As of March 2021 I have published nine summaries of articles from the Chinese Aisixiang (爱思想/’Love Thought’) website. I have read many more than that however. I will set out in this post a list of both the articles I have read and those I have summarised. I will also update the time from time to time. If any reader of this blog wishes me to summarise any of the other articles I have read, please let me know.

I set out below the dates on which articles were first published on the Aisixiang website. Some articles may have been published earlier elsewhere, while others are transcriptions of talks presented at conferences.

Zhao Hong (赵宏) – Law Professor at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. She obtained BA, MA and PhD degrees in Law at Chinese universities and pursued further studies at Tubingen University in Germany. Zhao Hong’s particular areas of research include Chinese Administrative Law and German Public and Administrative Law.

“Restrictions on Individual Rights and their Limitations”/“疫情防控下个人权利限缩与边界”. Published on Aisixiang on 14th June 2020. (My summary and comments are here: https://wordpress.com/post/chinanotes.org/316)

Wen Tiejun (温铁军) – Professor at Renmin University in Beijing and the head of the University’s School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.  Wen is 69 years old and like so many others of his age group in China spent many years ‘in the countryside’ during the Cultural Revolution period – he worked in agriculture, in industry and in the armed forces over a period of 11 years.  He later obtained a doctorate in management studies, spent many years researching various aspects of agriculture and also helped to develop agricultural policy for the Chinese government.  

“The Pandemic – Both a Crisis and an Opportunity for China”/”疫情给中国带来的危与机”. Published on Aisixiang on 13th May 2020. (My summary and comments are here: https://wordpress.com/post/chinanotes.org/253)

Tang Dajie – Head of Research at the Beijing based CEI Foundation and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Wuhan University Finance, Tax and Law Research Centre.

“To Protect People’s Livelihoods, A Recommendation to Make Immediate Cash Payments to Chinese Nationals”/”恢复经济保障民生，建议立即向. Published on Aisixiang on 29th March 2020.

Zhao Yanjing (赵燕菁) – Professor in the Economics Department at Fudan University, Shanghai

“Non-Government Channels Should Lead in Providing Targeted Assistance to the United States During the Covid-19 Epidemic”/”非官方渠道主导，对美精准援助”. Published on

Han Dongping (韩东屏) – Huazhong University of Science and Technology Department of Philosophy Professor and the Hubei Province Honorary President of China Association For Ethical Studies; born 1955

“Institutions Determine a Country’s Rise or Fall”/“制度决定国家兴衰存亡”. Published on Aisixiang on 17th May 2020

Philip Huang (黄宗智) – Professor Emeritus, History, University of California at Los Angeles and a member of Aisixiang’s Academic Committee; research interests include Chinese law, rural society and the economy; founding editor of the journal ‘Modern China: An International Journal of History and Social Science’; born 1940

“Between Democracy and Government by the Masses: Looking at the Past and Future Prospects for the Connection between the Chinese People and their Country”/”民主主义与群众主义之间：中国人民与国家关系的历史回顾与前瞻愿想”. Published on Aisixiang on 20th March 2021

Xu Jilin (许纪霖) – History Professor at East China Normal University; born 1957

“The Gentry, Famous Scholars, Fighters and Scoundrels – Civil War Between Intellectuals and the Clash of ‘Cultural Customs'”/”绅士，名士，斗士与流氓 – 知识人的内战与‘文化惯习’的冲突 (1924-1926)”. Published on Aisixiang on 18th April 2021

“The Internal Value Yardstick for a Return to an Academic Community”/”回归学术共同体的内在价值尺度”. Published on Aisixiang on 16th December 2020

“The Historical Cycle of Power Being Centralised and Decentralised in Modern China”/”近代中国权力聚散的历史循环”. Published on Aisixiang on 24th November 2020

“Fourth May Intellectuals’ Road to Leninism”/“五四知识分子通向列宁主义之路”. Published on Aisixiang on 6th November 2020

“New Issues in Research into the History of Chinese Thought, New Viewpoints and New Methods”/”中国思想史研究的新问题，新视域和新方法”. Published on Aisixiang on 27th September 2020

“Fourth May Movement: Civilisation Consciousness or Cultural Consciousness?”/”五四：文明自觉，还是文化自觉?”. Published on Aisixiang on 5th May 2020

“Zeng Guofan: Chinese Style Social Asceticism”/”中国式的入世禁欲”. Published on Aisixiang on 21st December 2019

“The Alternation of Generations Among Chinese Intellectuals”/”中国知识分子的世代交替”. Published on Aisixiang on 24th November 2019

“The Enlightenment Has Died, Long Live the Enlightenment”/”启蒙死了，启蒙万岁”. Published on Aisixiang on 26th June 2019

“Fourth May New Culture Movement: the New Faction in the Old Faction”/”五四新文化运动中‘旧派中的新派’”. Published on Aisixiang on 19th February 2019

“How Do Intellectuals Deal With the New Public Space?”/”知识分子如何面对新的公共空间”. Published on Aisixiang on 18th December 2018

“Great Master of the Age Hu She”/“一代大家胡适之”. Published on Aisixiang on 27th October 2018

“My Family Ancestor Du Yaquan”/”我家族的长辈杜亚泉”. Published on Aisixiang on 13th October 2018

“China’s Cultural ‘Soul’ Needs the ‘Body’ of its Contemporary Society”/”中国文化之 ‘魂’ 需要现代社会之 ’体‘”. Published on Aisixiang on 2nd July 2018

Qin Yaqing (秦亚青) – Retired Head of the China Foreign Affairs University; born 1953

“A Change in World Order: From One Country Supremacy to Inclusive Multilateralism”/”世界秩序的变革：从霸权到包容性多边主义”. Published on Aisixiang on 15th March 2021

“The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Retreat of Global Security Culture”/”新冠肺炎疫情与全球安全文化的退化“. Published on Aisixiang on 9th January 2021

Zheng Yongnian (郑永年) – Head of the East Asia Institute of the National University of Singapore; born 1962

“How China and the United States Can Coexist in Future”/”中国今后如何与美国共存”. Published on Aisixiang on 17th November 2020

Yu Keping (俞可平) – Professor of Politics and Philosophy with many concurrent roles at Beijing University, Qinghua University, the Central Translation Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party and other organisations; born 1959

“Exploring the Conundrum of Governing China”/”探寻中国治理之谜”. Published on Aisixiang on 19th January 2021

“We Have to Talk About both Politics and Political Science”/“既要讲政治，也要讲政治科学”. Published on Aisixiang on 22nd September 2020

“The Rule of Law is the Key to the Modernisation of National Governance”/法治是国家治理现代化的关键环节”. Published on Aisixiang on 24th November 2017

Liu Xiaofeng (刘小枫) – Professor in the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China. Like most of his age group he spent time ‘in the countryside’ in his youth during the mid 70s. He later obtained a BA in Literature from Sichuan International Studies University, an MA in Philosophy from Beijing University and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Basel in Switzerland. Born 1956

“A Country’s Suffering and Geopolitical Consciousness”/”国之忧患与地缘政治意识”. Published on Aisixiang on 9th February 2021 (My summary and comments are here: https://wordpress.com/post/chinanotes.org/335)

“History Writing During a National Crisis”/”国家危机中的史书撰写”. Published on Aisixiang on 27th May 2020.

“The Monroe Doctrine and the Globalised Era”/”‘门罗主义’与全球化纪元”. Published on Aisixiang on 14th March 2020.

“History’s Secrets”/”历史中的隐情”. Published on Aisixiang on 23rd May 2019.

“The Most Difficult Issue in Today’s Constitutional Government is How to Evaluate Mao Zedong”/”今天宪政最大难题是如何评价毛泽东”. Published on Aisixiang on 17th May 2013.

Ji Weidong (季卫东) – Senior Professor at Jiaotong University in Shanghai and concurrently Head of the Jiatong Chinese Law and Social Research Institute and the Jiaotong Artificial Intelligence Governance and Law Research Centre. Born 1957

“Epidemic Disease Monitoring and Control: A Comparative Legal and Sociological Analysis”/”疫情监控：一个比较法社会学的分析”. Published on Aisixiang on 3rd June 2020

Tang Shiping (唐世平) – Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University, Shanghai. Born 1967

“China’s Options in a Changing International Order”/”国际秩序变迁与中国的选项”. Published on Aisixiang on 27th April 2019

Xiao Gongqin (萧功秦) – Professor at Shanghai Normal University and an exponent of Neoauthoritarianism. Born 1946

“Looking at the Last Forty Years from the Viewpoint of the Last Two Hundred Years – How the Chinese People Should Rebuild their Cultural Self-Confidence”/”从两百年看四十年：中国人如何重建文化自信”. Published on Aisixiang on 15th May 2021

Blog post author: Michael Ingle – michaelingle01@gmail.com

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