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  • Zichen Wang and Yuxuan Jia

    Frequent China briefings from the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing.

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    https://zichenwang.me/ At the non-govt Center for China and Globalization (CCG) after 11 years at Xinhua News Agency. Mid-career Master in Public Policy from Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

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    Research Associate at Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

  • Yiyang Xu

    PhD Candidate in IR @USYD. Research interests: China & US foreign policy, decision theory, international security, behavioral economics, analytic philosophy.

  • Zhu Yutao

    Undergraduate from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Diplomacy.

  • Qingqu Yuan

    Oxford PPE & PKU International Communication Interested in media, geopolitics, public discourse, and storytelling.

  • Yixin Guo

    Undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine, double majoring in Business Information Management and Sociology.

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    Student at Hamilton College studying something like Government and Chinese

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