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  • Yingying Zhang Murder Trial: Full Transcript of Opening Statements

    June 12, 2019, — An attorney for Brendt Christensen, who is charged with kidnapping and killing Chinese visiting scholar Yingying Zhang in 2017, told a federal court judge in Illinois on today that Christensen has admitted killing Zhang.

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  • 德国总理默克尔在哈佛毕业典礼说了啥 / Merkel Speaks at Harvard Commencement

    【波士顿双语网讯】哈佛大学第368届毕业典礼于2019年5月30日星期四举行。今年毕业典礼的主题是，移民创造了梦想，会让世界更美丽！德国总理安吉拉·默克尔(Angela Merkel)担任首席致辞嘉宾。默克尔曾经是量子化学家，在苏联控制的东德生活了35年。

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  • Farewell to My Favorite Ballerina Misa Kuranaga

    (Note: Misa Kuranaga, 倉永美沙, is a Japanese ballerina at the Boston Ballet. Before joining Boston Ballet in 2003 she was a member of the San Francisco Ballet. In Boston she was promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2009.)

    By Beatrice Lee, columnist of bostonese.com

    Misa is leaving Boston Ballet after many years as the principal dancer. My friends and I never want to miss her performances.

    (L to R)Misa, Beatrice and JunXiong pose for a picture.
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  • Yale Reaffirms Commitment to International Students and Scholars

    Thursday, May 23, 2019

    To the Yale Community,

    In recent weeks, tensions in United States–China relations and increased scrutiny of academic exchanges have added to a sense of unease among many international students and scholars here at Yale and at universities across the country.
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  • Simcere Pharmaceutical Receives Award at 2019 Boston Bio-Forum

    By Dr. Shawn Xu, Executive Director, Boston Innovation Center, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group

    I am very honored and excited to stand here to represent Simcere to accept this leadership in community service award. First, I would like to thank CABA (Chinese American Bio-Medical Association) for providing such an excellent and successful event, thank you for honoring Simcere with this prestigious award. It is a recognition of our commitment to advancing the Chinese-American Biomedical Community. I also would like to thank every attendee at the Boston Bio-Forum today. Your support is much valued.

    Dr. Xu(right) receives the award from Bo Ying, president of CABA.
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  • Cai and Team Encore Win Theatre On Ice International Championship

    Boston, May 1, 2019, — Grace KelsangMetog Cai and her Encore team just won 2019 Theatre On Ice International Championship in Epinal, France on April 27, 2019. Grace and her teammates were very proud when they saw American flag rising with the Star Spangled Banner at the award ceremony.


    Grace KelsangMetog Cai is straight A student at Oak Hill Middle School in Newton, Mass., and a member of the school math team. “Kelsangmetog” is Tibetan for Lucky Flower. Her mother’s side family is from Tibet, China. Although Tibet is known as snow-land, figure skating is a rare sport to participate in there. Her mother graduated from Boston College with Master in Accounting and Simmons College with Master in Business Administration. Her father is from Guangdong, China and a Tsinghua university graduate.
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  • FCC: Chinese Americans Targeted in Consulate Phone Scam

    April 12, 2019, –The FCC has recently received numerous consumer complaints about scammers trying to steal money or personal information by posing as Chinese consulate employees. People with Chinese last names have been targeted, along with random consumers in areas with large Chinese communities, according to multiple news reports.

    FCC Chairman Ajit Pai (file photo).
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  • The Power of Down to Earth / 接地氣的力量

    The Power of Down to Earth — They Talk the Talk, I Walk the Walk
    接地氣的力量：他們光說不練，我腳踏實地

    Speech by Mayor Han Kuo-yu at Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
    韓國瑜市長在哈佛大學費正清中國研究中心的演講

    Good afternoon, Director Szonyi, Director Goldstein, ladies and gentlemen, this is my greatest honor and pleasure to be here today and to begin with, I would like to express my appreciation for the long term friendship between the United States and the ROC, and for the support from the US government and its people, so we can engage and cooperate closely. I am more than honored to have this amazing opportunity standing at this podium, in front of the distinguished scholars at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the most esteemed institution of Chinese Studies in the world, to share my story and to talk about what I think and what I want to do as Mayor of Kaohsiung.

    宋怡明主任、戈迪溫教授、女士們，先生們，今天我非常榮幸能在費正清中國研究中心這個世界上最受尊崇的中國研究機構之一，在諸位傑出學者和研究者的面前，分享我的一些經歷，談一談作為高雄市長，我的想法和我想做的事情。

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  • Filmmaker Huang Receives Grant for a Graffiti Art Documentary

    Boston, April 8, 2019, — Renowned filmmaker Weiying (Olivia) Huang has received a grant for a documentary film in 2019. As part of the grant program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, this funding was awarded the ough the Cambridge Arts Council. Huang is a director and producer with a background in fine arts and graphic design.

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  • Asian American Commission Announces Awardees for the 13th Annual Unity Dinner

    BOSTON – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American Commission (AAC) 13th Annual Unity Dinner will be held on Friday, May 3 at Crowne Plaza Boston – Woburn at 7 PM preceded by a networking reception with appetizers, cash bar, and silent auction starting at 6 PM. Proceeds will be used to support, expand, and strengthen AAC’s advocacy work on behalf of the Asian American community in the Commonwealth.

    MA Treauror Deb Goldberg (2nd from left) seared in 2019 AAC new committee members.
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