Incidents/Cases

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 Diplomat: How Iran’s Democracy Movement Can Win: Reflections From a Tiananmen Survivor

By: JIANLI YANG - Jan 13, 2026 “Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy like China or Iran has a genuine chance of meaningful democratic change.” Across Iran today, the streets pulse...

Innovation, Openness, and the AI Race: Lessons from the 2025 Nobel Laureates in Economics

By: Jianli Yang and James Davis The winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics underscore how innovation and openness fuel progress—offering lessons for the US–China AI race and the fragility of growth. The 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded to...

RFA: Lessons from testing AI on the truth of Tiananmen

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...