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PRC June 4, 1989 Meritorious Service Awards: the Guardians of the Republic

Posted on 03/25/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese language Wikipedia articles often has articles and more detailed articles about China than Wikipedia in other languages. Here is a translation of the Wikipedia article on meritorious service award presented to military personnel who participated in the repression around … Continue reading →

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Xu Yongyue on Early 90’s PRC Party Power Struggles

Posted on 02/28/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A few days ago, I ran across this unsigned Radio Free Asia commentary that quoted anonymous Chinese Communist Party insiders. Anonymous commentaries, while common on social media, are less common in mainstream media that Radio Free Asia would model itself … Continue reading →

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Rightist Memoir “Blood Chronicles” : Cultural Revolution’s End

Posted on 11/25/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This chapter treats some of the Cultural Revolution years (mid 60s to mid 70s) at the Yanyuan reform through labor prison farm for political prisoners. Chongqing author Kong Lingping’s rightist memoir describes twenty-two years in Chinese prison camps and subsequent … Continue reading →

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List of the Names of Forty-nine People Wounded and Disabled in the Tiananmen Massacre

Posted on 06/03/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Herer is a translation of a list of 49 people wounded and disabled in the Tiananmen Massacre as they tried to flee charging Chinese soldiers in complaince with an order to evacuate Tiananmen Square. As some have rightly pointed out, … Continue reading →

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List of 202 People Killed in the Massacre Collected by the Tiananmen Mothers’ Group (1989-2011)

Posted on 06/03/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The list of the dead collected by the Tiananmen Mothers’ Group continues to increase albeit slowly. 203. Cheng Renxing, male, 25 years old, died of shooting; 204. Dai Jinping, male, 27 years old, died of shooting; 205. Li Haocheng, male, … Continue reading →

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Court Cases of the “June 4th Protesters Against Government Violence”

Posted on 07/30/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese court records give insight into the actions of ordinary Beijing people who went out into the streets in June 1989 to prevent a massacre of students in Tiananmen Square by martial law troops then charging into Beijing. This Chinese-language book, with an introduction by Song Yongyi has the English language title Court Files of Civil Disobedience Against Government Violence on June 4th, 1989 Chinese title: 六四抗暴者法庭档案 Continue reading →

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2011: Opponents of June 4 Tyranny Still in Prison

Posted on 07/20/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Chinese exile writer Liao Yiwu in his recent book Bullets and Opium (Simon & Schuster 2019) writes about the heavy price that the “June Fourth rioters” paid in many years of imprisonment as a result of their participation in the … 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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June 4th Thank You Note to the Tiananmen Martial Law Forces

Posted on 07/24/2018 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Zhou Enlai memorial website offers resources such as old issues of People’s Daily. I looked up some articles from around June 4th. http://home.zhouenlai.info/ While the Chinese press and government rarely make any reference to the massacres around June 4th in Beijing … Continue reading →

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(2008) Tankman Wang Welin Probably Met a Bad End – by Wu Renhua

Posted on 06/05/2018 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

See the video for yourself — here is a link to the PBS Frontline program The Tankman. Not long ago the Voice of America journalist Shu Guofu invited me for a video and audio interview. The reason of the interview … Continue reading →

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