International Relations

Yibao.net: Naive to Compare China to Iran: East Asian Countries Must Fortify their Defenses and Diplomacy in an Uncertain Era.

BY: JIANLI YANG The recent U.S. airstrike on Iran’s underground nuclear facilities was met with a restrained Iranian response—just 14 missiles fired at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar—followed swiftly by Iran’s agreement to a ceasefire. This sequence of events...

The Diplomat: War in Iran: China’s Short- and Long-Term Strategic Calculations

Amid the Israeli and U.S. military strikes on Iran, China’s attempt to seize the moral high ground converges with its multilayered strategic calculations. BY: JIANLI YANG Since Israel began its aerial strikes on Iranian territory, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

The Diplomat: China’s Sex Industry and the Human Trafficking Crisis – A Deepening Human Rights Emergency

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...

National Review: China Is Enabling Pakistan’s Proxy Terror Against India

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...