Op Ed

Newsweek: A Lesson From the Tiananmen Tank Men

By: Jianli Yang - June 4th, 2022 In spring 1989, I returned from my study in America to China to participate in the Tiananmen demonstrations. I was luckier than many protesters, narrowly escaping the June 4 massacre. I escaped to America, and have since continued my...

From Dictatorship to Gamesmanship in China

In attempting to maintain a "zero-Covid" policy, 5.5 percent economic growth, and his own stranglehold on power, Chinese president Xi Jinping is turning from a leader to a political gambler. By: Jianli Yang, Yan Yu | Jun 03, 2022 On April 29, at a meeting of the...

The Myth of Public Opinion Under Xi Jinping

By: Yan Yu  Abstract  Under China's continuing draconian zero-Covid measures, more and more people in the country are beginning to question the rationality of such policies. In a super-authoritarian country like China where freedoms of speech and press are severely...

Could China be the biggest winner in Musk’s Twitter acquisition?

He certainly has a lot to gain from staying in China's good graces By Jianli Yang and Lianchao Han | May 24, 2022 Although his deal to buy Twitter is “on hold,” Elon Musk is still committed to the takeover according to himself. So the China questions that are arising...