Emily Li

Nov 28, 2024 | scirp.org | Shawn P. Griffin |Madison Watt |Emily Li |James J. Closmann

1. IntroductionWith modern advances in technology and research, the body and depth of knowledge in health sciences rapidly expand by the day. As such, new levels of expertise emerge, and naturally, providers trend toward higher degrees of specialization. While beneficial in many ways, this may also cause different arms of healthcare (i.e., medicine and dentistry) to become further siloed into their own fields of practice and the narrowing of a single provider’s own breadth of knowledge.

Jul 3, 2024 | medium.com | Emily Li

Written by American journalist David Brooks, the social animal brilliantly blends fiction and non-fiction elements. The two fictional characters' emotional personality changes in different life stages are integrated with psychological, scientific, cultural, and sociology commentaries. Written in the style of accessible journalism, The Social Animal summarizes various scientific discoveries simply, giving us a better grasp of our emotions, intuitions, biases, longings, and social bonds.

Jun 2, 2024 | medium.com | Emily Li

The plane ride from HK international airport to Jinan Yaoqiang international airport took under 3 hours, and I landed at a small airport with impressive efficiency. Stepping down from the plane to leaving the airport took less than 15 minutes, and I boarded the airport bus to the city center (泉城廣場). The scale of this second-tier city impressed me nevertheless: city center skyscrapers, beautiful fountain parks that sprawled across districts, and spread-out pedestrian paths.

Jun 2, 2024 | medium.com | Emily Li

I stayed in the city of Taian for 2 days to visit Taishan, one of the five sacred mountains of China. A lucky pilgrim to visit the mountain in mid-May, I enjoyed the pleasant late spring weather with warm sunshine and fresh breezes in the mountain areas. Taishan is a cultural vault with artistic masterpieces that blends harmoniously with nature, with calligraphy carvings on stone, ancient temples that held imperial ceremonies, and Taoist masterpiece paintings.

May 16, 2024 | medium.com | Emily Li

傅雷家書, a book recommendation from C******, is a great introduction to傅雷 and 傅聰's dedication to literature, music, and arts. 傅雷is an influential French-Chinese translator and art critic, and he translated French classics including works of Balzac, Romain Rolland, and Voltaire. These letters to his son manifest his passion and dedication to literature, arts, and music.