Internet Freedom

The Hill: How to handle TikTok? Here’s an idea that hasn’t been discussed

By Times Wang & Jianli Yang - April 4, 2023 How should a free and open society deal with an outside force that doesn’t believe in openness? This is the issue posed by TikTok and WeChat. While we share the U.S. national security concerns about these Chinese-owned...
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The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 Cannot Stop

Feb 27, 2023 The Energy Department has concluded based on new intelligence that the pandemic began in a Chinese lab, according to a memo recently provided to the White House and members of Congress, and obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The agency now joins the FBI...
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Newsweek: Here’s How to Stop to Elon Musk’s Risky Dealings With China

By: Jianli Yang | Oct 13, 2022 As a result of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's recent foreign policy advice, Hu Xijin, China's top propagandist and the former editor-in-chief of Chinese state media outlet Global Times, declared that Musk "will be taught a lesson." That veiled...
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The Hill: Three potential China problems if Elon Musk buys Twitter

By: Jianli Yang & Evan Osborne | Oct 12, 2022 Elon Musk’s decision to reverse course and offer to complete his $44 billion purchase of Twitter has again garnered concern about how his business interests in China could potentially affect his proclaimed approach to...
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