Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School, was quoted in a recent AP article on the absence of human rights discussions ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The article notes that when Xi Jinping led the International Olympic Committee in 2008, the Committee promised that the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing could improve China’s human rights and civil liberties. However, with the 2022 Winter Olympics four months away, there are no such promises this year. According to the article, the Chinese government is using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to limit the number of reporters and visitors who can attend the Games. Professor Greitens indicates that these measures will have the added benefit of “avoiding a repeat of the last time the Olympics were held in Beijing, in 2008, when the torch relay was disrupted repeatedly by protestors and there were also protest attempts during the Games themselves.” Read the full article here
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens was recently interviewed in a webinar titled “Assessing the Scope and Impacts of Xi’s Military Purges” by The Center for Strategic and International Studies. In her presentation, Dr. Greitens discussed the role that purges have historically played in autocratic regimes, specifically discussing how President Xi’s recent military purge aligns with this trend...
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens was recently interviewed for the China Global Podcast where she outlines the domestic implications if China were to move forward with an invasion of Taiwan. The analysis of domestic implications relies on a study by the German Marshall Fund where Dr. Greitens co-authored a section of Chinese internal social stability in response...
Strauss Senior Fellow Dr. Rana Siu Inboden recently co-authored a report for Jamestown on how the The People's Republic of China (PRC) is increasingly shaping norms at the UN Human Rights Council. “After years maintaining a low-profile role within UN human rights bodies, the PRC is a more active force under Xi, proactively injecting Party ideals and preferences into the...