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2 timestamped hits 2 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-17, day precision Aliases: beijing, beijings, yale-center-beijings

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Yale Center Beijing

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "For those new to Yale Center Beijing, Yale Center Beijing, since 2014, is Yale University's first university -wide center outside of its campus and..."

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Topic Scope And Freshness

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "For those new to Yale Center Beijing, Yale Center Beijing, since 2014, is Yale University's first university -wide center outside of its campus and..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails (2026-06-17, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails; Paradise As A School For Imagination And Will.

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Key Notes

Yale Center Beijing

Glossary

Introduced here as Yale University's first university-wide center outside its home campus and a venue for intellectual exchange.

Event introduction on 2026-06-17.

definition

Carol defines Yale Center Beijing as Yale's first university-wide center outside campus and as a site for intellectual dialogue and exchange of ideas.

Timestamped Evidence

Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante #1: Paradise Cantos 1-5

Transcript

"For those new to Yale Center Beijing, Yale Center Beijing, since 2014, is Yale University's first university -wide center outside of its campus and..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails

2026-06-17, day precision · glossary, claims, semantic-ref

Reading

Jiang opens the Dante series by doing something deliberately strange: he starts with Paradise, rejects the clever but dead answer, and says imagination is the road to truth.

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