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Guang Yang

The Diplomat

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A Fully Closed-off China Requires a New US Policy Response

The first airtight Chinese closure forecloses gradual reform – and American policy must be calibrated accordingly.

22.05.2026 10

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Guang yang

How China Built a Closure That Cannot Leak

Four mechanical seals, an asymmetric one-way valve, and a 2,200-year social foundation make the 2026 closure airtight in a way no previous closure has...

20.05.2026 6

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Guang yang

How China’s Population Stopped Noticing Their Country Had Been Sealed

Three lockdowns conditioned a population to accept the airtight, but invisible, seal that followed

15.05.2026 10

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How China Became the First Airtight Empire

Beijing rewrote two slogans before it sealed the country – once to rewrite history, once to prewrite the future.

12.05.2026 10

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