The East is Read
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Frequent China briefings from the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing.
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.
Research Associate at Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
PhD Candidate in IR @USYD. Research interests: China & US foreign policy, decision theory, international security, behavioral economics, analytic philosophy.
Undergraduate from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Diplomacy.
BSc Politics and Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science; Intern at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Oxford PPE & PKU International Communication Interested in media, geopolitics, public discourse, and storytelling.
Undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine, double majoring in Business Information Management and Sociology.
Student at Hamilton College studying something like Government and Chinese
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