Tag Archives: 共产党

2013：Ai Xiaoming — Uncensored Interview with Gan Cui on Martyred Poet Lin Zhao, including Deleted Xinjiang Labor Camp Experiences of Gan Cui

Posted on 05/13/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

After I posted my translation of Ai Xiaoming‘s long 2013 interview with Gan Cui 2013 Ai Xiaoming: Martyred Poet Lin Zhao and Gan Cui, Ai Xiaoming saw it and her editor Yi Mei contacted me to pass along the uncensored version … Continue reading →

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2020: My Sister Lin Zhao II

Posted on 05/12/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Lin Zhao said, “My father once told me that using the innocence and enthusiasm of young people for political purposes is the cruelest thing. Politics is deception, full of scheming. I never believed it in the past, but when I … Continue reading →

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2020: “My Sister Lin Zhao I” — A Socialist True Believer Destroyed by the Party

Posted on 05/11/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

As I was translating Ai Xiaoming’s interview with Gan Cui 2013 Ai Xiaoming: Martyred Poet Lin Zhao and Gan Cui — a love story and the story of martyred poet and democratic socialism true believer Lin Zhao and two-decades-long ‘prisoner of … Continue reading →

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2024: PRC Min State Security Chen Elaborates on Secretary Xi’s PRC National Security Concept

Posted on 05/01/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This April 29, 2024 article by PRC Minister of State Security Chen Yixin that appeared in Study Times Xuexi Shibao is being ‘reprinted’ in newspapers and on Party websites throughout the PRC. A useful perspective on PRC national security concerns … Continue reading →

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2013 Ai Xiaoming: Martyred Poet Lin Zhao and Gan Cui

Posted on 04/30/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Below I have translated a love story — the story of martyred poet Lin Zhao and two-decades-long ‘prisoner of Mao’ Gan Cui written by Ai Xiaoming on the basis of her 2013 interview with Gan Cui. Retired Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) … Continue reading →

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2024: Xinhua Explains New and Quality Productivity aka New Quality Productive Forces 新质生产力

Posted on 04/22/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Xinhua last week explained how the latest Secretary Xi buzzword often translation as ‘new productive forces’ should be understood. I wonder if the term ‘new productive forces’ arise from an ambiguity in Chinese that, as the Xinhua article suggests, befuddles … Continue reading →

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2024: PRC Fertility Policy — You Must Have Children

Posted on 02/27/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This article on policy suggestions by PRC population policy experts that has been called the “New Type of Family Planning” 新型计划生育 [in Chinese this is New Type Fertility Planning; one must admit family planning makes it sound better, though who … Continue reading →

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2024 VOA: Behind PRC Disciplinary Commissions’ Anger at New U.S. Anti-Corruption Rules

Posted on 01/29/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

What’s the thinking behind the CCDI’s accusation of new U.S. anti-corruption rules? 中纪委指责美国反腐新规，什么思路？ January 20, 2024 WASHINGTON – While the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has recently been adamant that it will follow Xi Jinping’s directive to … Continue reading →

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2018: Reform of Party and State Organizations [Chinese Language Wiki article]

Posted on 01/21/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Party building and strengthening the rule of the Chinese Communist Party were among the top projects of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s first decade in power. The Chinese language Wikipedia article 深化党和国家机构改革 (2018年) [Deepening the reform of Party and state institutions … Continue reading →

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2024: Hebei County Traffic Fine Doc Forgery Rate 94%

Posted on 01/20/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Corruption-fighting officials stay busy. Not clear if this is a conspiracy of highway department personnel to pocket fines or a revenue raising scheme for a revenue-short county. Many PRC counties have severe fiscal deficits. See 2023: Crisis in Chinese Local Government … Continue reading →

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