Author: Susan Su
Susan Su is an engineer, writer, and freelance journalist with an interest in modern China and China-African relations. She graduated from MIT with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2023, focusing on bioengineering, global development, and public policy. She is currently based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, assisting in infrastructure development for a prosthetics clinic and education center.
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