China’s Cultural Revolution. Views of history are constantly being revised to fit the needs of what a new generation wants to know, to meet the needs of a new group of leaders … Continue reading →

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2021: Propagandizing Foreigners to Reach China’s Domestic Audience: Why PRC External Propaganda is Often Ineffective

Posted on 11/07/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

He Qinglian’s book Hongse Qinlve 红色侵略 [Red Infiltration] discusses the impressive PRC media outreach and pressure overt and covert to bring ostensibly independent Chinese media outlets under Party control or heavy influence. Parts of the book on PRC infiltration of … 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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Wuhan Diary #28: The 32nd Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 23, 2020

Posted on 02/24/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 23 32nd Day of the Wuhan City Closure From yesterday evening to today all the WeChat and microblogs were blocked because of the online video of the “cussing out Wuhan” video by “Wuhan Sister-in-law”. I’ve seen it many times … Continue reading →

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