CANBERRA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — A 12-year-old ballboy from Brisbane, Australia, could prove to be China’s secret weapon at this year’s Asian Cup after he helped goalkeeper Wang Dalei save a penalty in their opening game victory over Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.
Wang Dalei (R) of China and ball boy Stephen White greet each other during a training of the Chinese football team for the AFC Asian Cup in Brisbane, Australia, Jan. 12, 2015. Stephen White was invited to watch the training by the Chinese team. During the Group B match against Saudi Arabia on Jan. 10, 2015, Wang talked to Stephen White before he saved the penalty shot. White advised Wang Dalei to dive left and Wang listened and save the penalty shot successfully, which helped the Chinese team to a 1-0 victory. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
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Video — Ballboy Helps Inspire China to Asian Cup Victory
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East Meets Words — the Longest Running AAPI Open Mic Series in N.E.
Boston, Jan 10, 2015, — East Meets Words is the longest running Asian American / Pacific Islander open mic series in New England, hosted by Boston Progress, an API* arts and activist collective. The latest installament was held Friday evening at EMW Bookstore in Cambridge.
Picture from the first EMW event in 2015 on Jan. 9(from twitter)
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USOC Nominates Boston to Host the 2024 Olympic Games
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Jan. 8, 2014, — On the same day of Gov. Baker’s inauguration, USOC picks Boston over LA, Washington D.C. and other cities for hosting 2024 Olympic Games. Boston will compete with other cities around the world, and a final decisions by International Olympic Committee is expected in 2017.
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Video by Nashua Resident Goes Viral
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Nashua, N.H., Jan. 8, 2015, — A four-minute video titled “Funny Siberian Husky Puppy Scared by a Talking Toy” by local resident Mr. Wei Wang topped 400,000 views today on Youtube. The main character of the video is man’s best friend — a Siberian husky.
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$860 2015 Summer Deals by “World’s Top Airlines” Hainan Airlines
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Dec. 28, 2014, — Hainan Airlines was recently named as “Recipient of a five-star rating” from Skytrax – an airline review and rating website. According to Bloogberg news service, Hainan Airlines is considered to be the best airline in China. As people start to look for travel deals for summer of 2015, a number of people have reported booking round-way Hainan Airlines tickets from Boston to Guangzhou, China for under $900 with only one stop in Beijing.
Sample Spring 2015 Boston to Beijing deal from Hainan Airlines(file photo).
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Wanjia Annual Merchant Conference Builds Social Network for Businesses
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Dec. 26, 2014, — Boston Web Power held the WanJia Annual Merchant Conference recently at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care office building in Wellesley, Mass. Close to 200 members and guests of wanjiaweb.com attended the conference despite of an rainy evening.
(from right)Ms. Xiaoyan Huang and Mr. & Mrs. Neil Chyten pose for a picture (photo by Victor Chen).
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Mylovetea 2015 New Year Witness Trip to Tea village Invites You
By Mylovetea Harvard Square Tea house
“Dr. Tea” was born in Fujian, China, the best known place for the production of tea and the origin of the Boston Tea Party tea. After he finished his Ph.D. in Nanomedicine (drugs for cancer treatment) and four other STEM degrees, he started his own tea company (My Love Tea) integrating the best tea provider, tea science，engineering，culture，poetry，art, tea ceremony & tea history etc to form a great culture platform：Mlt: Tea Harvard Science/Culture Community!
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Pianist George Li Wins Grand Prix Animato in Paris
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Paris, Dec. 19, 2014, — George Li, a Harvard student and resident of Lexington, Mass, has won the first prize of the XIVe CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL “GRAND PRIX ANIMATO 2014” PARIS. In addition, George has also won the Special Schumann Prize, the Special Brahms Prize and the Audience Prize.
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Governor Elect Baker Attends Grand Opening of Top Bread Bakery
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Dec. 19, 2014, — As the holiday season arrives, elected officials have frequented Boston Chinatown to join the festivities. Governor Elect Charles Baker and State Senator Anthony Petruccelli attended the grand opening of Top Bread Bakery on Dec. 11. Mayor Walsh was in Chinatown a week earlier for the tree lighting event.
Gov. elect Charles Baker(middle) attends grand opening and ribbon cutting of Top Bread bakery in Boston Chinatown with Uncle Fran, Sherry Dong and other community leaders(provided to bostonese.com).
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CACA Boston Lodge Honors CHSNE as It Relaunches
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Dec. 16, 2014, — Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) relaunched its Boston Lodge Charter and held Inauguration Gala in the evening of Dec. 13 at Hei La Moon restaurant in Boston Chinatown. Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) was honored at the Gala as their “2015 Community Organization of the Year.”
CACA National President Edmond J. Gor (2nd from left) and Esther Lee(3rd from left) accept a 1928 picture of old CACA Boston building as gift from Sherry Dong and Susan Chinsen (3rd and 2nd from right) of CHSNE.
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