![Residents shop for Spring Festival in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.](https://www.brinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1456274892.jpg)
Xianbin Yao
Professorial Lecturer of International Studies at De LaSalle University ManilaXianbin Yao is the professorial Lecturer of International Studies in De LaSalle University Manila, the Philippines. He was previously special senior advisor to the President and Director General of the Pacific Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
![Residents shop for Spring Festival in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.](https://www.brinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1456274892.jpg)
![Chinese President Xi Jinping sits in a chair on a stage, wearing a suit and tie. The Chinese, Italian, and EU flags are behind him. A man looking down into his lap stands to Xi Jinping's right. The backs of the heads of a seated crowded are in the foreground.](https://www.brinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1132142203-scaled-e1665075446821.jpg)
The Belt and Road Initiative at 9: Time to Reckon and Reposition
Xianbin Yao Professorial Lecturer of International Studies at De LaSalle University Manila![A healthcare worker in a biohazard suit, mask, and face shield tests an unseen patient for coronavirus with a mouth swab. Another helathcare worker in a mask stands behind her, against a green wall.](https://www.brinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shengpengpeng-cai-nO8j-DOUzmc-unsplash-scaled-e1654804865676.jpg)
Why Does China Persist With Its ‘Zero-COVID’ Strategy?
Xianbin Yao Professorial Lecturer of International Studies at De LaSalle University Manila![An aerial view of a road winding through colorful mountains. A mining truck can be seen driving on the road.](https://www.brinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1174828157_crop.jpg)