Tag Archives: history

Rightist Memoir XXXII: The Marathon of Political Rehabilitation

Posted on 06/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Find other chapters listed at Kong Lingping’s Rightist Memoir I: “Blood Chronicle” By Long-time Prisoner of Mao Zedong The full Chinese text can be downloaded from bannedbook.org  Chapter Two  The Marathon of Political Rehabilitation We feel gratitude to our mothers who gave us … Continue reading →

Posted in "Blood Chronicle" -- A Rightist Memoir, History 历史, Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

1957: Mao’s “Open Plot” to Entrap Dissidents to Set Stage for the Anti-Rightist Campaign

Posted on 06/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

While some say that Mao Zedong was completely sincere in encouraging criticism of the Communist Party during the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao himself said at the time that this campaign was “open plot” to lure monsters out into the open. … Continue reading →

Posted in History 历史, Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

2018: Ideological History — Getting into the Weeds and Cutting Off the Tails of Capitalism in People’s Daily 1957 – 1995

Posted on 06/24/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

With famine rising in most of China — Anhui was one of the worst, less serious in Heilongjiang and Xinjiang — somewhat less extreme Party leaders prevailed upon Mao to go into semi-retirement and to allow a more moderate line … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Revolution, History 历史, Ideology 思想 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rightist Memoir XXX: How I Got My Freedom Back

Posted on 06/23/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Previous chapters listed at Kong Lingping’s Rightist Memoir I: “Blood Chronicle” By Long-time Prisoner of Mao Zedong The full Chinese text can be downloaded from bannedbook.org . Chapter Four  How I Got My Freedom Back At 7 AM on September 5th, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Blood Chronicle" -- A Rightist Memoir, Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

2022: Did Mao Support Taiwan Independence Back in 1947?

Posted on 06/22/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Two articles on Chinese Communist Party statements of support for the independence of Taiwan during the 1930s and 1940s. The first a Radio Free Asia article lists several instances. Most support Taiwan independence from Japan, which had taken Taiwan from … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligence, Taiwan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rightist Memoir XXVIII: The Latter Period of the Chinese Communist Dictatorship

Posted on 06/21/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chapter Eleven  The Latter Period of the Chinese Communist Dictatorship The elimination at the outset of all opposing forces meant that when the bloody twenty-eight year long rule of the demon king Mao came to an end a force that … Continue reading →

Posted in "Blood Chronicle" -- A Rightist Memoir, Cultural Revolution | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

2018: Party’s Evolving Understanding of the Principal Contradiction in Chinese Society

Posted on 06/15/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Process of the Communist Party of China’s Understanding of the Principal Contradiction in Chinese Society 中國共產黨對我國社會主要矛盾的認識過程 韓振峰 2018年06月06日08:25    來源：光明日報 by Han Zhenfeng (Author: Han Zhenfeng, Dean of the School of Marxism, Beijing Jiaotong University, Researcher at the Beijing Xi Jinping … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideology 思想, Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

2010: Li Peng Diaries Struck Back at Jiang Zemin

Posted on 06/04/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Li Peng, PRC premier during Jiang Zemin’s first term as CPC Party General Secretary, was one of the most hated men in China largely because of the massacres in Tiananmen and around Beijing on June 3-4 1989. Fortunately for Li … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2024: Looking at Chinese Reviews of Mao’s Doc’s Book

Posted on 05/14/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I first came across the Taiwan Chinese language translation of the banned book by Mao Zedong’s personal physician Li Zhisui on a website when I was working at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in the late 1990s. I found it … Continue reading →

Posted in History 历史 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2020: Online Jiangsu Troublemaker Got Two Years

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

Anxious to protect the Chinese people from those spreading incorrect thinking and people stirring up trouble (often the same people) PRC courts have been cracking down. An example is the two year sentence handed out to Jiang Tengda in 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Law 法律, Media 媒体 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment