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  • The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy

    by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, Michael Nylan, Hans van Ess ...
    Sima Qian (first century BCE), the author of Record of the Historian (Shiji), is China’s earliest and best-known historian, and his “Letter to Ren An” is the most famous letter in Chinese history. In the letter, Sima Qian explains his decision to finish his life’s work, the first comprehensive history of China, instead of honorably committing suicide following his castration for “deceiving the ... Read more

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  • BA JIN. On Anarchism and Terrorism

    by Ba Jin (Li Feigan) ...
    Ba Jin, one of the main figures of twentieth century Chinese literature, died in Shanghai on the 17th of October 2005. He was also a survivor of the Chinese anarchist movement that disappeared with the victory of the Communists. While he was required to ‘repent’, and purged and humiliated during the Cultural Revolution, he never embraced any other ideal.Ba Jin was born in 1904 in Chengdu, Sichuan ... Read more

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  • Becoming China

    The Story Behind the State

    by Jeanne-Marie Gescher ...
    An account of China's past and present, how a small group of people at the edges of the Yellow River evolved to become the state of China today.Despite decades of a relatively open door relationship with the rest of the world, China is still a mystery to many outside it. How does China work, what does it want, why does it want it, and what does its rise to global power mean for the rest of the ... Read more

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  • New China

    Reflections, Analysis and Conclusions of a Layman

    by Jim Hammond ...
    One has to marvel at the tremendous material progress of China under the New China concept. The sweeping skyscrapers, the architectural creations of the Olympics and space successes are a wonder to behold! But there are other criteria by which a nation should be judged. Shouldnt the spiritual and political advancement of the people also have equal importance? If the people are kept in a gilded ... Read more

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