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Henry Gao

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Henry Gao

@henrysgao

Prof of Law @SgSMUYPHSL; Senior Fellow @CIGIonline; Board Member @AJIL_andUnbound, @JIEL_OUP, & @hinrichfdn. All views are my own. Feel free to quote.

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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Apr 7, 2025
Three things you need to know about Liberation Day tariffs: 1. It’s not about the methodology. The formula has been widely mocked, but that misses the point. The numbers aren’t meant to hold up in a PhD defense—they’re meant to shock, to create leverage. The more extreme the
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
May 5, 2022
A new God is born. Pray to him if you want a negative PCR test result.
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Oct 16, 2025
China played the rare earth card at least one year too early, which can only mean one thing: They are running out of time.
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Aug 5, 2025
这次江油事件，很多人觉得当地政府反应过度、小题大做。但这恰恰揭示了中共体制的吊诡之处：一个全世界最强大的维稳机器，在缺乏制衡与问责的条件下，几乎可以被任何一级官吏随意启用。而一旦动用，则摧枯拉朽、所向披靡，仿佛游戏中开启了外挂。这种“身怀利器、杀心自起”的巨大诱惑，很少有人能抗拒。
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Nov 12, 2022
How It Started... How It's Going
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Oct 11, 2025
Why the sudden wave of retaliations and escalations from Beijing? The answer lies in the eight editorials published in the People’s Daily over the past few days. Written under the pen name 钟才文, these pieces are widely understood to represent the views of the Office of the
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Oct 25, 2022
Last dinner of Chinese tech giants.
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Apr 17, 2022
Potemkin Village reaching (literally) new heights in China, as one of the Shanghai compounds supposedly visited by Vice Premier Sun Chunlan is actually an "Imagined Community" set up on the rooftop of a skyscraper just for filming.
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Apr 23, 2022
Why are people starving in Shanghai? Entry-level China expert: because they want to eliminate the virus; Experienced expert: because of the corruptions; True expert: because this is a political crusade; Wumao expert: nobody is starving (see my full fridges?)
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
May 1, 2025
CIA openly recruiting senior CCP members—wow. The video is impressive. My only gripe: senior Party members are all supposed to have jet-black hair, at least while they’re still in power.
CIA
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May 1, 2025
选择合作的原因：成为命运的主宰者 youtube.com/watch?v=AFJ9HV…
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Aug 11, 2025
近期发生的许多事，从强制社保到杨兰兰案，其背后的逻辑是一致的：中共至今未能摆脱“打天下、坐天下”的思维定势，认为既然江山是自己打下的，就理所当然是自己的私产，而人民也是其禁脔。从这个意义上说，中共还远未完成从革命党向执政党的转变。唯有完成这一转变，中国才能真正成为一个正常国家。
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Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Jul 27, 2021
In case anyone still thinks that the crackdown on private education companies came as a total surprise: President Xi openly warned you all 3 years ago!
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Sep 1, 2022
The only way to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese state is to reclaim Vladivostok, before Russia loses the war and joins the NATO.
Henry Gao
@henrysgao
Sep 14, 2022
China’s NPC Chairman Li Zhanshu: “The US and NATO threatened Russia at its home door, forcing it into a corner. It’s only natural for Russia to fight back to protect its core national interest. China fully understands Russia and has assisted Russia in various ways. ”
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