Global Efforts

How to Resist Dictatorship: It’s Time for A Values-Based Economic “NATO”

Dr. Yang Jianli's Speech at the 2022 Conservative Action Political Conference in Mexico Nov. 18, 2022 https://youtu.be/vC-NveLdzIw Thank you, Senator René Bolio, for your invitation. I’m sorry that I’m unable to travel to Mexico to be with everyone in person. I feel...

China and Iran at the Tipping Point

The people of Iran and China are at a make-or-break point in their history, and the West’s values-based diplomacy is the key to their fate. By: Maryam Nayeb Yazdi and Jianli Yang | Nov 29, 2022 When Iranians headed to the streets in mass anti-regime protests in the...

Dr. Jianli Yang to speak at “Diversity of Thought” at the Minnesota Association of Development Organizations

Dr. Jianli (Doc) Yang, CPIFC's president, will speak tonight at "Diversity of Thought" hosted by the Minnesota Association of Development Organizations. The title of his speech is "Make American Democracy Great Again--MADGA." Event Date: November 1, 2022 Time: 6 PM...

Speech by Dr. Jianli (Doc) Yang at “Diversity of Thought” hosted by Region Nine Development Commission

Make American Democracy Great Again—MADGA Thank you, Nicole, for your kind introduction. On July 27, 2022, as the luncheon speaker at the Class of Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard Kennedy School, I was quickly eating lunch, trying to finish...