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October 29, 2026 · RealClearDefense
Americans can bear hardship when their leaders deliver victory. What they reject is paying for a war without a clear end—and politicians who refuse responsibility for the cost.
Read the commentary →October 27, 2026 · Jane Li
Kylian Mbappé’s controversy has cost Chinese brands their celebrity partnerships. After years of similar mistakes, why are global companies still failing to protect themselves against predictable political risks?
Read the commentary →September 28, 2026 · Washington Examiner
China can direct state purchases and production; it cannot command households to feel secure enough to spend.
Read the commentary →October 29, 2026 · RealClearDefense
Americans can bear hardship when their leaders deliver victory. What they reject is paying for a war without a clear end—and politicians who refuse responsibility for the cost.
Read the commentary →October 27, 2026 · Jane Li
Kylian Mbappé’s controversy has cost Chinese brands their celebrity partnerships. After years of similar mistakes, why are global companies still failing to protect themselves against predictable political risks?
Read the commentary →September 28, 2026 · Washington Examiner
China can direct state purchases and production; it cannot command households to feel secure enough to spend.
Read the commentary →September 17, 2026 · Washington Examiner
The AI race is also a test of which political system can preserve the openness and bottom-up experimentation required for genuine 0-to-1 innovation.
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Fifteen years of operating within complex political and economic environments, not just observing them.
Get in touchJane Li is an independent political analyst, writer, and advisor. Her work looks past policy statements to the institutions, incentives, and human decisions that shape political, economic, and security outcomes.
For over 15 years, she built and ran businesses in China, securing regulatory approvals, managing cross-border supply chains, and growing a retail network to roughly 100 stores across 13 provinces. That experience taught her the gap between policy as written and what happens on the ground.
China remains a core area of expertise, but her writing ranges widely: US politics, foreign policy, national security, and the contest between open and closed systems. She has been quoted by Reuters, the Financial Times, and the South China Morning Post, and writes for the Washington Examiner.
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