Publications

Foreign Policy: U.S.-China Trade Talks Should Prioritize Opening Up China’s Internet

By: Jianli Yang & Lianchao Han U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping finally held their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday. After the meeting, intended to normalize relations and establish guardrails for contest, competition, and...
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National Review: Is China Having a ‘Me Too’ Moment

Jianli Yang - November 15, 2021 Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has publicly accused Zhang Gaoli — a former member of the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee (the highest authority in the Chinese Communist Party) and a former Chinese vice premier — of sexual...
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WashTimes: The truth about the media in China

It's censorship season in Beijing Jianli Yang - November 3, 2021 It’s crackdown season for China with the launch of the new “Five Year Governance Plan” by President Xi Jinping’s Communist Party, chiefly targeting the private sector. Over the past few weeks, the...
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Providence: On Taiwan: Goal Clarity, Strategic Tacitness, and Tactical Ambiguity

Jianli Yang - Oct. 27, 2021 The 110th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China comes at a time of unprecedented Chinese military provocations against Taiwan. The democratic island nation of Taiwan still largely uses the legal system and keeps the national...
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