Rule of Law in China

The Hill: Don’t Let Jimmy Lai become another Liu Xiaobo

With the United States, China, and Russia creating a hostile world, Brussels and Canada have no choice but to deepen ties with India. By: JIANLI YANG - Feb 14, 2026 Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. His crimes, according to Hong Kong authorities,...

The National Review: How Five Common Chinese Expressions Help Explain Beijing’s Conflicting Chip Signals

The struggle is best understood as a code war — originating in technology but extending far beyond it. By: JIANLI YANG - Feb 3, 2026 On January 13, 2026, the United States approved exports of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China. Almost simultaneously, Chinese customs...

The National Review: With Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Most Senior Uniformed Official, War in Taiwan May Be a Step Closer

By: JIANLI YANG - Jan 27, 2026 Today, Xi Jinping tightens his iron grip on China’s military with the shocking purge of its most senior uniformed official, Zhang Youxia. This unprecedented upheaval has swept not only Zhang, the formidable first-ranked vice chairman of...

The Diplomat: China’s Next Five-Year Plan Will Bet on Technology at Home and Abroad

At the upcoming Fourth Plenum and beyond, we can expect to see the CCP take techno-nationalism to a new level. By Jamie Daves and Jianli Yang - Oct 16, 2025 The forthcoming Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will not be an...