Jianli Yang 楊建利

How China Views the US Strikes on Iran Operation Epic Fury is a reminder to China that its global position depends on overwhelming hard power.

My latest. Published in The National Interest

How China Views the US Strikes on Iran

Operation Epic Fury is a reminder to China that its global position depends on overwhelming hard power.

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我今晨发表在《National Review》的文章的中译稿，看在议报译丛。
【译丛】最高法院关税裁决对中国可能并非好消息 yibaochina.com?p=257535 如果最高法院的裁决哪怕只是部分恢复人们对美国法律可预测性和权力分立的信心，那么此前谨慎地将北京视为对冲工具的国家，或许会更愿意与华盛顿保持更紧密的联系。 对中国而言，这并非好消息。

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling May Not Be Good News for China | National Review In the long run, the reaffirmation of American constitutional governance could strengthen U.S. alliances.

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Supreme Court Tariff Ruling May Not Be Good News for China
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In the long run, the reaffirmation of American constitutional governance could strengthen U.S. alliances.

Equal Opportunity Politicization: How the Olympics Could Become a Truly Neutral Ground Equal Opportunity Politicization: How the Olympics Could Become a Truly Neutral Ground

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Equal Opportunity Politicization: How the Olympics Could Become a Truly Neutral Ground, by
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【译丛】平等机会下的政治化：奥运会如何才能真正成为中立之地 - 议报 来源：Dr. Yang’s Journal 作者：杨建利 在意大利举行的冬季奥运会上，乌克兰钢架雪车运动员弗拉迪斯拉夫·赫拉斯克维奇在比赛前被取消资格，原因是他打算佩戴一顶头盔，以纪念在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰战争中丧生的21名乌克兰运动员。奥委会官员裁定，此举违反了奥运会禁止在比赛期间传递政治信息的规定。 这一决定是在赫拉斯克维奇与国际奥委会主席柯丝蒂·考文垂（这是她首次主持冬奥会）进行最后一刻的会面后...

我发表在Substack的文章的中译稿。
【译丛】平等机会下的政治化：奥运会如何才能真正成为中立之地 yibaochina.com?p=257511 本届冬奥会上，乌克兰钢架雪车运动员弗拉迪斯拉夫·赫拉斯克维奇打算佩戴一顶头盔，以纪念在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰战争中丧生的21名乌克兰运动员。奥委会官员裁定，此举违反了奥运会禁止在比赛期间传递政治信息的规定

Don’t Let Jimmy Lai become another Liu Xiaobo The Hill

Don’t Let Jimmy Lai become another Liu Xiaobo
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India: the Unlikely Bridge Connecting Two Sides of the Atlantic India: the Unlikely Bridge Connecting Two Sides of the Atlantic

My latest. Published in The National Interest.
India: the Unlikely Bridge Connecting Two Sides of the Atlantic, by @yangjianli001.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jianlido...

How Five Common Chinese Expressions Help Explain Beijing’s Conflicting Chip Signals | National Review The struggle is best understood as a code war — originating in technology but extending far beyond it.

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How Five Common Chinese Expressions Help Explain Beijing’s Conflicting Chip Signals
by @yangjianli001
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The struggle is best understood as a code war — originating in technology but extending far beyond it.

【译丛】随着习近平清洗中国最高级别军官，台海战争可能又近了一步 - 议报 题图说明：左图：2025年11月12日，中国国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂。右图：2023年10月30日，中央军委副主席张又侠在北京。（Maxim Shemetov/Pool/Reuters，Florence Lo/Pool/Reuters） 来源：国家评论（National Review） 作者：Jianli Yang 译者：Fred 今天，习近平通过对中国最高级别军官张又侠的清洗，进一步巩固了...

我今天早晨发表在《National Review国家评论》的文章中译稿，刊登在议报译丛。
【译丛】随着习近平清洗中国最高级别军官，台海战争可能又近了一步 yibaochina.com?p=257340 究竟是什么样的军事计划或作战决策如此重要，以至于习近平会冒着风险解散他在二十大上亲自组建的军事领导团队——甚至牺牲像张又侠这样的“哥们”？答案只能是台湾。

With Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Most Senior Uniformed Official, War in Taiwan May Be a Step Closer | National Review The move by Xi marks a seismic shift in Beijing’s power structure.

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With Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Most Senior Uniformed Official, War in Taiwan May Be a Step Closer

Xi’s decision to thoroughly purge the PLA’s top command might be a sign of preparation — not a reason for Taiwan to relax.

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你可以在这里查看测试结果：
primal.net/e/nevent1qqs...
同时也可以访问 GitHub 仓库，下载并自行运行这一人权基准测试工具。

当前版本仍较为初步，但已为衡量 AI 模型在人权价值取向上的表现奠定了重要基础。我们将持续完善模型，并进一步拓展研究，最终形成一份系统、完整的研究报告。

再次感谢人权基金会（HRF）和 Bitcoin Park 的大力支持。也向我的合作伙伴 Emin Temiz 和 Win Ko Ko Aung 致以由衷的感谢——我找不到比他们更出色的团队成员了

Many thanks to HRF and Bitcoin Park for their generous support. Deep gratitude to my teammates Emin Temiz and Win Ko Ko Aung—truly exceptional collaborators.

This is an early, primitive version, but it lays an important foundation for measuring how AI models align with human rights. We will continue refining the model and expanding the research toward a comprehensive report.

You can view the results here: primal.net/e/nevent1qqs...
You can also access the GitHub repository to download and run the human rights benchmark yourself.

在本周末于奥斯汀举行的、由人权基金会（Human Rights Foundation）和 Bitcoin Park 联合主办的 AI Hackathon for Freedom 上，我的团队开发了一套面向大型语言模型（LLMs）的人权基准测试体系。我们对来美国、中国和法国的多种模型在人权价值取向上的一致性进行了评估。有令人惊讶的发现。相关成果将很快在 GitHub 上发布，届时所有脚本都将以开源形式提供，任何人都可以下载并自行运行。敬请期待完整版本的发布。

At the AI Hack for Freedom hosted by HRF & Bitcoin Park,my team developed a human rights benchmark for LLMs.We evaluated human rights alignment across various models. Our findings will soon be available on GitHub. The scripts will be open-source & accessible for anyone to download & run. Stay tuned.

【译丛】伊朗民主运动如何才能获胜：一位六四幸存者的反思 - 议报 题图：2026年1月10日，在澳大利亚珀斯，伊朗侨民举行集会，声援伊朗境内的抗议者。 图片来源：维基共享资源 OrbitalVoid49 “基于我在天安门事件中的亲身经历，我坚信我们应该努力创造四个必要条件，并避免两个危险，这将决定像中国或伊朗这样的专制政权是否有真正实现有意义的民主变革的机会。” 来源：外交家（The Deplomat） 作者：Jianli Yang（杨建利） 译者：Fred 如...

【译丛】伊朗民主运动如何才能获胜：一位六四幸存者的反思 yibaochina.com?p=257262
“基于我在天安门事件中的亲身经历，我坚信我们应该努力创造四个必要条件，并避免两个危险，这将决定像中国或伊朗这样的专制政权是否有真正实现有意义的民主变革的机会。”
来源：外交家（The Deplomat）
作者：Jianli Yang（杨建利）

How Iran’s Democracy Movement Can Win: Reflections From a Tiananmen Survivor “Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy like China or Iran has a genuine chance of meaningful democratic change.”

My latest.
How Iran’s Democracy Movement Can Win
“Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I've come to believe 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy like China or Iran has a genuine chance of meaningful democratic change.”
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Opening the Door, Guarding the Core: A National Security Formula from Meta’s Acquisition of Manus Meta’s acquisition of Manus highlights how the United States can absorb global AI talent while tightening national security controls in an intensifying US–China tech rivalry.

My latest. Published in The National Interest.
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Beijing’s Long Game Meets Washington’s Gamble --Venezuela has become a proving ground for the emerging world order “The fundamental question remains: Will Trump make concessions to China on the South China Sea, particularly Taiwan, in exchange for Xi Jinping’s concessions on Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere? "

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Beijing’s Long Game Meets Washington’s Gamble --Venezuela has become a proving ground for the emerging world order , by @yangjianli001.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jianlido...

Power, however strong it looks, can collapse in a few hours. Maduro is neither the 1st nor the last. No leader can claim a total immunity fr this destiny. Ultimately, power ends well only when it serves well; its true value is found in uplifting the powerless while upholding the legitimate powerful.

权力可以在多年间营造出一种恒久不变的假象，却可能在一夜之间土崩瓦解。尼古拉斯·马杜罗并非历史上第一个、也绝不会是最后一个经历这种骤然崩塌的领导人。任何领导者——无论其种族、性别、地理位置或意识形态为何——都无法宣称自己能够免疫于权力本身的剧烈波动。归根结底，权力唯有在被善用时，才能善终；它的真正价值，体现在扶助弱者，同时捍卫正当的强者。

My personal view on the US capture of Maduro.

我个人判断美国抓捕马杜罗的行动是否正确的标准是：首先要看委内瑞拉人民的人权状况因此变的更差了还是改善了，再则—从更深远的视角来看，在这个事件所塑造的新的国际规则下，台湾总统赖清德是感到更大的威胁还是感到更安全了。

我希望是后者。

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BEIJING WEAPONIZES STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY ON TAIWAN/National Review
By Jianli Yang
China’s latest action looks less like an exercise and more like a deliberate attempt to erase the line between drills and war-the inauguration of Beijing's Own Version of Strategic Ambiguity.
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China’s Alarming Latin America Strategy | National Review A new paper reveals the essence of Beijing’s worldview: the entire world is one chessboard, and the Taiwan question is at its center.

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CHINA’S ALARMING LATIN AMERICA STRATEGY
A new paper reveals the essence of Beijing’s worldview: the entire world is one chessboard, and the Taiwan question is at its center.
Source: www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/chin...

CHINA’S CHIP WAR STRATEGY IS FIXED. HERE’S WHY AMERICA’S SHOULD BE, TOO These strategic choices are dictated by the nature of the AI race. I believe this competition is best understood as a code war—originating in technology but extending far beyond it.

My latest on the AI race between the US and China, published in The National Interest.
CHINA’S CHIP WAR STRATEGY IS FIXED. HERE’S WHY AMERICA’S SHOULD BE, TOO, by @yangjianli001.bsky.social
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India and China in deep water over Himalayan hydropower EastAsiaForum

My latest, published in EastAsiaForum.
India and China in deep water over Himalayan hydropower , by @yangjianli001.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jianlido...

我在《The Diplomat》（外交家）杂志上的文章，由议报团队翻译，发表在【译丛】
北京的新“两线战略”：中日台三角的国际法律战与历史叙事战 yibaochina.com?p=257065
在高市早苗国会讲话之后，北京采取了一项在PRC外交史上前所未有的举措：向联合国递交正式信函，指责日本“侵略”，并警告中国将根据《联合国宪章》行使自卫权，开启以“国际法战”和“历史战”为核心的双线作战。

One Fire, One System: Hong Kong’s Fire Tragedy and the City That No Longer Exists | National Review Hong Kong did not simply mishandle a tragedy; it demonstrated, once again, that it has become something fundamentally different from what it once was.

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One Fire, One System: Hong Kong’s Fire Tragedy and the City That No Longer Exists @yangjianli001.bsky.social
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