Rule of Law in China

WashPost: Don’t let China stage another Tiananmen massacre

By: Jianli Yang - Nov 28, 2022 On Oct. 13, just a few days before the start of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, a man staged a solo protest on an overpass in Beijing against President Xi Jinping and his draconian “zero covid” policy. I had hoped...

The Hill: China’s uprisings present an opportunity to the West

By: Jianli Yang and Bradley A. Thayer - Nov 28, 2022 A just and rich irony of the COVID-19 pandemic would be that the virus — which the Chinese government allowed to spread through its censorship and cover-up tactics — ultimately causes the fall of the Chinese...

Honorable Chinese are Escaping Xi Jinping’s prison

By Jianli Yang & Evan Osborne | September 07, 2022 If the Chinese people today could legitimately vote as a whole, they would, alas, probably not choose those with genuine skill in governance. Instead, they would repeatedly choose leaders who would abuse them...

EU Political Report: XI Jinping’s Agenda for His Central Asia Trip

By: Jianli Yang & Lianchao Han - Sep 14, 2022 This is the first time that Xi has stepped out of China in two and a half years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan. Xi seems to be going out of his way to embark on this international trip. After all, in...