【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿报道】 3月22日下午,在新到任的中国驻纽约总领馆副总领事钟瑞明、领事周茂义、陈劭毅来到波士顿,走访纽英伦中华公所等华埠侨团。主席黄光野和多位前任主席陪同参观了位于华埠泰勒街90号的中华公所大楼。第一次走访波士顿侨团的钟瑞明副总领事向中华公所赠送了介绍中国的精美画册。

上图:周立民副总领事(左五)向黄光野主席(右五)赠送中国画册。(夏静 摄)
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钟瑞明副总领事访问纽英伦中华公所 倾听侨界心声
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莱克星顿建镇300周年系列庆祝活动本周末闭幕
【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿报道】从去年9月份开始的长达9个月的莱克星顿建镇300周年系列庆祝活动在本周末的3葛大型活动之后将完美收官。该镇华人居民在这9个月的庆祝活动中做了大量义工,得到庆祝活动组委会和广大居民的热情赞扬。

上图:义工们教孩子们包纸粽子。(CAAL 提供)
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第二届“同心杯”乒球赛西郊教会圆满结束
【波士顿华人双语网李强艾克顿镇报道】继去年成功举办首届“同心杯”乒乓球赛之后,波士顿西郊圣经教会主办的第二届“同心杯”乒乓球赛于5月18日落下帷幕。和平团契一队荣获团体比赛冠军,谭晓峰则一路过关斩将,夺得成人单打冠军。

上图:(左起)李红、吴伟康、王茂华、胡明、李跃明、许松涛、王杰、沈伟星、赵勇、谷洪、王力群、金涛、王建国在发奖仪式上。
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Birth Tourists from China Not the kind of Tourism California Expects
(from chinadaily.com.cn)
The city council in Arcadia, California, is cracking down on maternity- tourism businesses that are violating the law. Six to eight boarding houses have been closed in the past several months, and an additional 12 are under investigation. Santa Ana Inn is known to house pregnant women who are to give birth in the US. The hotel hasn’t been cited for any violations.
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15位中国留学生多伦多总领馆各获6000元奖学金
【波士顿华人双语网综合报道】5月15日,中国驻多伦多总领馆举行了2012年度“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”颁奖仪式,吴冬梅代总领事出席了颁奖仪式并为获奖者颁发证书和6000元奖金。

上图:吴冬梅(右)颁发获奖证书和奖学金。(来自中国驻多伦多总领馆网站)
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波士顿纪念爆炸案一周月 剑桥市市议员张礼能谈爆炸案
【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】 5月15日,波士顿马拉松终点线附近发生的爆炸案之后一个月,麻州举行了多项纪念活动,悼念死者,祝福幸存者。一个月之后,仍然有6位伤者在医院接受治疗,4位遇难者以及被击毙的嫌犯也得到安葬。

5月15日晚,波士顿后湾的爆炸案遇害者临时纪念公园。
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NAAAP Boston Awards Scholarships as Boston Marks One Month Anniversary of the Marathon Bombings
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, May 16, 2013, — The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston chapter (NAAAP Boston) awarded Dan Minh Chu, Tuan Ho and Kasey Shen of the 2013 NAAAP Boston Future Leader Award. The three exceptional students received a total of $15,000 of scholarships at NAAAP Boston’s Scholarship Gala on May 15 at Hilton Boston Back Bay. The event was coincided with the one month anniversary of Boston bombings that happened just blocks away from the hotel. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was broadcasting live at the nearby Boston Bombing makeshift memorial when the award ceremony took place.

(Front row L to R)Tuan Ho, Kasey Shen and Dan Chu show off their awards with staff of NAAAP Boston.
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美东地区中国“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金” 波士顿留学生占获奖者三成
5月17日,中国驻纽约总领馆隆重举办2012年度“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”颁奖仪式暨招待会。孙国祥总领事出席颁奖仪式并为获奖学生颁奖,岑建君参赞主持颁奖仪式。

上图:波士顿学院的戴昱(左)由好友陪同前来领奖。 (李强 摄)
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Mayor Menino Tours District Hall of Boston Innovation District
Boston, May 22, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today gave a full progress update on Boston’s innovation center, and revealed the name of the building under construction at 75 Northern Avenue on the South Boston Waterfront. District Hall will play a central role in the social infrastructure of the growing Innovation District and will serve as a home base for entrepreneurs to make connections, build relationships, and convene programs and events.

(L-R)Mayor Menino, Gov. Patrick, Roger Crandall and Joe Fallon at groundbreaking of Boston Innovation District on June 22, 2011 in South Boston. (photo credit: David Li, bostonese.com)
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Q & A with Andrew Conning on China Education Policy
By China Education Symposium
Andrew Conning is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Graduate Student Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research examines the structures of reasoning with which individuals across cultures make sense of international and interethnic issues. He is spending 2012-13 conducting research in China as a Fulbright scholar and Harvard Traveling Fellow.
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