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Research in China is complicated by the Communist Party's influence, says researcher who worked there

  • Written by Wenrui Chen, Fellow at the India China Institute, The New School
A large portrait of Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Jan. 27, 2020.AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

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