How an Investor Managing America’s Top College Endowments Funded an AI Research Institute Beneficial to China

How an Investor Managing America’s Top College Endowments Funded an AI Research Institute Beneficial to China
Graduates pose for pictures during a graduation ceremony at Renmin University in Beijing on June 29, 2006. China Photos/Getty Images
Annie Wu
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Chinese investor Zhang Lei and his Asia-based investment firm has helped some of the United States’ most elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, and Princeton, manage their capital.

He has also funded an artificial intelligence research institute at a major state-run university in China to develop technology to benefit government authorities.

Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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