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Paul Tsai China Center @YLSChina

A unique @YaleLawSch institution working on U.S.-China relations and Chinese law & policy

Joined June 2013
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Senior Fellow @SammSacks and Georgia Tech professor @peterswire assess different approaches to regulating U.S. data flows to China and analyze the costs and benefits of each. crossborderdataforum.org/a-f…
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“De-risking” is a choice of a very ambiguous word. But the word must be interpreted and given meaning, and then actions figured out, writes Director Paul Gewirtz. brookings.edu/articles/words…

Words and policies: “De-risking” and China policy | Brookings

The word “de-risking” is extremely ambiguous and its meaning uncertain. It tells us very little about China policy.

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Fellow @yangyang_cheng’s essay on the “White Paper” protests and the search for language and identity has won the 2023 Society of Publishers in Asia Award for Excellence in Opinion Writing @sopasia chinafile.com/reporting-opin…

In China’s Diaspora, Visions of a Different Homeland

At the beginning, there were songs. It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving. In the storied New England town, over a hundred of us had gathered for the candlelight vigil. After a fire claimed at least ten

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Senior Fellow @SRoach_econ proposes a new architecture of U.S.-China engagement that is divorced from the blame-game—something far more than a new bureaucracy. thewirechina.com/2023/05/28/…

A New Architecture for U.S.-China Engagement - The Wire China

Stephen Roach argues that setting up a U.S.-China secretariat could be key to keeping engagement on track.

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Fellow Karman Lucero examines the importance of, and how to structure, student dialogues/engagements at law schools in the U.S. and China. elibrary.law.psu.edu/jlia/vo…

A Path for Cooperation Between Law Schools in China and the United States

By Bryant Walker Smith, Ying Wang, Leighton Carlock, et al., Published on 05/18/23

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Senior Fellow @DariusLongarino ponders what the closure of Beijing LGBT Center means to China’s LGBTQ movement and civil society organizations. washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Beijing LGBT Center closes its doors, a blow for diversity in China

The move coincided with a new milestone for same-sex couples in Taiwan - they can now adopt - and underscored the lack of progress on LGBTQ issues in China.

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The lack of communication and suspicion of intentions on each side escalate the downward spiral of U.S.-China relations, comments Senior Fellow @suea_thornton. yahoo.com/lifestyle/communic…
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At @USCC_GOV hearing, Fellow @MoritzRudolf advocates a bilateral exchange of jurists to help the U.S. get a clearer sense of China’s legal system, saying real-life implementation of the law diverges from what’s on the books. uscc.gov/hearings/rule-law-c…

Hearing: Rule by Law: China's Increasing Legal Reach

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Senior Fellow @SRoach_econ proposes 3 measures to restore trust and interdependence between the U.S. and China—before it is too late. bjreview.com/Opinion/Voice/2…

From codependency to interdependency

The Sino-American conflict is in the danger zone. We can, and must, do better—before it is too late

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Amorphous “national security” concerns have long had foreign and Chinese entities in fear of crossing a line unknowingly, comments Senior Fellow @ChinaLawTransl8 on China’s amended espionage law. wsj.com/articles/chinas-expa…

China Spy Law Adds to Chilling Effect of Detentions

The new law tightens state control over a wider swath of data and digital activities, raising concern that normal business activity could fall under the broader definition of espionage.

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Two Tsinghua students sued the Ministry of Education seeking to overturn punishments they received for distributing rainbow flags on campus. Ding Yuan and Senior Fellow @DariusLongarino look at what might happen in court. thediplomat.com/2023/04/2-co…

2 College Students in China Were Disciplined for Giving Out Pride Flags. Can the Law Help Them?

The case illustrates the intersection of a tightening grip on LGBTQ expression, especially on college campuses, and the determination of some young Chinese to fight for more space.

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Fellow @yangyang_cheng explains how diasporic Chinese communities navigate political expression and organize events in solidarity with protesters in China. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…

These friends don't know each other's real name. Why? It's too dangerous

Even in Boston, China might be watching, these protesters fear. They use fake names, masks and encrypted apps, because even a friend may be a spy.

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China’s argument that modernization did not have to equal westernization, a counterargument to Biden’s autocracy vs. democracy narrative, would be well received in many developing countries, says Fellow @MoritzRudolf ft.com/content/0f0b558b-3ca8…

‘Dare to fight’: Xi Jinping unveils China’s new world order

The Chinese leader has inverted the ‘hide and bide’ doctrine in a bid to shape a global system around Beijing’s interests

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Fellow @yangyang_cheng reflects on the shifts and challenges in U.S.-China academic exchange. foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/15…

Lost in Translation

What happens when academic exchanges between the world’s biggest superpowers collapse?

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A recent court judgment brought the high-profile case of a chained woman in Xuzhou to a close. Senior Fellow @ChinaLawTransl8 comments on its key dimensions—human trafficking, marital rape, and the mental health situation in China. thechinaproject.com/2023/04/…

China sentences six to imprisonment over plight of chained woman of Xuzhou – The China Project

China sentences six to imprisonment over plight of chained woman of Xuzhou

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The feminist movement in China is sustained in the diaspora, where it has found new vocabulary and connected with liberation struggles elsewhere, speaks Fellow @yangyang_cheng to a transnational crowd. thechinaproject.com/2023/03/…

‘Their fight is our fight’: A Chinese parable about women’s liberation – The China Project

On March 11, 2023, the first Saturday after International Women's Day, people gathered at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall for a rally to promote women's liberation. Yangyang Cheng gave this speech,...

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Fellow @WCH_Esq predicts the likely focus of the new NPC Standing Committee’s five-year legislative plan, which is expected to be unveiled in autumn. scmp.com/news/china/politics…

Former anti-graft chief Zhao Leji appointed China’s top lawmaker

The 66-year-old is seen as a trusted ally of President Xi Jinping and has years of experience in key party organs.

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In the U.S., there is a false assumption that the Chinese gov’t can require companies to share their data, says Senior Fellow Jamie Horsley on the data negotiation reality @thewirechina thewirechina.com/2023/03/12/…

China's Data Drive - The Wire China

Grady McGregor reports this week on how China is stepping up its efforts to both control and exploit Big Data.

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When PRC officials have admitted that differential treatment of LGBTQ people in law exists, e.g., not recognizing same-sex marriage, they will explain that this suits China’s national conditions and traditional culture, remarks @DariusLongarino thechinaproject.com/2023/03/…

China’s UN statements about LGBTQ issues don’t match the government’s policies at home – The China...

China’s UN statements about LGBTQ issues don’t match the government’s policies at home

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Fellow @yangyang_cheng was selected as an International Strategy Forum Fellow, one of the 117 rising leaders from North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe announced at the inaugural ISF Global Summit. schmidtfutures.com/schmidt-f…

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