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Tsai Center Visiting Scholar Spurs New Research to Support China’s Queer Families

Yanhui Peng was surprised when his advocacy on behalf of a lesbian mother in China garnered favorable attention from family law experts and policymakers — and then led to research to support the push for LGBTQ rights in China.
Tsai Center Visiting Scholar Spurs New Research to Support China’s Queer Families
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Broadband Breakfast

Welcoming the Chinese New Year, Navigating a High Tech Cold War

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng discusses how the power struggle between the U.S. and China over information technology and policy will play out over the coming year.

Welcoming the Chinese New Year, Navigating a High Tech Cold War
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George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations

U.S.-China Academic Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng joins a panel on the causes of declining bilateral academic exchange and related issues.

U.S.-China Academic Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities
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The Washington Post

Those Government TikTok ‘Bans’ Hardly Ban Anything

Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Samm Sacks comments on a proposal for oversight of TikTok by U.S. authorities. 

Those Government TikTok ‘Bans’ Hardly Ban Anything
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DW

How China’s COVID Protests Challenged Xi Jinping

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng discusses the political implications of the protests against China’s zero-COVID policy.

How China’s COVID Protests Challenged Xi Jinping
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ChinaFile

In China’s Diaspora, Visions of a Different Homeland — A Commentary by Yangyang Cheng

Yangyang Cheng is a Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.

In China’s Diaspora, Visions of a Different Homeland — A Commentary by Yangyang Cheng
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South China Morning Post

‘Illicit’ Local COVID Controls Fueling Backlash in China, Says Government Legal Adviser

Associate Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Changhao Wei discusses some of the legal issues that arose from the zero-COVID policy.

‘Illicit’ Local COVID Controls Fueling Backlash in China, Says Government Legal Adviser
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rijksoverheid.nl

Country of Origin Report for China

A report by the federal government of the Netherlands that is used for making asylum determinations quotes a number of Paul Tsai China Center publications and news sources citing its work.

Country of Origin Report for China
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BBC News Chinese

The Jimmy Lai Case: National People’s Congress Interprets Law at the Center of Controversy

Associate Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Changhao Wei and Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Susan A. Thornton comment on the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress interpretation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

The Jimmy Lai Case: National People’s Congress Interprets Law at the Center of Controversy
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WBUR On Point

What China’s Zero COVID Protests Tell Us About China Today

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng discusses whether demonstrations in China against the country’s zero COVID policy could be a sign of a new era of public discontent that extends to other issues.

What China’s Zero COVID Protests Tell Us About China Today