By Times Wang & Jianli Yang - April 4, 2023 How should a free and open society deal with an outside force that...
International Relations
The Diplomat: Explaining China’s Diplomatic Strategy on Ukraine
China has been sending strong signals that it plans to use its economic clout to bring Ukraine to the bargaining table...
Yibao.net: It is Time for a Values-Based Economic “NATO”
By Jianli Yang - Mar 28, 2023 Introduction The past two decades have witnessed a severe “democratic drought”...
The Diplomat: China’s Political Calculations and Potential Options in Afghanistan
By: Jianli Yang - August 19, 2021 The Afghan government backed by the United States collapsed after losing its...
The Hill: China eclipses Russia as the world’s ‘biggest bad’ actor
By: Jianli Yang - August 11, 2021 While the July 1 hundred-year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party headlined...
WashTimes: Do China’s new draft rules set up a possible war?
By: Jianli Yang - July 31, 2021 Recent news updates about China are all indicative of the country’s efforts to make...
Chinese Communist Party Trains African Leaders, Expanding its Influence
By: Jianli Yang - July 30, 2021 The Communist Party of China (the CCP) celebrated its 100th anniversary earlier this...
California Court Case Defends America’s Democratic Values
By: Yang Jianli I have a fresh warning about the ongoing corruption of democratic values in the United States in...
National Review: Four in One: China’s Populist-Nationalist Empire
By: Jianli Yang - July 15, 2021 One person declares to another: “For a hundred years, I’ve loved you with all my...
National Review: China’s ‘Soft Power’ in Africa Has Hard Edges
By: Jianli Yang - June 19, 2021 China’s Xi Jinping recently told Chinese Communist Party officials to fashion a...
Bitter Winter: “Predatory Nature: Why China’s “Wolf Warrior” Diplomacy Is Here to Stay”
By: Jianli Yang Did Xi Jinping really put a halt to the aggressive behavior of Chinese diplomats? Not really. At a...
Newsweek: China’s Countering Foreign Sanctions Law Shows its Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
By: Jianli Yang - June 18, 2021 Just before the 47th G7 summit convened in England, the Standing Committee of the...