Rule of Law in China

National Review: Shanghai’s Anger Could Start a Fire

China’s citizens have begun to reject their government’s totalitarian pandemic lockdowns. By: Lianchao Han & Jianli Yang - May 4, 2022 Shanghai has long been regarded as the most civilized city in China. The municipality’s GDP per capita ranks first in the...

Providence: The West Must Not Let Xi Jinping Protect Putin and Give the CCP Another “Strategic Opportunity”

By Jianli Yang & Lianchao Han - Apr 7, 2022 Last month in Poland during his much-anticipated speech on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” Biden’s aides quickly walked back the statement, claiming the...

The Globe Post: It’s Time We Give Corporations a Human Rights Scorecard

by Jianli Yang and Alvaro Piaggio - Mar 01, 2022 Several democracies took an important symbolic step by staging a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics that came to a close on February 20. Dozens of athletes around the world bravely refused to act as pawns...

National Review: Xi Jinping’s Political Prisoners

As the Chinese Communist Party shows a happy face to the world, dissidents languish in its jails. By Jianli Yang - Feb 13, 2022 This year, the Chinese New Year fell on February 1. Three days later, on February 4, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics began and Beijing...