Ran Liu is a doctoral student of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and writes regularly for CNPolitics, a grassroots
website based in China. She is originally from Shandong province in China.
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BAVET, CAMBODIA - MAY 16: A Chinese national holds a Chinese Passport after being stamped to enter Cambodia after fleeing Vietnam on May 16, 2014 at the Bavet border crossing, Cambodia. More than a thousand Chinese nationals have fled Vietnam over the past few days, crossing into Cambodia at the Bavet border crossing, in order to escape violent protests which have erupted in Vietnam over the South Sea conflict. Riots against Chinese companies started last Wednesday in different parts of the country. The riots come in the wake of violent attacks on factories in Vietnam's south, amid international outcry over the placement of an oil rig by China in an area of the South China sea that is currently claimed by both countries. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 22: A man supports the student strike during a rally at Chinese University of Hong Kong on September 22, 2014 in Hong Kong. Thousands of students from more than 20 tertiary institutions start a week-long boycott of classes in protest against Beijing's conservative framework for political reform in Hong Kong. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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Alondra Nelson is the architect of the White House’s “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” Since it was published in October, AI has only become more central to our lives—and Nelson has stepped down from her role as the government’s head of science and technology.
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