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  • Chinese Consulate Hosts 2016 New Year Reception in Boston

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 29, 2015, — Close to 300 guests attended 2016 New Year Reception at Boston Harbor Hotel hosted by Chinese Consulate General in New York yesterday evening. Ambassador Zhang Qiyue, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate, delivered a speech that highlighted the achievements in Sino-US relations over the past year. Representatives of Gov. Baker and Mayor Walsh along with elected officials attended the reception.
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    Ambassador Zhang(3rd from right, front row) and members of Chinese Progressive Association pose for a picture (photos by Xinming Li).
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  • Rising Star — Wellesley College Wushu Team

    By Li Qiang, translated by Cecille Yang

    Located in the western Boston suburbs, Wellesley College is the famed alma mater of notable female Chinese figures like Soong Mei-Ling and Bing Xing and US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Recently, the Wellesley Wushu Team attended the 2015 Cultural Day event on campus, featuring a 9-minute wushu performance with demonstrations on all sorts of Chinese weapons： straight sword, broadsword, three-section cudgel and staff. Their performances garnered enthusiastic cheering from about a thousand audience members composed of distinguished professors and students alike.
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    Group picture of Wellesley College Wushu Team （photos provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Register Now: 2016 Chinese New Year Indoor Soccer Tournament

    Boston, Dec. 17, 2015, — Youth soccer players, a long snowy winter is cancelling good chances of playing soccer outdoors. Do you have a strong hunger for footballing due to inclement weather conditions? Stronger than ever?
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    Soccer players clear a field after a blizzard in early 2015.
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  • 195 Nations Set Path to Keep Temperature Rise Below 2 Degrees Celsius

    Paris, 12 December 2015 – An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed by 195 nations in Paris today.
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    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left); Christiana Figueres (right), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Laurent Fabius (second right), Minister for Foreign Affairs of France and President of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) and Franois Hollande (right), President of France celebrate reaching the historic agreement.
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  • Mayor Walsh Offers Holiday Greetings in Boston Chinatown

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 8, 2015, — Chinatown Main Street(CMS) welcomed Mayor Marty Walsh to Chinatown to offer his greetings and holiday wishes to the Chinatown community on Sunday. Hundreds of residents and vistors enjoyed the festivities and kids took the opportunity to take pictures with the Santa Clause.
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    (L to R)Courtney Ho, Mayor Walsh, Rick Wong, Gilbert Ho and Wingkay Leung pose for a picture (provided by CMS).
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  • Coco Miao Wins ATV Miss Asia US East Coast Competition

    Boston, Dec. 4, 2015, — Northeaster University student Coco Miao captured the crown at the ATV Miss Asia US East Coast competition, held in New York City recently. Miss. Miao advances to the 27th ATV Miss Asia Pageant finals in Hong Kong.
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    Coco Miao (middle), 1st
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  • SAPA Gains Global Influence in Pharmaceutical R&D

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 28, 2015, — Founded in 1993, the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) grew rapidly and has become one of the most active and well-recognized Chinese-heritage enduring professional organizations in the United States. Over the past 22 years, SAPA has made significant impact in the field of pharmaceutical R&D, from the East Coast of the US to the other shore of the Pacific.
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    Picture of SAPA-NE science symposium at MIT(bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Thanksgiving Party for Seniors at GBCCA

    By Albert Li, GBCCA

    Newton, Mass., Nov. 25, 2015, — What a great party yesterday and we had 32 people present! Many thanks to Amy Sangiolo’s delicious turkey and her hard work.
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  • GBAAYSO Celebrates Five Year Anniversary with Concert in Lexington

    By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist

    I was invited to a concert of Greater Boston Asian-American Youth Symphony Orchestra(GBAAYSO) at Cary Memory Hall in Lexington on Nov. 14. This concert celebrated GBAAYSO’s five-year anniversary with a program of both Eastern and Western music. The String Quartet of GBAAYSO also performed at the opening ceremony of “Xinjing 24 Hours” photo exhibition at Asian Cultural Center Boston on Nov. 20.
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    Conductor Jie Yang (2nd from left) and GBAAYSO String Quartet perform at Asian Cultural Center Boston(photo by David Li).
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  • Rick Wong Named President of Chinatown Main Street

    Boston, Nov. 23, 2015, — Boston Chinatown Main Street (CMS) announced the election of Mr Rick Wong to be its new President effective November 12, 2015.
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    Rick Wong(middle) led volunteers at the community street cleaning event in October 2015 in Boston Chinatown(file photo).
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