New on the site this time:
Xie Maosong, “The Chinese Communist Party is a New Civilization.” This is propaganda, of course, and pretty dismal propaganda at that, but it seems appropriate to see what the standard-bearers are saying as Xi Jinping approaches his third mandate. Sun Liping, “If Sheep Do Not Want to Be Tied Up, it is Not Necessarily because They Want to do Something Bad,” a somewhat whimsical reflection on Sun’s having been forbidden to publish online for three months over the Spring and Summer. Chen Jian, “How Should We Evaluate Gorbachev?” a short and surprisingly positive evaluation of the life and achievements of Mikhail Gorbachev on the occasion of his passing. Enjoy! New on the site this time:
Bai Tongdong, the New Confucian philosopher on “The Margins of Civilization—Reflections on the Historical Position of Chinese Civilization and the Progress of Human Civilization,” in which the author pushes back against the oft-repeated notion that Chinese civilization is “unique” or “uniquely continuous.” Jiang Shigong, the prominent New Left thinker on “The Rise of a Great Power and the Revival of Civilization: The Taiwan Issue and the ‘Enduring War of Civilization.’” Spoiler alert: I worked on this text for several days, thinking it was recent, only to discover that it was originally published in 2005 (the editors noted that the text had been recycled, but did not supply the date of original publication). The text is not without interest, but it is interesting for different reasons than had it been published after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Enjoy! |
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