PhD Candidate Yifan Li was awarded a graduate research grant from The Ohio State University’s Mershon Center to facilitate his dissertation research. The Mershon Center, established in 1967, cultivates innovative research and engagement at the intersections of international, national, and human security challenges. This grant will provide crucial support for Yifan’s upcoming archival research at the East Asian Library at Princeton University and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at UC Berkeley this spring. Yifan is also serving as a student affiliate with the Center for the current academic year.