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Nov 9, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Grace Li |Saul Quintanar |Emily Pickering
In the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, six faculty members spoke to Spectator about swing states, voter turnout, and the factors that contributed to Trump’s win, as well as what the election means on a national scale and for the future at Columbia. “I have to say that in 2016 I was emotionally unprepared. I felt sort of blindsided, shell-shocked in a way that I didn’t this time.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Grace Li |Emily Pickering
The discussion focused on Pennsylvania and North Carolina, two states that Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump will likely need to win the Electoral College.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Grace Li
HONG KONG -- China's exports expanded for the sixth straight month in September, albeit at a slower rate amid headwinds in global demand and trade barriers. Total overseas shipments rose 2.4% on the year in dollar terms, slowing from the 8.7% jump in August, according to data released by the country's customs office on Monday. The figure fell well short of a 6% increase forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
almanacnews.com | Grace Li
The Bay has a nearly infinite supply of boba shops, and for newcomers, it can be a little intimidating to figure out where to start. When I first moved here, I definitely felt that way. Now, half a decade (and many bobas) later, I wanted to offer a guide for anyone new to the Peninsula boba scene or looking for another spot to try.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
theadroitjournal.org | Grace Li
Alison Thumel’s debut poetry collection Architect, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is a work that builds and rebuilds with clear mathematical precision, a devastating record of how words function in the wake of loss. Architect presents poetry as process, poetry as revision itself, through a mind at work—a mind of generous intellect and innovation, but also a mind working through incomparable grief.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Grace Li
Welcome Columbia class of 2028! During your time on campus so far, no matter how brief, there are some details we’re certain you’ve noticed: having to tap your Columbia ID at limited access points to simply enter the campus you now call home, needing to preregister your parents as guests for their assistance moving into dorms, and seeing an abundance of New York Police Department and Public Safety officers swarming campus and Morningside Heights.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Grace Li
HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Jockey Club is looking to expand its presence in mainland China, as it prepares to hold regular races there from 2026, its CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges told Nikkei in an interview. With 8.5 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1 billion) of investment since 2015, the HKJC is transforming a training facility in Guangzhou's Conghua District into a full-fledged racecourse.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Grace Li
HONG KONG -- China's central bank on Monday cut key interest rates to boost business and consumer confidence amid shaky growth. The People's Bank of China lowered the one-year loan prime rate to 3.35%%, from 3.45%, marking the first cut since last August. Unusually, the trimming of the benchmark corporate lending rate came after the central bank a week ago held steady the rate on one-year medium-term lending facility loans to financial institutions, at 2.5%.
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May 22, 2024 | 
panmacmillan.com | Lex Croucher |Grace Li |Sarah Brennan |Freya Marske
Brimming with steamy romance, charm and intrigue, Swordcrossed is a dazzling queer fantasy from the internationally bestselling author of The Last Binding trilogy. ‘This is fantasy romance at its very best’ – Grace D. Li, author of Portrait of a ThiefLow stakes. High heat. Sharp steel . . . Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Grace Li |David Yoon
The Next ChapterThe Next Chapter columnist recommended recent novels by Asian writers in the diaspora. The Next Chapter's columnist Annie Nguyen recommended novels by Asian writers in the diasporaCBC Radio · Posted: Apr 26, 2024 3:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes agoCBC Books associate producer Annie Nguyen recommends three books on The Next Chapter.
