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Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

Bradley A. Thayer is a professor of political science at the University of Texas San Antonio and the co-author of How China Sees the World: Han-Centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics. Lianchao Han is the vice president of Citizen Power Initiatives for China. After the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, Dr Han was one of the founders of the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars. He worked in the US Senate for 12 years, as legislative counsel and policy director for three senators.

Xi’s dictatorship is a tragedy, not a farce

His oppression impacts all aspects of Chinese life

By Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

michael bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg’s Chinese appeasement

Xi’s megalomania is unalloyed and unchecked

By Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

hong kong

Trump must act on Hong Kong before it’s too late

How Beijing will suppress the Hong Kong protests

By Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

xi jinping power

America should view China as a hostile, revolutionary power

Washington needs to counter Beijing in the realm of public diplomacy and global opinion

By Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

xi jinping

Our real problem with China: Xi Jinping

He is the global leader of opposition to the US position in international politics

By Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han

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