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David Cowhig 高大伟

@gaodawei.bsky.social

Retired US State Dept guy, worked 10 yrs in PRC (Beijing and Chengdu), good at reading 'communist Chinese' Qiushi etc., now studying ancient Chinese and literature. Enjoy studying languages. Ham call WA1LBP. Translation blog: gaodawei.wordpress.com

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Les 30 ans du référendum de 1995 | À Rivière-Saint-Jean, dire «oui» ne s’oublie pas | Le Devoir S’il avait fallu nommer une capitale du Oui en 1995, cette localité de la Côte-Nord aurait aspiré aux grands honneurs.

À Rivière-Saint-Jean, dire «oui» ne s’oublie pas www.ledevoir.com/politique/qu...

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It has to be said - again and out loud - that it’s Republicans in Congress who’ve unshackled him.

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No Kings demonstration in Abingdon, VA.

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“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

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1993 – 2016:(6) “Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination” Chapter Six of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》 Continuing with my translation of Chapter Six of the The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science 《政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理》“Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination”. The Logic o…

1993 – 2016:(6) “Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination” Chapter Six of “The Logic of Politics”
英文翻译: 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》第六章
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1993 – 2016:(6) “Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination” Chapter Six of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》 Continuing with my translation of Chapter Six of the The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science 《政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理》“Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination”. The Logic of Politics was written by Chief Editor/Author Wang Huning 王沪宁 and a group of academics in the early 1990s. The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science was first published in 1993 and later revised several times, most recently in 2016.

1993 – 2016:(6) “Political Power Is the Power of Class Domination” Chapter Six of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

Continuing with my translation of Chapter Six of the The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science 《政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理》“Political Power Is the Power of Class…

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Pope Leo on the Christian duty to care for the poor and migrants. APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV
TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR
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14.10.2025 13:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Voting for Mamdani Taught Me Why Trump Won

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

13.10.2025 22:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Look, maybe not *all* ICE and CBP agents are bloodthirsty psychopaths, but there are plenty of stories like this one and the rest of them sure as shit don't seem to mind, so ...

12.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 1728    🔁 681    💬 154    📌 38
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Steady Data, Shaky Narratives: Why Poll Hype Misleads & Slow Drift Rules in Understanding "Public Opinion" G. Elliott Morris deservedly trashes the once-reliable Harry Enten for feeding the ad-supported eyeball-gluing misinformation beast. & it leads me to harken back to the true Glory Days of Nate Silver…

Steady Data, Shaky Narratives: Why Poll Hype Misleads & Slow Drift Rules in Understanding "Public Opinion"
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‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

12.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Zhang Xuefeng, Hu Chenfeng, Lan Zhanfei Hit With Bans Amid a new two-month “Clear and Bright” campaign by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to clean up internet content that “maliciously incites” polarization, pessimism, anxiety, and other neg...

Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Hit With Bans

"Hu and Zhang often danced on the red line, but they had a firm grasp of where the boundaries were. Now both have crashed and burned, because the line has begun moving higher. Whose turn will be next?"

07.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 3
cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF

Not weak but not too strong either?

2025.10.04: NSA and IETF: Can an attacker simply purchase standardization of weakened cryptography?
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2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church China has long severely restricted religious activity and preaching. Religious leaders and congregations must accept the leadership of the Party and the state even in matter touching on religious b…

2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church
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2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church China has long severely restricted religious activity and preaching. Religious leaders and congregations must accept the leadership of the Party and the state even in matter touching on religious belief and reject foreign funding and support. How this has worked in practice has varied considerably -- repression was much harsher under Mao Zedong, eased considerably with reform and opening from the late 1970s.

2025: Religious Oppression in China — Zion Church

China has long severely restricted religious activity and preaching. Religious leaders and congregations must accept the leadership of the Party and the state even in matter touching on religious belief and reject foreign funding and support. How…

11.10.2025 23:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
2025: Two More PD Economy Commentaries Makes Eight Far below are two more People’s Daily commentator articles on the Chinese economy apparently by an official commentary work group appearing under the pseudonym Zhong Caiwen for an official co…

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11.10.2025 17:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
2025: Two More PD Economy Commentaries Makes Eight Here are two more People's Daily commentator articles on the Chinese economy apparently by an official commentary work group appearing under the pseudonym Zhong Caiwen for an official commentary group. See 2025: People’s Daily Commentary — Some Economic Difficulties but Don’t Over Generalize for a translation of the first six commentaries which appeared on page two of the People's Daily from September 30 - October 4.

2025: Two More PD Economy Commentaries Makes Eight

Here are two more People's Daily commentator articles on the Chinese economy apparently by an official commentary work group appearing under the pseudonym Zhong Caiwen for an official commentary group. See 2025: People’s Daily Commentary — Some…

11.10.2025 17:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US aid cuts: a new era of HIV care in Malawi The Government is attempting to replace and recreate diagnostic, testing, and support services cut following the cessation of US aid. Andrew Green reports from Malawi.

US aid cuts: a new era of HIV care in Malawi - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Strengthening nucleic acid biosecurity screening against generative protein design tools Advances in artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted protein engineering are enabling breakthroughs in the life sciences but also introduce new biosecurity challenges. Synthesis of nucleic acids is a cho...

Strengthening nucleic acid biosecurity screening against generative protein design tools | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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‘Thrilled’ Indonesian scientists celebrate return of fossil trove from the Netherlands The items to be returned, which include Java Man, were collected during the colonial era

‘Thrilled’ Indonesian scientists celebrate return of fossil trove from the Netherlands | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Maybe not enough national airspace for training. Singapore trains there already.

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Member of the Chicago press gets arrested by
masked ICE GOONS

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National assessments in verse

National assessments in verse | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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New radioactive isotope therapies promise more targeted attacks on cancer Recent clinical successes, and profits, have prompted a rush among pharma companies to try new isotopes and targeting strategies

New radioactive isotope therapies promise more targeted attacks on cancer | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

11.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Most of CDC was RIF'd around 8pm tonight. All NCIRD office of the director was RIF'd. This National Center is responsible for immunizations and respiratory diseases. Good luck staying healthy world 🤬

11.10.2025 02:49 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Approximately 1,300 CDC employees were initially notified of termination, with some sources indicating the number could be higher.
The layoffs targeted probationary employees, including "disease detectives" from the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program.

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They need to go to CANADA 🇨🇦 or MEXICO 🇲🇽 and re-open the CDC without US oversight

11.10.2025 02:56 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Americans reject authoritarian rule.

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China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan

China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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