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  • Harvard China Night 2013 Discusses China’s New Reforms

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 8, 2013, — Harvard China Night 2013 was held at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (HKS) at the evening of Nov. 1, 2013. This year’s theme is “China’s Next Ten Years: Business as (Un)usual”. Three distinguished guests: Dr. Gao Jian, Dr. Zhang Yujun and Prof. John A. Quelch delivered keynote speeches. Traditional Chinese cultural performances won loud applause from hundreds of attendees. This event was organized by HKS China Students and Scholars Association (CSSA).
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    Attendees and performers pose for a group picture at Harvard China Night 2013 (photo provided by HKS CSSA)
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  • Post Card from Yao Kou Village, China

    By Sophia Yee, bostonese.com columnist

    Our car circling around mountain roads, we were in awe at the passing sights; after about two hours of driving through small villages we finally came to the remote village of Yau Kou (窈口) in the deep mountains. About 100 kilometers from the city of Hangzhou, Yao Kou village is situated in the far west of the town of Fuyang (富阳).
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  • Millions of Broken American Dreams — An Open Letter to the World

    (This letter was written by Swan Lee on behalf of protesters of the Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show.)

    Dear Fair and Righteous Citizens of the World,

    ​We don’t know who you are, but we know you are out there. We are asking for your urgent help. We have been rendered voiceless, powerless, and hopeless by the American mass media and many Americans. The American mass media have lost journalistic ethics and objectivity and have been blatantly and partially defending ABC’s show host, Jimmy Kimmel, who used children to discuss the merits of annihilating all Chinese people for the purpose of evading American government debt owed to Chinese government. This prerecorded skit was broadcast on ABC channel on October 16, 2013, a day that hundreds of millions of us will remember as the most traumatizing and humiliating day in our lives, a day that brought ravages and devastation that we, our parents, and our children, will never fully recover from. The majority of Americans’ indifference and even worsened hostility towards our suffering have kept adding more wounds to our injuries. We have nowhere to go to have the perpetrators and abusers of human beings’ inherent dignity be brought under justice. Now, as our last resort, with the last shred of hope for human compassion that we believe must exist in this world, we ask for your gracious help. You, citizens of the world with a sense of justice and love in your heart, can help hundreds of millions of people, in fact, one fifth of the world’s population, regain their human status and dignity.
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    Protest against ABC at Holocaust Memorial in Boston on Nov. 2, 2013.
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  • Dr. Hangming Yang Receives Distinguished Career in Science Award at 2013 Bridge Medical Summit

    By David Li and Dongyu Chen, bostonese.com

    Nov. 8, 2013, — Started two years ago by doctors and researchers at American Chinese Medical Association (ACMA), Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) has become a new Fall tradition in Boston’s medical district. This year’s BMS has been successfully held at Boston Children’s Hospital on Oct. 26. With focuses on Medical Education, Cancer Prevention & Screening, Genetics and Proteomics as well as Healthcare Issues in the US and China, BMS III has interpreted complicated medical language into presentations and speeches that could be understood by the public.
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    Group picture at evening reception.
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  • World War II Veteran Arthur Wong Joins Protest Against ABC in Boston Common

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 11, 2013, — Today, Mr. Arthur Wong of Boston Chinatown celebrates 68th Veteran’s Day after he returned from battlegrounds of Europe in 1945. Nineteen-year-old Arthur Wong found himself on Omaha Beach on D-day (June 6, 1944). Five months later, he was seriously injured during a firefight in Germany. He returned Boston after a few months treatment in a hospital in southern France.
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    (L to R)Mr. Arthur Wong and Yiduo Nian at Saturday’s protest in Boston Common.
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  • What a Journey — Protests Against ABC on Back-to-back Days in NYC

    New York City, November 9, 2013, — Hundreds of protesters showed up outside ABC headquaters to protest against ABC network and its Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday. In the Kids Table segment aired on Oct. 16, a six-year-old boy suggested “kill everyone in China” when Jimmy Kimmel asked how to resolve the $1.3 trillion US debt to China. Jimmy Kimmel responded by saying “It’s an interesting idea”, and later asked the kids “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”
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  • Newspaper Ad Calls ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Nov. 8, 2013, — A full-page ad on the Metro newspaper caught eyes of many Boston riders of MBTA this morning. The ad titled GENOCIDE != JOKE, and called ABC and Jimmy Kimmel to make a public apology to all of its viewers for airing discussions that included “kill everyone in China” during a segment of Jimmy Kimmel Live about three weeks ago.
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    The above ad was published on Metro Boston edition on Nov. 8, 2013.
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  • Go Sox and Protest ABC, Rolling Rallies Rock Boston

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 2, 2013, — On a perfect autumn day in Boston, two million Red Sox fans showed up for the rolling rally for their beloved team winning 2013 World Series championship. After the duck boats passed through Boston City Hall plaza around 11:30 AM, many Sox fans would notice another rally going on near the Holocaust Memorial on their ways to pubs in Hay-market.
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  • Berklee’s Yazhi Guo, Winner of 2012 Hong Kong Best Artist Award

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Oct. 30, 2013, — Each year, Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) presents the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards. There are seven winners for the prestigious Award for Best Artists for 2012. Yazhi Guo, who studies at Berklee College of Music, received the Best Artist Award for music category.
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    With suona in right hand, Guo holding the award trophy in his home studio (photo by David Li).
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  • Suzanne Lee and Michelle Wu Win Endorsements from Boston Herald

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Oct. 30, 2013, — Boston Herald published editorial endorsements for Boston City Council on Oct. 29, exactly a week from election day on Nov. 5. Suzanne Lee and Michelle Wu are among the candidates who got its endorsement from the paper, and their campaigns certainly got a boost in the final stretch.
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    (L to R)Michelle Wu, Beatrice Lee, and Lingyu Zhao at Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center Brighton House on Oct. 25.
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