Op Ed

By: Jianli Yang - April 14, 2021 Late last month, after nine years in China, BBC Beijing correspondent John Sudworth clandestinely left with his family for Taiwan. His move followed a propaganda campaign against him for his coverage of the origins of COVID-19 and of a...

By: Jianli Yang - April 6, 2021 There have been some developments in the past that may have led to negative sentiments against China. The failure to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, and human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet are some of the issues that...

By: Jianli Yang - April 2, 2021 Ascertaining the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is vital in order to address the current pandemic and reduce the risk of future ones. Although we may never be able to conclusively determine the coronavirus...

By: Jianli Yang - March 29, 2021 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is quietly but steadily modernizing its PLA Navy for its political goal of expanding its influence in the far seas in Asia and Africa through penetrative power projection operations, according to a...