Taig Dara 泰格·達熱
@taigdara.bsky.social
THEN: Chinese IR theory & FP at GWU & Wilson Center.
NOW: Phd-ing history of democratic parties (民主黨派) in modern China at the University of Hawaii.
NOW: Phd-ing history of democratic parties (民主黨派) in modern China at the University of Hawaii.
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Taig Dara 泰格·達熱
@taigdara.bsky.social
· Jun 4
民主之澜——伟大的和平爱国革命家，张澜 - YouTube
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This is a drama about the life of Zhang Lan 张澜. Called "The Democracy of Lan."
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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1/9 Our latest print issue, a special issue on "Wandering Ideas: Circulations of Radical Social Thought in the Long Nineteenth Century" guest edited by @pkuligowski.bsky.social from papers presented at the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2022. The introduction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1/9 Our latest print issue, a special issue on "Wandering Ideas: Circulations of Radical Social Thought in the Long Nineteenth Century" guest edited by @pkuligowski.bsky.social from papers presented at the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2022. The introduction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I just finished reading a stellar essay by Guantao Jin and Qingfeng Liu, titled: "From 'republicanism 'to 'democracy': China's selective adoption and reconstruction of modern Western political concepts (1840-1924)."
Then I found this:
www.readingthechinadream.com/jin-guantao-...
Then I found this:
www.readingthechinadream.com/jin-guantao-...
Jin Guantao and the Authentic Mind
Jin Guantao, “The Mentality of Many People Today Marks a Return to the 19th Century” [1] Introduction and Translation by David Ownby Introduction Jin Guantao (b. 1947) is without a...
www.readingthechinadream.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I just finished reading a stellar essay by Guantao Jin and Qingfeng Liu, titled: "From 'republicanism 'to 'democracy': China's selective adoption and reconstruction of modern Western political concepts (1840-1924)."
Then I found this:
www.readingthechinadream.com/jin-guantao-...
Then I found this:
www.readingthechinadream.com/jin-guantao-...
Two Thousand Years of Chinese History Were Directed and Starred by Ruffians by Yi Zhongtian (易中天)
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Two Thousand Years of Chinese History Were Directed and Starred by Ruffians
Yi Zhongtian (易中天)
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September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two Thousand Years of Chinese History Were Directed and Starred by Ruffians by Yi Zhongtian (易中天)
ctexp.substack.com/p/two-thousa...
ctexp.substack.com/p/two-thousa...
This is very similar to my PhD topic and I am super excited to read it.
Thanks for your hard work!!!
Thanks for your hard work!!!
The CCP’s triumph over the KMT shocked the world—even the Soviets bet on the KMT with more aid. My book, Domination and Mobilization, asks: how did the CCP survive and prevail?
Domination and Mobilization offers three fresh arguments that explain the reversal of the century. 👇
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Domination and Mobilization offers three fresh arguments that explain the reversal of the century. 👇
cup.org/3G6WKB2
September 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is very similar to my PhD topic and I am super excited to read it.
Thanks for your hard work!!!
Thanks for your hard work!!!
More from Zhang Binglin (1908):
“for the independence of a national group (minzu), an initial study of its national essence (guicui) was essential. In national essence, history was the primary thing. Next to historical research, all the other scholarly disciplines were merely ordinary skills.”
“for the independence of a national group (minzu), an initial study of its national essence (guicui) was essential. In national essence, history was the primary thing. Next to historical research, all the other scholarly disciplines were merely ordinary skills.”
July 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
More from Zhang Binglin (1908):
“for the independence of a national group (minzu), an initial study of its national essence (guicui) was essential. In national essence, history was the primary thing. Next to historical research, all the other scholarly disciplines were merely ordinary skills.”
“for the independence of a national group (minzu), an initial study of its national essence (guicui) was essential. In national essence, history was the primary thing. Next to historical research, all the other scholarly disciplines were merely ordinary skills.”
子曰：「鳳鳥不至，河不出圖，吾已矣夫！」
Originally found in the Analects of Confucius. Also found in Zhang Binglin's 1903 Prison Essay, which goes on to say: "Others will follow me to renew the golden flame."
(via Shimada Kenji, 1990 and ctext.org)
Originally found in the Analects of Confucius. Also found in Zhang Binglin's 1903 Prison Essay, which goes on to say: "Others will follow me to renew the golden flame."
(via Shimada Kenji, 1990 and ctext.org)
Chinese Text Project
The world's largest digital library of pre-modern Chinese: an open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world. The site attemp...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
子曰：「鳳鳥不至，河不出圖，吾已矣夫！」
Originally found in the Analects of Confucius. Also found in Zhang Binglin's 1903 Prison Essay, which goes on to say: "Others will follow me to renew the golden flame."
(via Shimada Kenji, 1990 and ctext.org)
Originally found in the Analects of Confucius. Also found in Zhang Binglin's 1903 Prison Essay, which goes on to say: "Others will follow me to renew the golden flame."
(via Shimada Kenji, 1990 and ctext.org)
"This family is doomed! We will see it rot, bit by bit."
Ba Jin, Family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk56...
Ba Jin, Family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk56...
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"This family is doomed! We will see it rot, bit by bit."
Ba Jin, Family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk56...
Ba Jin, Family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk56...
Now that classes are over for the summer I am greatly looking forward to reading this.
历史的先声
minjian-danganguan.org/s/china-unof...
历史的先声
minjian-danganguan.org/s/china-unof...
June 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Now that classes are over for the summer I am greatly looking forward to reading this.
历史的先声
minjian-danganguan.org/s/china-unof...
历史的先声
minjian-danganguan.org/s/china-unof...
This is a drama about the life of Zhang Lan 张澜. Called "The Democracy of Lan."
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
民主之澜——伟大的和平爱国革命家，张澜 - YouTube
youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is a drama about the life of Zhang Lan 张澜. Called "The Democracy of Lan."
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Zhang Lan was one of the core leaders of the Chinese Democratic League during the Chinese Civil War, and one of the major characters in my research.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#SummerReading #ChineseHistory #ModernChina #Democracy #GlobalIntellectualHistory
Here are some of my favorite books for the summer.
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Here are some of my favorite books for the summer.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
#SummerReading #ChineseHistory #ModernChina #Democracy #GlobalIntellectualHistory
Here are some of my favorite books for the summer.
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Here are some of my favorite books for the summer.
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