Jazper Lu

Used to write for @business, @wsj, @newsobserver and @dukechronicle

[Bloomberg @business]

Charlie Javice was found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan in its $175 million acquisition of her student-finance startup, Frank https://t.co/o5TzcXLM8v

[Jazper Lu @LuJazper]

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My first byline for ⁦⁦@business⁩ https://t.co/3gsVLJzfn3

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

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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If you’ve used an AI app recently, you’ve likely seen the ✨ emoji. Here’s where it came from, and why that is:

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[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

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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[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

(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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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:

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[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

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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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:

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[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

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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[Jazper Lu @LuJazper]

Will be covering China for @WSJ this summer. Reach me at [email protected]!

[Duke Basketball @dukebasketball]

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: https://t.co/GRGzr0OOyc

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:
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[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:
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[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:
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[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:

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[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:
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[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

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:

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