Views: 1070 By David Wang (王首伟) 12.01.2024 The US alliance strategy and “de-sinization” policy, as well as the EU’s “de-risking” policy, will intensify the dualization of the international system, and even trigger earthquakes and turbulence in the process ...

Ignorance is the root of fear, and fear of China has been raised to a fever pitch in recent years by forces that wish to induce a mis-educated western audience to acquiesce to 1) a new clash of civilizations while 2) shutting the door on what may possibly be the last real opportunity to break the sy ...

Views: 41 Political‑party structures and governance in China Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 14/09/2026 The Stork Tower in Puzhou Town, Yongji City, Shanxi province, China The Yellow River does not read a memorial In the seventh century, the Tang poet 王之涣 Wáng Zhīhuàn (688–742) stood upon the ...

Views: 104 Educational failure and sociological indoctrination have created a population incapable of sustaining Western civilisation Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 24/08/2026 Research and writing about IQ and STEM are my pet subjects. This article is part of a series exploring cognitive abilit ...

Views: 50 How five imperial collapses divided the elite from the ordinary Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 17/08/2026 Empires, regimes and cultures rise and fall with the passing of time. It is not only human beings who possess a finite lifespan; civilisations too have to die.[1] They have their ...

Views: 90 The neobiota destroying our continent Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 03/08/2026 Europe is being invaded. Not by armies, and not by the outsiders that national leaders so conveniently scapegoat. The invasion that matters is quieter than that and it has already reached every university, ...

Views: 39 For years this website has argued a plain point: cognitive capital decides who leads and who follows in this century. The series below traces that argument from Chinese meritocracy through STEM education to the Flynn effect, and it keeps growing. 1. Intelligence and governan ...

Views: 57 Silicon Valley bakes anti-China politics into the internet’s infrastructure Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 27/07/2026 Image: The WP Statistics map widget as it appears on yellowlion.org. The red arrow marks Taiwan, displayed as a separate territory from China. This is what 357 ...

Views: 66 The cracks in the western system By Professor Zhu Andong 朱安东 Translated and published by Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 06/07/2026 Photo: Professor Zhu Andong (朱安东), Dean of the School of Marxism, Tsinghua University By Professor Zhu Andong (朱安东)¹Dean of the School of Marxism, Tsinghua ...

Views: 54 A voice that China did not ask for, but earned. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 25/05/2026 30 May 2026 marks five years since Yellowlion.org went online. No announcement was made. No campaign was run. The writing simply began. That quiet beginning makes what followed all the more strik ...

Views: 138 Shanghai to Nanjing Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 20/04/2026 HST to NanjingTaken the High Speed Train to Nanjing. There are HST trains almost every 15 minutes to Nanjing. Above and beyondWe cannot thank my close friend Steven Li Zuyang enough!He generously sent hi ...

Views: 36 How Chinese scientists embody a different value Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 09/03/2026 A confronting image When I first travelled to China many decades ago, the internet did not exist. I remember writing on a postcard to my parents: “Everything is different here.” ...

Views: 100 From manufacturing to geopolitics: a litany of error. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 09/02/2026 They were all wrong, very wrong. For years, prominent Western analysts have consistently misjudged China’s trajectory, from its economic resilience to its strategic intentions. ...

Views: 137 Divergent paths of control and acceptance.   Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波   05/01/2026 Shadow economies, street vendors and the state’s relationship with ordinary commerce: a comparison of China and the EU The informal economy occupies a peculiar space in mo ...

Views: 52 Reflecting on articles that challenged comfortable narratives. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波   29/12/2026 The year 2025 stripped away our last illusions as European mirrors reflected only a diminished and unflattering truth. Global events have forced us to acknowledge our f ...