Olympic 2022

Newsweek: Taiwanese Identity Grows Stronger as China Seeks Reunification

By: Jianli Yang - August 13, 2021 One summer day in 1998, not long after I came from China to UC Berkeley as a graduate student, I watched the Seoul Olympics on TV together with a few students from Taiwan. It was a women's volleyball match between China and another...

The International Community Should Not Give the CCP a New License to Act With Impunity

Speech by Dr. Yang Jianli at Global Day of Action on "Boycott Beijing 2022"Lafayette Square, Washington, DCJune 23, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Colleagues: We are gathered here today to send a simple, clear, and strong message to the White House and...

The Hill: Celebration and retribution: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party

By: Jianli Yang - June 18, 2021 China’s anti-corruption campaign continues in full swing as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prepares to celebrate a hundred years of its founding on July 1. The January death sentence imposed on Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of China...

Bitter Winter: “Predatory Nature: Why China’s “Wolf Warrior” Diplomacy Is Here to Stay”

By: Jianli Yang Did Xi Jinping really put a halt to the aggressive behavior of Chinese diplomats? Not really. At a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo study meeting held on the afternoon of May 31, Xi Jinping instructed his colleagues that they must “tell a good...