Tag Archives: Korean War

2023: Controversies on Death of Mao’s Son Mao Anying During the Korean War

Posted on 11/30/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Comparing a recent Yahoo Taiwan news story with Wikipedia articles in various languages about Mao’s son Mao Anying. As you might expect, the Russian articles provides much more detail about his ten years in the Soviet Union as a student … Continue reading →

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2010: Diplomatic Historian Shen Zhihua on Archival Work

Posted on 06/09/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

See also: 2010 Shen Zhihua:  Opening and Publication of Archives is Not the Same Thing 沈志华：档案的公布与开放并非一回事 ● Shen Zhihua  Key Points: That being said, it does not mean that archives themselves are history. When the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading →

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Russian Perspective: PRC Foreign Policy 1949 – 1976

Posted on 02/20/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

[I have been having fun lately exploring machine translation. Here, although I have forgotten most of the first year Russian I learned 20 years ago, I find that using DeepL, the Russian search engine yandex.ru to find articles and online … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir XIX: “The Execution of Chen Li” from Kong Lingping’s Bloody Chronicles

Posted on 04/03/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Excerpt from my translation from Kong Lingping’s Blood Chronicle. I knew Kong Lingping when I worked in Chengdu. The story of the political prisoner Chen Li who was executed at the beginning of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.  I am one third … Continue reading →

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Norway’s relationship with China Over 70 Years: Small State Idealism and Realism in the Face of a Great Power

Posted on 10/29/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just ran across and excellent history and analysis of Norway – China bilateral relations by Jo Inge Bekkevold in the open accesss journal Internasjonal Politik — SKANDINAVISK TIDSSKRIFT FOR INTERNASJONALE STUDIER [International Poltiics: Scandanavian Journal for International Studies]. There … Continue reading →

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