born 24 February 1965 is a Japanese journalist. He is known for his books and articles on modern China.
Early life
Morohoshi was born in
Kushiro city and grew up in
Sapporo. He studied modern Chinese literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. His graduation thesis is "
Liu Binyan and freedom of speech in China". He studied at
Wuhan University (from September 1987 to February 1989) and Peking University (from Sept.1991 to Jul.1992) to study modern Chinese literature.
[Morohoshi, Disillusion to the Communist Revolution of China『中国革命の夢が潰えたとき』, a colophon.] As a university student, he wrote a feature story about San'ya (a slum in
Tokyo) in the newspaper of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
[Morohoshi,"A Feature Story about San'ya"「特別ルポ・山谷」 the newspaper of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies『東京外国語大学新聞』, November 22, 1984 , p.14-39.]
Career
He worked at the
Hokkaido Shimbun Press, and completed a master's course at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in historical and cultural studies of modern China.
[Morohoshi, Tibet Now『チベットの現在』, a colophon.]
He was a lecturer of Takaoka National College (later the faculty of art and design in University of Toyama) from Nov.1998 to Jan.2001.[Morohoshi, Disillusion to the Communist Revolution of China『中国革命の夢が潰えたとき』, a colophon.]
Views
He appreciates Reform and Opening Up period and regards
Maoism, especially the Cultural Revolution, as fascism.
[ The Selected Works of Liu Binyan『劉賓雁ルポ作品集』, p.284-285.][Morohoshi, Tibet Now『チベットの現在』, p.191-192.] He criticised Japanese journalist
Katsuichi Honda, whom he charged with concealing Honda's standpoint as a Maoist even though Honda admired the Cultural Revolution.
[Morohoshi, China Now『ルポ中国』, p.354-360.][Morohoshi,"Katsuichi Honda's Indelible Past:a Journalist as Negative Example "「ジャーナリズムの反面教師 本多勝一の"消せない過去"」 Bessatsu Seiron Extra.12『別冊正論Extra.12』,November 2009 , p.124-133.] Although many China watchers in Japan expected the Chinese economy (or China itself) to collapse around 2007, he rejected such claims.
[Morohoshi,"Listen to the voice of Tibetan people who are still suffering under heavy security by China"「今も中国の厳戒下にあえぐチベットの声を聞け」 Seiron『正論』,May 2009 , p. 114.][Morohoshi,book review "Communist Party of China"「中国共産党」 Hokkaido Shimbun『北海道新聞』, July 24, 2011.][Morohoshi, Tibet Now『チベットの現在』,p.21refuse-23, p.34-37.] He wanted to report on the persecution of Uyghurs in
Xinjiang, but
Katsuichi Honda――the chief editor of
Weekly Friday―refused to carry the article.
[Morohoshi,"China has woken up from red dream――Uyghurs under economic reform"「赤い夢から覚めて――改革開放下のウイグル」 Quarterly China №39『季刊中国』№39,December 1994,p.59.]
Works
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『沈黙の国の記者――劉賓雁と中国共産党』 A Journalist in the Silent Country: Liu Binyan and the Chinese Communist Party (1992.12)
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『ルポ中国』 China Now (1996.7)
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『中国革命の夢が潰えたとき――毛沢東に裏切られた人々』 Disillusion to the Communist Revolution of China:People Betrayed by Mao Zedong (2000.1)
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『チベットの現在』 Tibet Now (2014.1)
Translation
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『劉賓雁ルポ作品集』 The Selected Works of Liu Binyan (2004.7)
See also
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Liu Binyan
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Tibetan sovereignty debate
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Human rights in China
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List of Chinese dissidents
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Anti-Rightist Movement
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Cultural Revolution
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