Best English reports.
By Peter Chan, Boston Chinese Catholic Community
Boston, Dec. 31, 2018, — Two familiar names were on the list of the 2018 Bishop Cheverus Award. Congratulations to Simon Ho, and we at St. James the Greater Church and Boston Chinese Catholic Community(BCCC) are very proud of him.
Simon Ho(left) receives the award from Cardinal O’malley.
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Weifang, Shandong Province, China, Jan. 2, 2019, — Less than two months after the Shandong and Chongqing Pavilions were successfully launched, the Launching Ceremony of Heilongjiang Pavilion will be held on Jan. 6. Porter City has become center of economical growth of the greater Bohai Bay area, which is one of the three bay areas in China that will be engine of innovation and investment for years to come.
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By Wilson Lee, Founder of Chinese American Heritage Foundation(CAHF)
I would not be here were it not for those Chinese immigrants who escaped famine and came to America for opportunity — building the Transcontinental Railroad. My name is Wilson Lee. I am 5th generation, Chinese American. A descendant of Transcontinental Railroad workers.
CAHF will sponsor the “Harmony Through Union” float at the upcoming 2019 Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2019 to honor immigrants who completed the US Transcontinental Railroad 150 years ago.
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Boston, Dec. 26, 2018, — Yuan Cao, a 22-year-old PhD student at MIT, has been recognized by Nature for his two papers published this year on strange behavior in atom-thick layers of carbon. Nature said his findings “have spurred a new field of physics” in report “Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered this year” published online.
Photo of Yuan Cao from nature.com.
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By Zhirui Xiong, International School of the Sacred Heart of Tokyo
In Japan, I’m “despicable Chinese.” In China, my home country, I’m “little Japanese.” I’ve faced different kinds of discrimination.
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Boston, Dec. 24, 2018, — Earlier this year, Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced that Christina Yu Yu has been appointed as the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia. An alumna of Wellesley College and Boston University, Ms. Yu (pictured below) returned to Boston and assumed her new role at the MFA.
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San Francisco, December 21, 2018, — The Chinese American World War II Veterans Recognition Project, a program of the National Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.) Community Involvement Fund, a federally recognized non-profit organization, is pleased to announce that on Thursday, December 20, President Donald Trump has signed the Chinese American WWII Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act into law. Chinese Americans who served in the six branches of the United States Armed Services during WWII are finally getting the honor and recognition long due them.
S. 1050 sponsor Senator Tammy Duckworth with the National C.A.C.A. Advocacy Team. (Photo by Esther Lee, C.A.C.A. Boston Lodge)
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SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 18, 2018 — Marking a significant milestone in the delivery of subways to the MBTA, CRRC MA Chairman and President Jia Bo, joined by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Chinese Counsel General in New York Mr. Huang Pnig, MassDOT Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, Interim MBTA General Manager Jeff Gonneville, and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, gathered at CRRC MA’s Springfield manufacturing facility to applaud the on completion of the first pair of Orange Line cars to be delivered to the MBTA.
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December 9, 2018
Ms. Rachel Whetstone
Chief Communications Officer
Netflix Media Center
100 Winchester Circle
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Dear Ms. Whetstone:
On behalf of Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE), I am writing to you to condemn Netflix’s October broadcasting of a segment from Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj，titled “Affirmative Action,” in which the host, Mr. Hasan Minhaj，viciously ridiculed and vilified outstanding AACE leaders. These courageous leaders and proud Americans are tirelessly fighting for Asian-American children’s civil rights and equal education rights for all Americans.
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(In the evening of Dec. 7, 2018, Dan Koh delivered keynote speech at annual fundraising banquet Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund in Boston Chinatown.)
To the Board, to Geoff, to all of you — thank you for having me today. It’s an honor.
Before I begin I just wanted to recognize my incredible wife Amy. She’s been through so much being married to me — far more than she’s bargained for. Amy, I love you, thank you for being here.
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