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Dana Dūda is an Affiliate Researcher at RSU's Chinese Study Center. Her research interests include analyzing China and Taiwan, and Russia and the Baltic states, focusing on comparative political discourse studies.

Dana holds a Master of International Affairs from the US-accredited Ming Chuan University in Taiwan (2024) and two Bachelor's degrees: in Business Chinese from Shanghai Normal University (2018) and in Business Administration from Chinese Culture University (2022).

Dana has 10 years of professional and academic experience at educational and research institutes such as Taipei American School (TAS), Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (TAISE), Ming Chuan University (MCU), and Chinese Culture University (CCU). A fluent Mandarin speaker, she has worked as an interpreter at the highest political level.

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