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Flora Yan
Flora Yan is a Templeton Fellow in the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
August 23, 2022
China and California: The Anatomy of a PRC Subnational Lobbying Campaign
By Flora Yan
One of the earliest cases of PRC diplomats directly lobbying state legislators was the defeat of a pro-Tibet resolution in 2009 in California. Here's how it happened.
January 25, 2022
Behind China’s Intervention in Vermont’s Electronic Waste Recycling Bill
By Flora Yan
How an obscure WTO agreement led to a spike in PRC attempts to change state legislation, sparking pushback from local lawmakers.
January 19, 2022
How China Intervened in a Maryland Effort to Ban Lead From Children’s Products
By Flora Yan
2008 marked one of the earliest examples of the Chinese government's direct intervention on a state bill, through aggressive use of a WTO mechanism.
January 04, 2022
China-US Subnational Exchanges Under the Biden Administration
By Flora Yan
Under Biden, Beijing appears to have kept its focus on maintaining and further developing subnational relationships.
December 21, 2021
How Washington Soured on China-US Subnational Exchanges
By Flora Yan
Under Trump, there was new focus on – and concern about – Beijing’s attempts to take advantage of differences between local, state, and federal governments.
December 16, 2021
PRC Perspectives on Subnational Diplomacy in China-US Relations
By Flora Yan
Xi Jinping himself has highlighted the importance of subnational exchanges in China-U.S. relations.
December 04, 2021
Behind Legislators’ Push to Make PRC National Day a New York State Holiday
By Flora Yan
Even amid sky-high China-U.S. tensions, there is an ongoing bid to make October 1 a public holiday -- "China Day" -- in New York state.
December 02, 2021
‘China Day’ in New York: A Case Study in United Front Work
By Flora Yan
How United Front organizations worked to advance the CCP’s political agenda in the New York State Legislature, especially at a time of strained China-U.S. relations.
November 29, 2021
China’s Subnational Influence at Work in the New York State Legislature
By Flora Yan
The New York State Legislature has developed a special relationship with Beijing.
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