The following is a transcribed conversation between Senior Writer Hyung Ahn ’21 and Jim Xue. Hi, Jim! Could you please introduce yourself? My name is Jim Xue. I am a new transfer second semester sophomore. I transferred from Emory. I am originally from Shanghai, China, but I took two years of high school in New...
Yes, I will #PrayforParis. Social media often aggravates situations and brings light to menial issues which eclipse important topics. In many cases, social media seems to create more trouble than it is worth. However, I was impressed by the quick response on Facebook to the attacks in Paris. My newsfeeds overflowed with modified profile pictures...
On the evening of Nov. 13, the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL or ISIS) carried out a series of terrorist attacks in Paris and a suburb called Saint-Denis. Among locations attacked were restaurants, bars, a concert hall, and a sports stadium. As of now, the death toll is above 120. That makes...
During China’s Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, a high-level meeting of top CCP members, the government officially reversed the One Child Policy, allowing all Chinese citizens to have two children. This marks a major relaxation of Chinese population control policies and allows greater freedom for Chinese families. During...
Recent volatility in domestic and international stock markets can be attributed to a variety of factors, but has mainly been driven by a crash in the overvalued Chinese stock market. Quantitative easing and other market manipulation techniques have been at the forefront of Chinese economic policy before and during the crash, and all to no...