Publications

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...
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Foreignpolicy.com: Why China Hasn’t Seen Another Tiananmen Movement

Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters. BY: JIANLI YANG Today, June 4, marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre—a moment of both tragedy and hope. It was the bloody end to a nationwide democracy movement that...
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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...
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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...
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