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Jordan Schneider, Irene Zhang, Trent Kannegieter, Aqib Zakaria, Zilan Qian, Caleb Harding, Jacob Stern, Phoebe Chow, Athena, Chris Miller, Nick CorvinoDeep coverage of technology, China, US policy, and war. We feature original analysis alongside interviews with leading thinkers and policymakers.
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Irene works at ChinaTalk and writes about AI & China, broadly speaking.
JD candidate at Yale Law School. Previously Chief of Staff at SparkAI (www.spark.ai), a machine learning operations and autonomy startup that was acquired by a Fortune 100 company. SF soon
Analyst at ChinaTalk. AI policy researcher, with a focus on the semiconductor industry, China, and Taiwan.
Writing about US-China AI, to one day not write about US-China AI.
Writing to learn. Interested in Greater China, energy, and national security.
Working at the forefront of personalized medicine. Going Founder Mode on Cancer with Sid Sijbrandij & GP at Even One Ventures.
ChinaTalk. Usually knitting.
Learning and trying new things
Chris Miller is author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, a professor at the Fletcher School and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
I'm a reporter for ChinaTalk through the Tarbell AI Journalism Fellowship. Email: [email protected] . Signal: @nickcorvino.35
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