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2023: Deng in 1990 Kicked Out Xi’s Dad for Advocating Freedom of Speech (at least for leaders)

Posted on 10/23/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Two more article discussing how Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping’s Dad and how Secretary Xi is not a ‘chip off the old block’. Many hoped when Xi rose that it would be ‘like father, like son’ and had hopes for a … Continue reading →

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A Funny Party Organ: The Global Times

Posted on 09/13/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

One can be tempted to dismiss Global Times as just foaming-at-the-mouth stuff but as the English and Chinese editions have similar content. I remember some Open Source Center colleagues writing that articles on the Chinese side  appear on the English … Continue reading →

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Liao Yiwu on Li Bifeng: He Fought for the Freedom of Others

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

Liao Yiwu on Li Bifeng: He Fought for the Freedom of Others [Note: Li Bifeng was released from prison and now lives in Mianyang, Sichuan Province. Li Bifeng’s story is the chapter entitled “The Poet” in Liao Yiwu’s book Bullets … Continue reading →

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2003: Kunming City Religious Affairs Bureau 2003 Report to the Kunming City People’s Congress on Religious Affairs Enforcement Work and Problems

Posted on 08/18/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here is a translation I did when I worked at the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu after a visit to Kunming. I found this document on a government website and added some photos I took during the Kuming trip. Report … Continue reading →

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Liao Yiwu: May We Never Forget Chinese Citizen-Journalist Li Zehua

Posted on 05/05/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Citizen-journalist Li Zehua, a freelance citizen-journalist who went to Wuhan during the outbreak of the coronavirus there, was detained by Chinese police on February 26th shortly after trying to do some investigation in the vicinity of the Wuhan P4 Laboratory … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #40 The 44th Day of the Wuhan City Closure — March 6, 2020

Posted on 03/08/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

March 6, 2020 The 44th Day of the Wuhan City Closure Fang Fang’s latest Wuhan closed city Diary was deleted from her public Weibo account. In her diary she discussed the video circulating on social media yesterday — during Deputy … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #20: The Twenty-fourth Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 15, 2020

Posted on 02/16/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 15: The 24th day of Wuhan City Closure There was another thunderstorm last night. I turned off all the lights in my room, opened my curtains and lay on my bed. The night was very dark; maybe because most … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #10: The Fourteenth Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 5, 2020

Posted on 02/06/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 5 ： Fourteenth Day of Wuhan City Closure Today is the 14th of the Wuhan City closure.  I have been writing this diary for two weeks now. I first took pen in hand to help ease my own anxiety … Continue reading →

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Xu Zhangrun: “Whoever Heard of a Teacher Who Doesn’t Speak”

Posted on 11/10/2018 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

See Professor Geremie Barmé’s translation of Xu Zhangrun’s article on the China Heritage website at http://chinaheritage.net/journal/and-teachers-then-they-just-do-their-thing/   “Whoever Heard of a Teacher Who Doesn’t Speak?” Xu Zhangrun: Having dedicated myself to a teaching career, I have to repeat what Hu … Continue reading →

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2002: Wired China: Many Hands on Many Switches

Posted on 09/30/2018 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Round-Table on Internet and Free Flow of Information in China Statement by David Cowhig, Wired China: Many Hands on Many Switches Presented to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China April 15, 2002 I would like to share with you some thoughts about … Continue reading →

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