Jazper Lu
@LuJazper
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Used to write for @business, @wsj, @newsobserver and @dukechronicle
Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2022
Charlie Javice was found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan in its $175 million acquisition of her student-finance startup, Frank
bloomberg.com
Charlie Javice was found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co. in its $175 million acquisition of her student-finance startup, Frank, following a six-week trial.
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How Beijing Recruited New York Chinatowns for Influence Campaign—A congresswoman’s links to a Communist Party initiative ran through a local ‘hometown association’ @jamestareddy @LuJazper
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A congresswoman’s links to a Communist Party initiative ran through a local “hometown association.”
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If you’ve used an AI app recently, you’ve likely seen the ✨ emoji. Here’s where it came from, and why that is: https://t.co/GHa0mq9Jzc
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Companies including Google, Slack and Spotify picked the same icon for their AI applications, thanks to Silicon Valley’s ‘hive mind.’
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Tim Walz Is Fascinated by China—and Disturbed by Its Human-Rights Record. Democratic vice-presidential candidate has made dozens of visits to China as an educator, businessman and politician @jamestareddy @LuJazper
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The Democratic vice-presidential candidate has made dozens of visits to China as an educator, businessman and politician.
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(Another) of America’s Hottest Entertainment Apps Is Chinese-Owned—Chatbot in Talkie uses AI to allow users to converse with famous people or a virtual romantic partner @raffaelehuang @LuJazper
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Talkie, a chatbot mimicking celebrities, friends and romantic partners that is one of the U.S.’s most-downloaded AI apps this year, is owned by one of China’s “Four Little AI Dragons.”
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Guo Wengui was convicted Tuesday in New York for bilking followers of over $1 billion via various schemes, some meant to support an anti-CCP movement. One of Beijing’s top enemies, he had self-exiled to the US and repeatedly lambasted CCP officials: https://t.co/dlyuItNeOk
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Jurors agree Guo Wengui conned followers out of more than $1 billion to sustain a lavish lifestyle.
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China Reopened to Foreign Students. Americans Are Staying Away—U.S. students numbered 11,000 prepandemic; now there may be fewer than 1,000 By our summer intern @LuJazper, with @jamestareddy
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There were more than 11,000 U.S. students in China before the pandemic. Now there may be fewer than 1,000.
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A level 3 State Department travel warning, along with a myriad of other factors, is dissuading many American students from studying in China. Before Covid, there were over 11,000 US students in China, but now that number is under 1,000: https://t.co/gweUEwxIIl
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There were more than 11,000 U.S. students in China before the pandemic. Now there may be fewer than 1,000.
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U.S. Sends a Plane of Chinese Migrants to China—First large such removal operation since 2018 is carried out in coordination with Beijing @LuJazper @shenlulushen
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The first large such removal operation since 2018 was carried out in coordination with Beijing.
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On Tuesday night, Jeremy Roach announced on Instagram that he has entered the transfer portal and declared for the NBA Draft. He is the seventh Blue Devil to say goodbye to @DukeMBB:
dukechronicle.com
After four years with Duke basketball, senior guard Jeremy Roach announced via Instagram his commitment to Baylor Sunday evening. This followed his declaration to the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining...
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Duke announced that it would discontinue the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship program, a merit scholarship for Black students, in light of legal changes related to race-based admissions: https://t.co/ox8lUNhIFq
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Current merit scholarship recipients say that the OUSF’s “post-matriculation” model, which requires admitted students to commit to Duke before learning if they’ve received a merit scholarship, will limit the incoming class’ socioeconomic diversity: https://t.co/ywOd8tuSvw
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The Office of University Scholars and Fellows informed merit scholars in a January email that Duke would be moving to a “post-matriculation” model of selection. Under the new model, OUSF will notify...
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1,984 high school seniors were admitted to the Class of 2028 out of a record 47,951 applicants. The overall acceptance rate of 5.1% is a record low: https://t.co/On7emnAFCF
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There were 47,951 Regular Decision applicants, bringing the acceptance rate for Regular Decision to a record low 4.1%, down from 4.8% last year.
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Sarah Avery, director of the Duke Health News Office, declined to provide additional comment, including on questions surrounding whether Raman’s claims were true and how Duke Health’s hiring and admissions processes have changed in recent years: https://t.co/oLIUgjkdVx
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The allegations began in late February when conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro posted a thread on X that included a video of Duke surgical resident Vignesh Raman saying that the School of...
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Duke announced that Seinfeld will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2024 in a video at the Duke-UNC men’s basketball game: https://t.co/8Aadi4WjbF
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Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica, currently serve as national chairs of Duke’s Parents Committee, and as parents program chairs for the Duke Annual Fund.
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Duke Students Supporting Israel, Passages and End Jew Hatred organized a display of 1,200 Israeli flags on Abele Quad, each representing someone who died in the Oct. 7 attacks. About 25 pro-Palestinian counterprotesters are gathering before the display. Photos by Anabel Howery:
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Some students said that the increase in police presence coincides with the recent implementation of the “Good Neighbor Program,” which streamlines communication between Duke and partnered neighborhoods: https://t.co/q9eKxzDmKg
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Many students feel that this increase is unprecedented, and some linked the increase in police presence to the implementation of the “Good Neighbor Program,” a new initiative streamlining communica...
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