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Hello, my name is Deng Fuyu or you can just call me Frederic. 

I’m currently a second-year master’s student at the Transdisciplinary Graduate School of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Since I am participating as a volunteer, please feel free to leave comments or not, as you prefer.

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