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  • Primary Elections Eight Days Away as Californians Mark Memorial Day

    By David L, bostonese.com

    Santa Clara, May 26, 2014, — As we celebrate this memorial weekend, the primary elections in California is just around the corner. Carrying out your right and duty to vote may be one of the best ways to honor the soldiers who gave their lives to defend our freedom.

    The following is part of page one of a English-Chinese bilingual sample ballot from Santa Clara County website. Ballots for the June 3 primaries are available in Chinese, English, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Sample ballots can be viewed online.
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    Candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor for the primary elections.
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  • Watch Out Lang Lang, Here Comes Niu Niu!

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Arrived at Walnut Hill School of Arts four years ago from Xiamen, Fujian province, China, Niu Niu performed at his graduation recital on May 9 at the school in Natick, Mass. The room was packed by about 80 teachers, students and family friends. Niu Niu performed three challenging pieces by Chopin, Beethoven and Mussorgsky, and received long standing ovation from the audience.
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    Niu Niu(second from right) poses for a picture with his parents, sister, and Mrs. Tema Chen.
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  • Kayla Harrison — How An Olympic Champion Is Busy Changing the World

    By Tong Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 15, 2014, —- My first ever handshake with an Olympic Champion came after 30-minute car ride from Boston to Stoneham. Kayla Harrison was practicing judo with her coach Jimmy Pedro at the dojo. She easily carried Pedro on the back and threw him down like handling a little boy rather than a grown man.

    Harrison greeted me with a firm handshake and sat down for our scheduled interview. As the first American who won the Olympic Judo gold medal, and also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Harrison had a lot of stories to tell. Training for another Olympic gold, writing a book, launching a national nonprofit and an acting career, Harrison kept herself busy. Her fighting spirit made her an Olympic champion, and is making the world a better place for all of us.
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  • Li Na Graces Cover of Time and GQ China

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    New York City, May 16, 2014, — China’s “golden flower” Li Na will appear on the cover of the May 26 issue of TIME magazine. This year’s French Open, where Li Na won her first Grand Slam title three years ago, starts on May 25.
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  • Jiang Kun Delivers Entertaining Lecture at Harvard

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass., May 12, 2014, — Jiang Kun, one of the most famous comedians in China, delivered a lecture about the history of Quyi, also know as Chinese Folk Art, at Harvard University on May 10. The lecture was frequently interrupted by laughter and applause from the 200 Chinese students and professionals in the classroom.
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    Mr. Jiang Kun Lectures at Harvard on Chinese Folk Art (photo by David Li).
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  • Angel Dance Company Presents Splendid Dunhuang to Start AAAOB Festival

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 15, 2014, — In cooperation with Asian American Association of Boston (AAAOB), Angel Dance Company will present a grand dance show Dunhuang My Dreamland – Tales of the Silk Road on May 17 at Quincy High School. It will bring the splendid colors from the Silk Road to Boston during the Asian Pacific American Heratiage Month celebrations in the state.
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    Ke Ke (first from left), Klysler Yen (first from the right) at a press conference announcing Dunhang My Dreamland performance (file photo).
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  • From Freedom to Poetry Club, the Perfect SAT Essays

    The SAT essays below are by students at the Chyten Center. They received perfect score as they were well written with originality. The students made their cases or told their stories to readers in clear fashion. These essays are also free of grammar or spelling errors.
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  • Colonial Figure Skating Club Presents Dreams of Gold

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boxborough, Mass., May 8, 2014, — In this quiet town 25 miles northwest of Boston, you don’t expect to see a show that features some of the best young figure skaters in the US. Colonial Figure Skating(CFS) Club, whose elite alumni includes Olympic medalists Nancy Kerrigan, Tiffany Scott and Paul Wylie, held its annual Ice Crystals Show “Dreams of Gold” at Nashoba Olympia Rink in Boxborough on May 3 and 4.
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    2014 National Juvenile Champion Iria Zhao at the show。
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  • Largest Thai Buddhist Temple in the US Topped Off

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 10, 2014, — Constructed on 35 acres previously occupied by a farm in Raynham Mass, Thai Buddhist temple Wat Nawamin opened its doors to the public in June 2006. The ground breaking ceremony for the temple building took place on May 5, 2011. Three years later, the grand structure was finally topped off.
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    Design of the new temple building (from Wat Nawamintararachutis Facebook page)
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  • Barry Chang — One of the Last Few Politicians Who Questioned Steve Jobs

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cupertino, Calif, May 2, 2014, — According to a video released recently, the site of Apple’s new headquarters will be 80% green space with its own native trees. The designers’ goal was to create a building with no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The following picture was from a June 2011 meeting when Steve Jobs answered questions about the proposed new Apple headquarters.
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