Jun 10, 2025 | Internet Freedom, Op Ed, Rule of Law in China, Tiananmen Anniversaries
American and Chinese AI models give starkly different responses, showing that a model can only be as effective at establishing and recognizing truth as its creator. By Jianli Yang and Deyu Wang 2025.06.09 Last week marked the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen...
Jun 5, 2025 | Op Ed, Rule of Law in China, Tiananmen Anniversaries
Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters. BY: JIANLI YANG Today, June 4, marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre—a moment of both tragedy and hope. It was the bloody end to a nationwide democracy movement that...
May 30, 2025 | Global Efforts, International Relations, Op Ed
BY: JIANLI YANG AND JEANETTE TONG China’s sex industry, which is booming despite official prohibitions, reveals deep structural and human rights issues at the intersection of economic hardship, systemic gender imbalance, and weak law enforcement. The rise in...
May 18, 2025 | International Relations, Op Ed
Beijing’s diplomatic protection of terrorist organizations is aimed at weakening India in South Asia. BY: JIANLI YANG For more than a decade, the Communist Party of China has positioned itself as a vocal opponent of terrorism in global fora, invoking the language of...
Mar 27, 2025 | International Relations, Op Ed
Editor’s note: On March 13, the Italian magazine IL Foglio published this article by Dr. Jianli Yang. We are privileged to share it with you with its English translation. In 2002, I was arrested by the Chinese government as one of the leaders of the Chinese democracy...
