Bincheng Mao

People flee their neighborhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 19, 2023, following the collapse of a 24-hour truce.

Bincheng Mao: How the US can help safeguard human rights and restore peace in Sudan

April 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

The sounds of gunfire echo through the once-bustling University of Khartoum campus in Sudan, as students huddle fearfully within the library's hallowed walls. The same halls that once cradled dreams...

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, visits neighborhoods affected by an earthquake in the northern city of Aleppo on Feb. 10, 2023.

Bincheng Mao: US shouldn’t let Bashar Assad leverage earthquake relief for his personal gain

February 27, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

For the past decade, Syrian kleptocrat and dictator Bashar Assad has seen himself ostracized by much of the world. In areas controlled by his regime, he used torture to sow...

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct. 26, 2022.

Bincheng Mao: Britain’s appointment of its first Asian prime minister is a milestone for all minorities

October 31, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

It was early spring 1946. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, seeing the untenable status quo, sent a simple message to the British colonial officer in India: "In any case, get...

The grave of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow on Sept. 6, 2022.

Bincheng Mao: Gorbachev valued positive change over power and inspired generations

September 7, 2022 at 5:16 p.m.

When East Germans defied Soviet domination with the Leipzig march in 1989, they were chanting an unlikely slogan. "Gorbi, Gorbi!" they shouted in a celebratory tone, referring to then-Soviet Union...

Bincheng Mao: Why Raphael Warnock should run for president in 2024

July 15, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.

Across the country, public trust in democratic institutions has eroded to its lowest point in recorded history. This full-blown crisis of confidence, fueled by constant partisan gridlock in Congress and...

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, right, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, rear, attend a preliminary vote on a bill to dissolve Parliament and call an early election at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 22, 2022.

Bincheng Mao: The fall of Israel’s unity government offers vital lessons for democracy in America

June 22, 2022 at 9:38 p.m.

In 1787, James Madison articulated in Federalist Papers No. 10 that partisan polarization could fundamentally threaten a democratic republic. "Violence of faction," as he called it, must be controlled. Madison's...

Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region ride a bus to a temporary shelter near the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, on Dec. 1, 2020.

Bincheng Mao: Sudan and Ethiopia are on the verge of war and humanitarian crisis. The US can help prevent it.

June 2, 2022 at 7:03 p.m.

Few may have heard of the term "al-Fashaga," yet the fate of over 150 million people is now hanging over it. A swath of fertile land between Ethiopia and Sudan,...

Supporters of Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. cheer May 7, 2022, in Paranaque City, suburban Manila, during the last campaign rally ahead of the May 9 election.

Bincheng Mao: With Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s son in power, anti-corruption advocates in Philippines need support

May 10, 2022 at 7:40 p.m.

It was a warm spring morning 36 years ago when millions of people swarmed the streets of Manila, demanding the ouster of a kleptocratic president from power. Subsequently, Ferdinand Marcos...

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