Zichen Wang
@ZichenWanghere
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Newsletter @pekingnology on Substack ↓ & part of NON-GOVT @CCG_org. @xhnews alum, Mid-career MPP '25 @PrincetonSPIA @Princeton. What else to say?
Princeton, New Jersey.
Joined December 2019
Read Arnaud -- a sensible and informed take that supersedes many tin-foil hat-wearing pundits who have no clue what's going on Nepal.
I've lived in Nepal during a few months, a stunning country that's really dear to my heart. I was notably there during the 2015 earthquake, a time when one of the main leaders of the current "Gen Z" protests (Sudan Gurung, who founded Hami Nepal) lost a child, which was the
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A Legal Assessment of the United States’ “Freedom of Navigation” from Beijing https://t.co/vk5Bmp6Gja Discusses whether the U.S. practices relating to freedom of navigation are consistent with codified and general international law, and evaluates the legal foundation
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Discusses whether the U.S. practices relating to freedom of navigation are consistent with codified and general international law, and evaluates the legal foundation of U.S. “freedom of navigation.”
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Ordos City - The World's Most Famous "Ghost City" (That Isn't) https://t.co/DL9jQqmaW3 via @pretentiouswhat
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As soon as I knew I was going to be visiting Ordos City, Inner Mongolia in July 2025, I knew I was going to have to write an essay about “ghost cities” and whether Ordos is one (or not).
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【娱乐吃瓜】39岁的中国女星辛芷蕾的故事可以引申出更大的现实含义，因为经济不好而让家人蒙受遗憾，让她的野心显得悲壮且合理。如今站在领奖台上，她终于笑着说：“大胆去做，万一像我一样呢？”可以激励多少下一代呢？...
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39岁的中国女星辛芷蕾凭借在电影《日挂中天》中“将疼痛演到骨子里”的演技，荣获第82届威尼斯影展最佳女主角，成为继巩俐、叶德娴后，华人影史上第三位威尼斯影后。
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Big Science, Chinese Style: BGI’s Mei Yonghong on Reshaping the Research Paradigm from Govt Grant-guzzling to Profit-making Businesses https://t.co/J8iy29sgts Govt official-turned-biotech corporate leader says fragmented academic silos can no longer deliver breakthroughs.
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Govt official-turned-biotech corporate leader says fragmented academic silos can no longer deliver breakthroughs. Instead, he champions enterprise-led research, systems integration, and "know-how"
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Diao Daming: Beijing should be more active to steer China-U.S. engagement -- Zhong Huiqing and @YuxuanJia02 The East is Read
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Renmin University scholar believes that a U.S. moving away from exceptionalism and interventionism creates space for China to stabilise their relations and adjust the global order to its vision.
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Xi’s BRICS summit speech shifts focus from expansion to consolidation amid U.S. tariff pressures. https://t.co/YGAClhYT9H
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Xi's BRICS Summit Speech Signals Strategic Shift Amid Rising Trade Tensions
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ChinAffairs+ New Issue: Global AI governance is at a crossroads. With the UN, G20, G7, and OECD advancing agendas, diverging regulations, rising security risks & great-power competition add complexity. How far can we go in building an inclusive framework?
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A nuanced way to understand how China’s Supreme Court operates and interact with other authorities through its judicial interpretation on social security system. By Susan Finder with Peking University
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PKU's Susan Finder explains how China's social security judicial interpretation reflects the views of the SPC, National People's Congress, ministries, and social groups.
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Managing your finances, no matter how much you make, is key to financial success. No one knows this better than @teyanataylor. The recent culinary school grad was given $300 to create a 🔥fit for Chime’s Ball on A Budget. See how she pulled it off. Powered by @Chime
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Rhodium, Gavekal, etc. now have competition - CF40 is on Substack now
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PA: excited to announce I am now Professor of History and Deputy Dean of the Institute of Humanities at ShanghaiTech University. Young and ambitious, we will continue promoting internationalization in Shanghai. New email: fanxin1@@shanghaitech.edu.cn.
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Da Wei: China Must Shoulder a Greater Historical Responsibility in Promoting the Reform of the International Order From trade wars to nuclear risks, Tsinghua scholar urges China to safeguard the integrity of international trade and security mechanisms. https://t.co/lSkLdxdfvL
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From trade wars to nuclear risks, Tsinghua scholar urges China to safeguard the integrity of international trade and security mechanisms.
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Coming this week on the @SinicaPodcast: A September 3 Parade double-header, with (separate) interviews with Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret., PLA) and with Rana Mitter, author of "Forgotten Ally." Also coming soon: @Yascha_Mounk on his time in China and observations. Stay tuned!
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The best engineers don’t fight for one job. They choose between offers from top AI startups and tech companies.
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Latest Chinese nationalist absurdity: Wuhan U. forced to apologize after placing red stickers on seats (other colors on other seats) to let different groups know where to sit during opening ceremony. (If you're wondering, it's because it looked to some like the Japanese flag.)
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and then the customs is forcing everyone who has nothing to declare to have their stuff go through the fucking machines, creating an endlessly long line
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