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Taisu Zhang

Taisu Zhang is an Associate Professor at Yale Law School.

Articles by Taisu Zhang

Security guards wearing protective face masks stand at the exit of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Jan. 25.

The Wuhan Virus Could Hurt the Party’s Legitimacy

ChinaFile

January 31, 2020, 1:18 PM

Chinese attendants close the curtains at the end of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 14, 2005. (Cancan Chu/Getty Images)

Winter Settles on Chinese Universities

ChinaFile

Sarah Biddulph, Donald Clarke, Jerome A. Cohen, Margaret Lewis, Taisu Zhang, Teng Biao, David Yeliang Xia

April 1, 2019, 12:23 PM

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The Anti-Mainland Bigotry of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement

Tea Leaf Nation

November 29, 2016, 10:09 AM

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) salutes as he reviews the honour guard as he attends the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Command anniversary celebrations at Villamor air base in Manila on September 13, 2016.
The Philippines assured the United States September 13 it will honour its obligations as a military ally following volleys of profane tirades by unpredictable President Rodrigo Duterte. / AFP / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) salutes as he reviews the honour guard as he attends the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Command anniversary celebrations at Villamor air base in Manila on September 13, 2016. The Philippines assured the United States September 13 it will honour its obligations as a military ally following volleys of profane tirades by unpredictable President Rodrigo Duterte. / AFP / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Will Duterte’s Pivot to China Start a Chain Reaction Across Asia?

ChinaFile

Zhang Baohui, Taisu Zhang, Richard J. Heydarian

October 25, 2016, 11:28 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin on March 28, 2014. Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a landmark visit to fellow export powerhouse Germany Friday, the third leg of his European tour, expected to cement flourishing trade ties and focus on the Crimea crisis.
AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) — Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin on March 28, 2014. Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a landmark visit to fellow export powerhouse Germany Friday, the third leg of his European tour, expected to cement flourishing trade ties and focus on the Crimea crisis. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

Behind the Personality Cult of Xi Jinping

ChinaFile

Jiayang Fan, Taisu Zhang, Ying Zhu

March 8, 2016, 12:09 PM

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