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  • Letter from Li Na / 李娜告别信

    (Li Na, two-time Grand Slam champion, announced her retirement in a letter to her fams on Sina Weibo and Facebook on Sept. 19, 2014. Born in Wuhan China, Li Na graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and went on to become Asia’s first Grand Slam champion in 2011. She is one of the few Chinese athletes with international following. Her fans will miss her fighting spirit on the court and also her sense of humor during interviews.)

    【编者注：2014年9月19日，两届大满贯女单冠军得主、32岁的李娜在新浪微博以及Facebook上发布了因膝伤退役的中英文告别信。回顾李娜的职业生涯，她是中国球员中首位捧起女双、女单冠军奖杯的一位，同时也是唯一一位获得大满贯女单冠军的亚洲球员。出生于武汉，李娜毕业于华中科学大学新闻系，是为数不多的拥有众多国际粉丝的中国运动员之一。她的粉丝们不仅难忘李娜在球场上勇于拼搏的精神，富有个性的球风，还会永远记得比赛之后李娜在接受记者采访时的风趣幽默。】
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    上图：李娜在2014澳网第二轮比赛中（资料图片）。
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  • “Be the bird that sticks out” — Letter from Li Na

    Sept. 19, 2014

    My dear friends,

    For close to fifteen years, we’ve been a part of each other’s lives. As a tennis player representing China on the global stage, I’ve trekked around the world playing hundreds of matches on the WTA tour, for China’s Fed Cup team, at the National Games and at several Olympic Games. You’ve always been there for me, supporting me, cheering me on, and encouraging me to reach my potential.
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    Li Na returns a ball in the second round of 2014 Australian Open (file photo).
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  • Spirit of Autumn Concert Rocks John Hancock Hall

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Spet. 15, 2014, — The Spirit of Autumn show, hosted by the Asian Culture & Media Group, delighted around 1,000 people in the audience at John Hancock Hall in the evening of Sept. 12. Four folk and classic singers joined by two rock stars from China delivered dozens of beautiful songs with different styles.
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    Opening performance by GBAAYSO (photos by John Tsou).
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  • Mikki O’Brien Takes ATV Miss Asia Pageant East Coast Crown

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    New York City, Sept. 15, 2014, — ATV Miss Asia Pageant US East Coast recently completed the final round of competition. Seventeen-year-old high school student Mikki O’Brien from New York won the first place while Jing Xu from Boston finished as the runner up.
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    A contestant walks the runway in bikini in the final round of competition (from weibo.com).
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  • “Media Literacy and Youth Leadership” Seminar Successly Held at Harvard University

    By Xiaoqing Xing of GYLNAH and Zhang Tong of Beijing Normal University

    Cambridge, Mass., September 2, 2014, Global Youth Leadership North American Hub(GYLNAH) held “Media Literacy and Youth Leadership” seminar at Harvard Yenching Library on August 27. The speaker, Paul Mihailidis, who is the President of Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, an Assistant Professor from Emerson College, gave a keynote speech of Media Literacy As Civic Currency. Gang Wu, a visiting scholar of Harvard University and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Chinese National Radio Online made comments as guest speaker. The Seminar was host by Zhang Tong, the Minister of Publicity of Global Youth Leadership North America Hub, and also an Emerson College visiting scholar. About 40 students and visiting scholars from Harvard University, MIT, University of British Columbia, Canada, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Nankai University participated in the seminar.
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    Prof. Mihailidis delivers keynote speech(photo by Hao Wang).
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  • Mayor Fung Wins R.I. GOP Governor Nomination

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    Fung delivers victory speech on the evening of Sept. 9, 2014 (from @FungForGovernor).

    Cranston, R.I., Sept. 10, 2014, — Cranston Mayor and R.I. Governor candidate Alan Fung pulled off a ten-point victory in yesterday’s primaries. Fung won 55% votes and defeated opponent Ken Block. Mayor Fung and Democratic nominee R.I. General Treasurer Gina Raimondo will face off in the November’s general election for Governor.

    Fung delivered an exiting victory speech last night, and outlined his vision for lowering taxes and creating more job opportunities for R.I. residents if elected Governor.

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  • Gerald Chan — BayHelix Lifetime Achievement Award Speech

    Life Science, a Life in Science and is Life Just a Science
    January 12, 2014

    I am most grateful to be bestowed this honor today by such a distinguished group of my compatriots. I gather that as a response to receiving the life-time achievement award, I should say a few words about my life. This I will do not with the view of training the focus of this talk on my life’s chronology but to touch on a few events which can be illustrative of what I consider to be important in my life.
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    Dr. Gerald Chan (file photo).
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  • BU President Brown Welcomes New Chinese Students

    By Tong Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Sept. 6, 2014, –Every September, Boston welcomes tens of thousands of news students. To those Chinese students who came all the way across Pacific Ocean to the States, a new start may be confusing and difficult. This year, Boston University president Robert A. Brown joined the Chinese student orientation and answered questions from those new Chinese students.
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    President Brown speaks at the orientation (photo by Tong Chen).
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  • MACRO Wins 2014 Mid-America Cup Soccer Tournament

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Chicago, August 31, 2014, — MACRO defeated UW-Madison 3:0 this afternoon at Oak Brooks Central Park in the final match of Mid-America Cup soccer tournament. It’s the fourth straight championship for MACRO in the Mid-America Cup, according to organizer Mr. C.M. Lei of Mid America Chinese Recreation Organization (MACRO).
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  • “We Are Back” — Market Basket Employees Celebrate Historic Victory

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, August 28, 2014, — The parking lot of the Market Basket store in Hudson, Mass. is about half full in the afternoon of August 27. There was a huge sign at the traffic light leading to the shopping plaza on a hill which reads: Market Basket Boycott Over!! Thank you for all you support. Welcome back!!!
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    A sign at the intersection of route 62 and entrance road to Highland Common in Hudson, Mass. (photo by David Li).
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