International Relations

The Hill: The government cannot win at cyber warfare without the private sector

By Jianli Yang - Feb 27, 2023 On Feb. 17, the FBI announced that it is investigating a hack of its computer network. This hacking follows a 2020 Russian cyber espionage operation on many federal networks, a 2015 Chinese hacking of the Office of Personnel Management...
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The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 Cannot Stop

Feb 27, 2023 The Energy Department has concluded based on new intelligence that the pandemic began in a Chinese lab, according to a memo recently provided to the White House and members of Congress, and obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The agency now joins the FBI...
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Newsweek: Prevaricating Pol George Santos Bad for Democracy, Good for China

By Jianli Yang - Feb 16, 2023 As a Chinese scholar and human rights activist who has benefited from America's fine tradition of championing freedom and democracy, I have held up American democracy as an ideal in my work to advance freedom in China. In the past three...
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The Diplomat: China-Australia Trade War Shows No Sign of Abating

By Jianli Yang - Feb 15, 2023 China and Australia’s top trade officials recently met for the first time since 2019. Although Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao described the recent talks with his Australian counterpart, Don Farrell, as an important step in getting...
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