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Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Jeremy L. Daum explains the difference between China’s current use of mobile health codes to track coronavirus test results and the earlier, often misunderstood social credit system.

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng discusses the role of scientists in U.S.-China relations and the impact of science on society.

Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Susan A. Thornton comments on the North Korean leader’s first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng is quoted on the social and political incentives behind China’s mass disinfecting campaigns and COVID-Zero policy.

Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Susan A. Thornton comments on how the White House is presenting its handling of issues in both Ukraine and Asia.

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng reviews two books on Hong Kong — Karen Cheung’s The Impossible City and Louisa Lim’s Indelible City — and explores what “Asia’s World City” can teach us about capitalism, empire, false dichotomies, what it means to be of a nation, and what it means to be free.

Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Jeremy L. Daum comments on China’s legal justification for imprisoning Uyghurs. 

Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Darius Longarino discusses the difficulties of using legal tools to stop gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace.

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng joins a discussion on why China continues to pursue its COVID-zero strategy.

Associate Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Changhao Wei discussses the responsiveness of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature.