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  • Never to Be Forgotten – Lost Years Documents Struggles of Early Chinese Immigrants

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    On August 12, Lost Years won the Best Documentary Award at 2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). In the afternoon of the same day, in a large classroom of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston Chinatown, the film premiered in Boston in front of an audience of 200, some of whom had tears in their eyes while watching the scenes of inhumane and injustice treatments of Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s in North America, New Zealand and Australia.
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    （L to R）Tina Chien, Nancy Eng watching director Kenda Gee answering questions from the audience.
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi to Deliver Godkin Lecture at Harvard Kennedy School

    CAMBRIDGE MA — Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver the annual Godkin Lecture at Harvard Kennedy School on September 27th. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge.

    VOA’s Scott Stearns interviews Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at VOA in Washington D.C., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (VOA/A. Klein)
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  • MIT Dragon Held on the Lead in a Friendly Soccer Match Against Boston United

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass. – In the evening of September 15, MIT Dragon soccer team hosted a friendly soccer match against Boston United at Henry Steinbrenner Stadium & Track. Players from both teams enjoyed an evening of playing soccer on a beautiful autumn night, and the match was played at a high level as there were many outstanding players from both teams.

    MIT Dragon players (in red shirts) and Boston United players joined for a group photo after the match.
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  • Pictures and Poem of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by a Painter

    By Sophia Yee, painter

    I took these pictures recently at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord Mass. it’s a very beautiful place: the sunset, sunrise, birds, wild flowers, ducks, herons and so on.

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  • Welcome Speech at Parent Orientation Meeting at OMMS

    By Joanna DeStefanis, Oak Meadow Montessori School (OMMS)

    Welcome. My name is Joanna DeStefanis and I am the assistant head of school here at Oak Meadow. Congratulations to you for choosing Oak Meadow for your child’s education! I am confident that your son or daughter is going to thrive here. If you are new to Oak Meadow, welcome to the beginning of your Montessori journey. I’d like to take a few minutes to share with you my personal journey.

    The image above was on Google’s homepage on August 31, 2012 to honor Dr. Maria Montessori’s 142nd Birthday.
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  • Returning from Music Festival in Europe, Pianist George Li Took Home $10K Prize

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the evening of August 10, well-known pianist George Li performed at the 21st annual music festival at Walnut Hill. As a 17-year-old, George Li is a seasoned pianist well beyond his age. As usual, his performance was full of passion and dedication, and received thundering applause and standing ovation from the audience.

    Alfred Brendel gave George Li master piano lesson at Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland.
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  • Celebrating Friendship and Olympic Gold Medals, HUST Boston Alumni Held Summer Outing

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Newburyport, Mass. – On August 11, the second to last day of 2012 London Olympic Games, Boston area alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) held annual summer outing at Moseley Woods Park. Over 60 alumni and their family members showed up for the outing despite of a rainy forecast.

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  • President Obama’s Email Response to My Review of No Look Pass


    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In May 2012, I sent an email to President Obama at whitehouse.gov. In that email, I mentioned to him a documentary movie No Look Pass I saw at Harvard Square, and sent him link to my review article No Look Pass – A Sure Hit in Its Boston Premiere at Brattle Theatre, published on bostonese.com. A Chinese version of this article 《闭眼妙传》首映 哈佛女篮亚裔球星担纲主角 was published on the China Press Weekly and on bostonese.com.

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  • A Special Lesson at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture by Melissa Ludtke

    By David Li, bostonese.com, translated by George Zeng, Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture

    Waltham, Mass. – On the afternoon of July 17, a group of middle school students found themselves listening to an exceptionally unique lesson at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) in Waltham. These 22 students from Beijing’s Experimental School Attached to Haidian Teachers Training College (ESHTTC) were visiting the United States on a special exchange program with the purpose of learning about modern American life and culture.

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  • 2012 New Haven Open at Yale Is Just Around the Corner

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Most sports fans are very excited watching the London Olympics now. In just two weeks, the 2012 New Heaven Open at Yale will be upon us. For many top tennis players, this tournament is a warmup for the US Open. For tennis fans, New Heaven Open provides them a great opportunity to see the best tennis players with inexpensive tickets and easy parking.

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