Category Archives: Military 军事

Google Translated: June 4th Thank You Note to the Tiananmen Martial Law Forces

Posted on 07/24/2018 by

Zhou Enlai memorial website offers resources such as old issues of People’s Daily. I looked up some articles from around June 4th. http://home.zhouenlai.info/ Google Translated — The machine translation is very good. I was surprised. I broke up some of the … Continue reading →

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May 1989 Student Leaflet, Beijing

Posted on 08/04/2017 by

When I went through my thousands of Flickr photo postings from my time in China to look for translations I can share here, I found this Peking University leaflet signed “A PLA Officer”  from 1989 that I came across online. … Continue reading →

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Chinese Political Scientist on the PRC Military Command and Political Commissar System

Posted on 07/11/2017 by

 英文翻译摘要:《中华人民共和国政治制度》第11章 国家军事制 Summary translation of Chapter 11 The State Military System in Pu Zhiqiang’s The Political System of the People’s Republic of China Chapter 11 The State Military System Pages 369 – 392 of the Political System of the People’s … Continue reading →

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2009: Sichuan Earthquake Zone NGOs: Wavering Between Leaving and Entering

Posted on 07/09/2017 by

中文原文在 http://www.ngocn.org/?action-viewnews-itemid-45084   Translation of the article “Earthquake Zone NGOs: Wavering Between Leaving and Entering” in the Chinese periodical Nanfengchuang 南风窗issue of May 6, 2009 震区NGO, 摇摆在进退之间   Officials have been gradually increasing their checks and screening of NGO volunteers. “We … Continue reading →

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Li Woteng: China Should Fill the Leadership Void Left by the United States

Posted on 06/14/2017 by

When I saw this article in the Chinese language edition of the Financial Times by independent scholar Li Woteng   黎蜗藤,  it made be think of the interview that former U.S. Embassy Beijing Chargé d’affaires David Rank had on the PBS … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Mao’s Former Number Two Man Lin Biao

Posted on 03/13/2017 by

Today I happened across some intriguing quotations from Chairman Mao’s former second in command and close comrade in arms Lin Biao on Wikiquote. Lin Biao was accused of betraying Mao and died in a mysterious plane crash in Öndörkhaan, Mongolia … Continue reading →

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General Liu Yazhou: Great Critics are Often Great Patriots

Posted on 12/20/2016 by

The Chinese Elections website at the Carter Center, which collects many enlightening articles from the Chinese press on its website, shared this recent WeChat public account posting by PLA National Defense University political commissar Liu Yahou.  Liu Yazhou is a … Continue reading →

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