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Thomas des Garets Geddes, Jacob Mardell, James Farquharson
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  • Thomas des Garets Geddes

    Exec. Director of Sinification. Associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Former analyst at MERICS.

  • Jacob Mardell

    Lead Analyst at Sinification. Former analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). Fellow at the China Global South Project.

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    Associate Research Analyst at Sinification; Master's student at Peking University focusing on late-Qing history [email protected]

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