Note: If you or your organization has announcements that you would like to be included in this weekly email, please send them ahead of time (i.e. at least one Sunday before the event) to altaf@yale.edu so that the announcement may be sent out in a timely fashion.

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A. Important Announcements

The Asian American Students Alliance in partnership with the YHHAP Fast...
Pan Asian Dinner
Featuring Chinese, Filipino, Halal, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese Cuisines
Also featuring performances by Jook Songs, WORD, 108 Tongues, Bhangra, and more!

Thursday, November 17, 2005
5.00p to 7.00p
Dwight Hall

$5 ticket in advance, available at your college dining hall
$7 at the door

All proceeds to aid South Asian earthquake victims and Tsunami relief efforts
contact lauren.yee@yale.edu for more information

STAND, Students Taking Action Now

STAND, Students Taking Action Now: Darfur

asks you to sign the petition for Yale's divestment campaign

@ www.yaledivest.com--

it'll only take 30 seconds.

In Darfur, a region of Sudan, an estimated 400,000 people have been killed, and
many more have been displaced. In addition to the killings, the peole of Darfur
are gying due to lack of water and food.

STAND is trying to encourage Yale to pull out of investments in corporations
that do business in Sudan to pressure the Sudanese government to end the

genocide. Harvard and Stanford have already divested, and we're hoping that

Yale will decide to make the same powerful move. While we know that by Yale
divesting, it will not immediately impact the people of this region, we would
like Yale to take this great opportunity to make a positive statement about the
university's position as a global instituion and we want Yale to be a leader in

this fight. Our goal is to have 3,000 signatures by the end of the last week of classes this semester.

Yale Admissions is setting up a resource file for admitted students who have to make tough choices-- they want to put them into contact with current undergraduates who were in their shoes just a few years ago.
So, if you:
1) Chose Yale over Princeton, Harvard, Stanford or MIT
and/or
2) Chose Yale over a full ride/significant scholarships to other schools
and
3) Are willing to be contacted via email by admitted students come May
Please e-mail Yohannes.Abraham@yale.edu and tell him your story in a few sentences.

Submit to the Asian American Film Festival 2006

SUBMIT

Asian American Film
Festival 2006

Now Accepting Student Film
Submissions

asianfilmfestival@gmail.com

email by
12.15

deadline 01.13.06

B. Events on Campus

AACC Master’s Tea

When: Tuesday, November 15, 4:00pm

Where: Silliman Master’s House

The Hippolytic presents

La Haine (1995)

As rioting stretches into its third week in France, The Hippolytic brings you the film that predicted it all. “La Haine” (Hate) has been described as one of the most incendiary European films of the 1990s. An official selection of the 1995 Cannes film festival, the film charts a day in the life of three young friends trapped in the volatile suburban ghettoes of Paris. Their alienation from mainstream society seethes today in the debris of France’s wrecked “cit�s.”

La Haine

WLH 208

Wednesday, November 16

8 p.m.

This screening is co-sponsored by the Arab Students’ Association.

A review from Channel 4 Film: (note bold)

Set in the 24 hours following a suburban riot, three friends wander the city encountering skinheads and casual police violence. Vincent Cassel leads Mathieu Kassovitz's angry and brutal film about racism and social exclusion in modern Paris

Released to both controversy and acclaim in 1995, La Haine ranks as one of the most incendiary European films of the 1990s. Furious, funny, intelligent and tense, its treatment of racial violence, disenfranchisement and suburban poverty introduced audiences to aspects of French life rarely seen on film - specifically police brutality and Le Pen's National Front. In terms of style and intent it occupies a position somewhere between Scorsese's Taxi Driver and Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing.

However writer-director Kassovitz's great triumph is the way he allies outright polemic with intensely powerful drama. In fact, so effective is his handling of the issues that the French Cabinet are said to have watched the film in the hope that it would aid their understanding of the country's ethnically diverse young poor.

Set in the 24 hours following a riot on a Parisian estate, the film follows three mates as they wander aimlessly through the city. Vinz (Cassel) is a Jewish Travis Bickle, boiling with anger. North African Sa�d (Taghmaoui) is a personable loudmouth, keen to get himself laid. Black boxer Hubert (Kound�) is a more thoughtful presence and his frustration the most deeply buried. During the course of a day and night they ponder the death of an Arab friend at the hands of the police, and stumble across a cop's lost pistol.

AACC Faculty Discussion Series Presents:

Dinner/Discussion with:

Professor Mary Lui, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies

--and--

Professor Anne Fadiman, Adjunct Professor of English and Francis Writer in Residence, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Wednesday, November 16^th, 2005

6-7.30 PM @ AACC

295 Crown St.

Professors Lui and Fadiman will discuss their research on Asian American history and immigration and its influences on U.S. culture. Professor Fadiman will discuss her book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which is about the clash between a Hmong family and the American medical system.

To reserve your spot, please email amit.mahadevia@yale.edu

Only 10 spots remain, please RSVP as soon as possible!

Hey guys.

LiNK is holding a benefit event next month in an effort to raise funds for the shelters that we support for North Korean Orphans. I wanted to get the Information to you so that you can share it with your members. We will be holding a Coffeehouse/Talent show which will show case talented Yale performers. The venue will be made up like a swanky coffeehouse complete with free refreshments and baked goods/pastries. There will be a small donation at the door ($2) and everyone is encouraged to BRING THEIR LOOSE CHANGE as we will have boxes and places to donate. the eatables are free, but we do encourage a donation. there will also be a prize for the winner of the "talent show" and there will be a raffle during the night. All proceeds go to benefit the Safe Have shelters. Last year, we raised $3600 for the shelter and saw that money make a big difference. We will be giving a presentation on the status of the shelters. Pease let me know if you have any questions or if you want to know how to help out.

~Cole Carnesecca
LiNK@Yale Co-coordinator

“Gendering the Curriculum” Town Meeting

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
4:30 to 6:30 p.m., WLH 309

We gather the Yale community to discuss how efforts can be made to “gender” the curriculum across the campuses. The meeting serves as a networking opportunity to galvanize scholarship and teaching around issues of gender at Yale. Specifically, Gendering the Curriculum seeks to identify and gather faculty from across the campus who teach and research on issues of gender, strategize on how to centralize the various efforts of people teaching gender across Yale’s campus, and provide visibility and synergistic presence to the teaching of gender across the university.

We will break the discussion into three parts: a focused roundtable, an open question and response section, and small working groups to focus on themes that arise from the first two parts. We hope to continue the conversation in Spring with opportunities for further on specific key issues raised by the initial town meeting.

Your RSVP would be appreciated for planning purposes
at (203) 432-8847 or wff@yale.edu

Caf� Slifka Poetry Reading and Open Mic night!

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9-11 pm at the Slifka Center (80 Wall St.)

We’re serving up some piping hot sonnets, haiku, quatrains, villanelles, and freestyle verse from students of all backgrounds, on any subject, with a side of Claire’s cake and lattes. Comedy, tragedy, obscure pop cultural references—whatever you want to read, we want to hear. Interested in performing? Please email Joshua.Krug@yale.edu and Slam Host Michael.Pomeranz@yale.edu so we can coordinate a time for you to go on. And even if you haven’t written a verse since your seventh grade emo days, come enjoy the sweet treats of Caf� Slifka and the sweet words of your more poetic peers.
Snaps,
The Hillel Board

7. YCIAS Events

Tuesday, November 15
4:00pm. Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Department for Social Health and Development Institute for Social Development Studies, Vietnam, "HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: Situation and Challenges." OIT Conference Room, Suite 3D , 40 Temple Street.

Wednesday, November 16
12:00pm. Lee Ray Costa, Hollins University, "Gender, Sexuality and Nationalism in a Northern Thai Non-governmental Organization." Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

Friday, November 18
8:30am. Hot Coffee, Hot Issues Discussion Series. 3rd Floor Conference Room, Betts House, 393 Prospect Street.

Otober 28th - December 31st, 2005
"From the Caves to the Square: A Photographic Exhibit of the Tiananmen Square Movement of 1989"

By David E. Apter, Henry J Heinz II Professor Emeritus, Comparative Political & Social Development

Location: Memorabilia Room in Sterling Memorial Library, 120 Wall Street, New Haven

C. Events off Campus

Filipino Musical Concert, December 3

We would like to invite you to attend a Filipino Musical concert entitled "A Musical Evening with Hajji and Rachel Alejandro" on December 3rd, 2005 at 7:00 pm at the John Hancock Hall in Boston, MA. The concert features renowned Filipino artists from the Philippines. Hajji made famous Original Philippine Music hits like "Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika". Part of the proceeds for this concert will be donated to Gawad Kalinga. Your help would be instrumental in making this event successful.

Gawad Kalinga translated in English means "to give care" and it is an alternative solution to the blatant problem of poverty not just in the Philippines but the world. What started barely five years ago in the Philippines as a simple but daring initiative by Couples for Christ has now become a growing multi-sectoral partnership driven by a vision of a new Philippines with NO MORE SLUMS. Together with its partners, Gawad Kalinga is now in the process of transforming poverty-stricken areas, many of them now empowered to further improve their qualtiy of life!

Tickets are at $55.00 and $40.00 and can be available by calling Bebs Sipin (508) 653-0134 and Ning Zuelke (508) 650-4245.

CIPA is having its 2005 Conference at New York University on November 19, 2005 (Saturday). The theme of this conference is "Public Affairs in China". Tentative conference program and registration form are attached. They are also available at www.chinaipa.org.

If you are interested in attending the conference, please email Qiang ZHOU at jeanjoe@gmail.com to indicate your interest. Since the participants list has to be provided to New York University in early November for security reason, please sign up with Qiang ZHOU at your earliest convenience.

Please also note that anyone who wants to participate in the conference must fill out the registration form and pay the applicable registration fee before November 15, 2005. The registration fee is $0 (students and visiting scholars)/$25 (professionals).

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach Qiang ZHOU at jeanjoe@gmail.com. Thank you and hope to see you at the conference.

For more information on China Institute for Public Affairs, please see www.chinaipa.org.
China Institute for Public Affairs

FOR MORE INFORMATION - Please contact Qiang ZHOU at jeanjoe@gmail.com.

D. Scholarship, Fellowship, & Internship Information

The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program is a 9-week program that annually provides talented college students of color the opportunity to work in a D.C. Congressional office with major health policy responsibilities. Scholars gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure, and participate in seminars, site visits, and lectures which enhance their knowledge of health care issues. This program is part of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s broader health policy work on race, ethnicity, and healthcare, and is offered in partnership with Howard University.

Applications for the summer of 2006 are now being accepted, and they will be reviewed as they are received. Applications are due no later than January 9, 2006. You can access more information on the program, including the application materials at: http://www.kff.org/about/jordanscholars.cfm .

As you may know, the Kaiser Family Foundation recently published Five Years of Leadership Development in Health Policy, which profiles the 57 scholars in the program from 2000-2004. It is available for your viewing at http://www.kff.org/about/upload/Barbars-Jordan-Scholars-Brochure.pdf .

Associate Consultant Intern program

Bain & Company is currently recruiting exceptional undergraduate and non-MBA master’s students in their penultimate school years for the Associate Consultant Intern (ACI) positions in Hong Kong office for the Summer of 2006.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could forward the email below to your members and other interested parties who may be considering consulting opportunities in Asia.

If you are not the appropriate person for this please let me know who I should get in touch with instead.

Thank you and regards,

Caris Wong
Associate Consultant
Bain & Company(Hong Kong) | 68/F, The Center | 99 Queen's Road, Central | Hong Kong
tel: +852 2978 8885 fax: +852 2978 8801
mailto:caris.wong.bain.com | web: www.bain.com

Bain & Company is a leading global strategy consulting firm.

Our Hong Kong office would like to invite undergraduates and non-MBA master’s students in their penultimate years of study who are interested in pursuing a consulting career in Asia to learn more about Bain.

We offer Associate Consultant Intern (ACI) positions to candidates in their penultimate year at school and we are currently recruiting for ACIs to work in Bain Hong Kong office for 2006 Summer. We will also host recruiting events during Christmas and New Year holidays, with more details to be announced later.

Interested parties are invited to submit your application (cover letter, CV, and transcript) to the recruiting coordinator listed below. Applicants please use the email subject heading “ACI application Hong Kong”. For interested parties who would travel to Hong Kong during the Christmas and New Year holidays, please also kindly indicate your availability during that period.

Application submission deadline is December 1, 2005.

Further details of Bain Hong Kong office can be found here:

http://www.bain.com/bainweb/LocalOffices/join_bain.asp?office_id=133&language=1&menu_id=128

Additional inquiries should be directed to the recruiting coordinators listed below.

Hong Kong Recruiting Coordinator

Ms. Angie Shing

Email: recruiting.hk@bain.com

Information Session:
Green Corps’ Environmental Leadership Program
Tuesday, November 15^th, 6:00-7:00 pm
Dwight Hall Common Room

Full-time, paid fellowships to top student leaders to get the training they need to win urgent environmental campaigns.

Whether it’s with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, or the Alaska Wilderness Coalition, behind the top environmental organization’s field campaigns, you’ll find a Green Corps organizer. We give one-year fellowships to the top student leaders to receive in-depth training and experience running urgent campaigns.
Attend the information session to learn more about Green Corps’ campaign victories, training program and application process from Associate Director Cindy Kang (Yale Class of 1999).

Tuesday, Nov. 15th, 6:00-7:00 pm, Dwight Hall Common Room

Online at www.greencorps.org. Program description below. For more information, contact Cindy Kang at cindy@greencorps.org or 617-747-4348.

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Green Corps 2006-2007 Environmental Leadership Program

Full-time, paid fellowships to top student leaders to get the training they need to win urgent environmental campaigns.
Whether it’s with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, or the Alaska Wilderness Coalition, behind the top environmental organization’s field campaigns, you’ll find a Green Corps organizer. We give one-year fellowships to top student leaders to receive in-depth training and experience running urgent campaigns.

Organization. Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to identify and train environmental leaders. Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental and public health campaigns, and placement in permanent leadership positions with leading environmental and social change groups.

Training. Our intensive classroom training features workshops such as Global Warming Strategy, Corporate Accountability Campaigns, Community Organizing Against Toxic Threats and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Workshops are lead by the nation’s top environmental and social change leaders, such as Adam Ruben, Political Director of MoveOn.org, Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra Club, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers. Our field training puts you on the front lines of today’s most urgent environmental campaigns.

Locations & Dates: We have positions open nationwide. The program begins in August 2006, with the Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August 2007.

Responsibilities. Plan and implement a series of critical environmental campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage volunteers/interns, train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots pressure.

Career Development. Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs working on issues they care about. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps' graduates hold leadership positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications. We will invite 25 recent college graduates to join Green Corps in 2006-2007. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul.

Salary & Benefits. Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff.

To Apply. To apply for Green Corps' 2006-2007 Environmental Leadership Training Program, fill out our online application by our Early Submission deadline of January 13, 2006. Regional deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at www.greencorps.org.

Contact. Cindy Kang, Associate Director, at cindy@greencorps.org, or 617-426-8506.
Cindy Kang, Yale Class of 1999
Associate Director
Green Corps
44 Winter Street, 4th floor
Boston, MA 02108
617-426-8506
www.greencorps.org

Yale's College Council for CARE (CCC)

and CARE International present:

Spring Break Service Trip to Sierra Leone

March 5-March 14, 2006

- Travel to this developing West African country to learn about work

being done there by CARE International, one of the world's largest and

most respected poverty relief organizations.

- Learn about CARE's Sierra Leone projects in education, AIDS

prevention, child health, economic rehabilitation, and sustainable

agriculture, and help raise awareness about CARE's Sierra Leone work

world-wide.

Want to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime experience?

Informational session:

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15, 16

9:00 P.M. Silliman Common Room

Applications are due November 27, 2005.

Email tiffany.franke@yale.edu or chelsea.purvis@yale.edu for more information.

Goldman Sachs Asia invites Yale students to our summer information session!

Date: Tuesday, November 15th
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: General Motors Room, Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue

Please join us to learn about summer internship opportunities with Goldman Sachs Asia. This session is open to all freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

Please also note our summer online application deadline:
January 1, 2006

You may access our online application at www.gs.com/careers

Please contact Rachel Broder (rachel.broder@gs.com) with any questions.

Applications for Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) are currently being accepted for language study in the 2006 spring semester. The deadline for applications is Monday, November 28. For additional information about DILS and for Application forms, interested students should consult the DILS web site at www.cls.yale.edu/dils or send inquiries to dils@yale.edu .

DILS responds to requests by individuals or small groups to learn a language for a valid academic reason, providing alternative ways for Yale students to study languages that are not currently offered through traditional classroom instruction at Yale. Only those applications will be approved for which adequate materials, Language Partners, and testing can be arranged.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color up to $22,100 for graduate school and undergraduate loan repayment assistance.

WHO WILL TEACH THEM?

• An estimated 50 million children will attend public school by 2014.
• 2.2 million new teachers will be needed in public schools over the next decade.
• In 1972, 22 percent of public school students were non-white: today, the figure is 42 percent.
• People of color make up 10 percent of the teaching force in public schools.
GREAT NEED, GREATER OPPORTUNITIES

Current trends indicate that by the year 2020, the percentage of teachers of color will shrink to an all-time low of 5 percent.
The good news is that there is greater awareness of and commitment to diversity in the classroom than ever before.
Therefore, there is enormous need and opportunity for highly qualified teachers of color in public school systems across
the country.

REACHING OUT TO FUTURE TEACHERS

Founded in 1992, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color initiative has provided
more than half a million dollars in grants and financial assistance to 275 college students. The goal of the fellowships is to
increase the number of highly qualified teachers of color in K-12 public education in the United States. Each year, the RBF
awards up to 25 fellowships to students of color entering the teaching profession.

Making an impact

• More than 80 percent of college students selected for the fellowships have pursued careers in public education or
education-related fields.
• 65 percent of Fellows who pursued teaching roles have taught for three or more years.
• Nearly 50 percent of all Fellows who became teachers have remained in the teaching field for more than five years.
• Almost 200 Fellows have filled critical teaching and administrative positions in public schools across the country.
“All it took was one strong role model to give me the faith that I needed to succeed in school
and to learn how to stand up for myself, and at the same time, get my peers to accept me for
my uniqueness. I want to be that role model for children now.”

� Sonia Wang, University of Chicago, Class of 2005 Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color,
Future Public School Teacher
LEARN MORE

If teaching in the public schools is in your future, you may be eligible for a prestigious fellowship that includes support of
up to $22,100 for graduate school and undergraduate loan repayment assistance. Plus, you’ll join a select group of some
of the nation’s most dedicated educators of color in America’s public schools. See your university’s Rockefeller Brothers
Fund Liaison or learn more at www.rbf.org.

THE WHITE HOUSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The White House Internship Program offers an excellent opportunity to explore public service. The White House is seeking
exceptional candidates to apply for this highly competitive program. In addition to normal office duties, interns attend weekly
lectures, tours, and complete an intern service project. Interns may serve a term in the Fall, Spring or Summer. All candidates must be at least 18 years of age, hold United States citizenship, and be enrolled in a college or university.

Explore our White House Intern Website for additional information at http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html.
To apply, read and complete the White House Intern Application. A strong application includes the following:
sound academic credentials
history of community involvement and leadership
solid verbal/written communication skills
demonstrated interest in public service

Completed application materials must be submitted to Karen Race, Deputy Director and Intern Coordinator in the office of White House Personnel, at intern_application@whitehouse.gov prior to the following deadlines:

Applications due March 7, 2006 for Summer 2006 term -(May 23 to August 25, 2006)
If you have questions or concerns, contact Karen by phone, (202) 456-2310 or by e-mail, intern_application@whitehouse.gov.

Interested in learning about Chinese culture while promoting awareness of orphanages and abandoned children in China?

Join the Chinese Children Advocacy Group, formerly known as Yale China Care!

Some of you may have been part of this group last year, some may have only heard about it in brochures, but we'd definitely love to have you on board! Anyway, in case you don't know, this group's main focus is twofold: first, raising awareness about orphanages and abandoned youth in China, and second, teaching adopted Chinese kids about their heritage and giving them access to a culture that they might not otherwise grow up with. These two goals are shown in our programs:

1) Little Dumplings is our organization’s playgroup for adopted Chinese kids living in New Haven and the surrounding areas. We meet roughly every other Saturday in Dwight Hall where we teach the kids (and their families) interesting things about Chinese culture and history. It helps the kids stay connected to their rich Chinese culture as well as gives the children a place where they can be with other kids and families just like them. Also, it's a great way for us to learn about Chinese culture too, and the kids are adorable!

2) Internships in Chinese Orphanages or NGOs: We work hard to place interested volunteers in orphanages and NGO’s around Beijing/Tianjin area. In the summer of 2004 Tre (the founder of our organization) went to a Chinese orphanage with a couple of Harvard Volunteers named Gary and Wei-Qing and had one of the most memorable experiences possible. Volunteering is a great way to see China while also having a powerful and potentially life-changing experience abroad. Tre interned this past summer summer in an NGO in Beijing, and had a great time both seeing the sights and helping a great organization help people.

Our group focuses not only on internship placement and the playgroup, but also on building awareness on campus of the orphan crisis in China today, as well as raising funds to buy supplies for needy orphanages and children around China. There are many facets of our program, certainly, and we would LOVE to have you be a part of all of this!

If you couldn’t make the meeting last week but would still like to join the group, feel free to contact me by email here at lissa.yu@yale.edu or by telephone, (805)-252-0343. Similarly, you can also contact the founder, my co-president Tre Borden, at William.borden@yale.edu.

Thanks a lot for your interest and time! I look forward to seeing you!

Lissa Yu and Tre Borden
Co-presidents, Yale Chinese Children Advocacy Group

10.

The Yale-China Teaching Fellowship
A tradition of service, adventure, and immersion in China.

The Yale-China Association, a non-profit organization based on the Yale campus, has been sending Yale graduates to teach English in China for nearly 100 years. The fellowships come with financial support, intensive language instruction in Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese, and training in teaching English as a foreign language.

Yale-China Fellows teach at the secondary or university level in mainland China or Hong Kong. The self-discovery and cross-cultural fluency that results from two years of immersion in contemporary China has provided former Yale-China Fellows, from corporate CEOs to leading academics, with the cross-cultural knowledge and skills needed to lead their fields.

The Hong Kong fellowship has a special emphasis on community engagement/public service.

Applications, more information, and our "Handbook for Applicants" are available at http://www.yalechina.org/programs/english_teaching.html.

Questions should be directed to travis.sevy@yale.edu. Feel free to stop by the Yale-China offices at 442 Temple Street.

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