Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine and the author of "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing."
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine and the author of "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing."