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A veteran of such US universities as the University of Chicago and Yale University has become the first foreigner appointed by a Beijing university to a management position since the reform and opening-up policy was launched in 1978.

David Zupko was recently appointed deputy director of Tsinghua University's global cooperation and communication office after working at different universities in the United States for more than 20 years.