Good to Know: The U.S. commitment to Taiwan Jeremy Wallace - January 10, 2024 U.S.-Taiwan relations are complicated. Here's an explainer.
Human rights in the U.S. and around the world in 2023 Kelebogile Zvobgo and K. Chad Clay - December 18, 2023 An expert explains some big developments in human rights this year.
The UN set out to protect human rights 75 years ago Kelebogile Zvobgo - December 10, 2023 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was an important start – but there’s much work still ahead.
Why protesters are targeting Xi Jinping for China’s ‘zero covid’ failures Jeremy Wallace - November 30, 2022 Protests across China reveal the depth of anger and frustration over strict government lockdown policies
Taiwanese people will be reassured by Pelosi’s visit, research says Yao-Yuan Yeh, Fang-Yu Chen, Charles K.S. Wu, and Austin Horng-En Wang - August 2, 2022 A high-level visit might boost confidence in U.S. security commitments
Bank customers protested in Henan, China. Who attacked them? Lynette H. Ong - July 14, 2022 Research on ‘contractors for hire’ explains the extraordinary attempt to disperse angry crowds who wanted local banks to return their deposits
How far have human rights in Hong Kong eroded? We measured. Stephen Bagwell, Meridith LaVelle, and K. Chad Clay - June 30, 2022 The national security law imposed in 2020 marked a big change.
Debt ceiling battles may hurt the U.S. dollar Stephen B. Kaplan - October 16, 2021 While China is patiently building up credibility, America is spending it down.
The World Bank had to scrap its popular business report. That says a lot about the politics of numbers. Lukas Linsi - October 15, 2021 Economic statistics are far more ambiguous — and malleable — than most people realize.
One year on, here’s how China’s national security law has changed Hong Kong Maggie Shum - June 30, 2021 The government has used the law to crack down on freedoms of protest, speech and academic research, using the judiciary to maintain social control.