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2019: Father Murdered in Cultural Revolution, Liu He Now PRC Vice Premier

Posted on 05/11/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

During my ten years in China, many people told me stories of barely imaginable cruelties that took place during the political campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. I knew Environmentalist Tang Xiyang. Tang told me how his wife, a middle … Continue reading →

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2009: Censored — Tang Xiyang’s A Green World Tour

Posted on 02/05/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

It can be so very hard to imagine what it could have been like to live in a totalitarian state. While I worked in the S&T section at U.S. Embassy Beijing in China, I knew the Chinese environmentalist Tang Xiyang.   … Continue reading →

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The Cultural Revolution and the Need for Repentance

Posted on 09/06/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I found Deng Yuwen‘s   邓聿文 2013 article on “Why Do Chinese People Feel Regrets About Their Behavior During the Cultural Revolution”  moving.  China media controls, the rationale for them —  the reluctance of leaders to go beyond scapegoating a few individuals … Continue reading →

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Gao Ye Poem Dedicated to Victims of Mao Zedong Who Took Their Own Lives

Posted on 08/04/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Several hundred thousand Chinese were condemned as rightists in the late 1950s because they disagreed with, were believed to disagree with, some aspect of Chinese Communist ideology or policy.  Some were simply the victims of powerful people. Many died or … Continue reading →

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