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  • Boston’s Chinese Community Thanks Senator Brown for Senate’s Apology for Chinese Exclusion Act

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the evening of October 20, 2012, about 300 Chinese People of Greater Boston and New England held an appreciation party for Senator Scott Brown at Empire Garden restaurant. They thanked Senator Brown’s contribution in passing resolution S.Res.201 – A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed in the US Senate on October 6, 2011. Also in attendance were members of the Vietnamese, Korean, and Cambodian communities.

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  • Earthquake in Maine Shook Office Buildings in Boston Area

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston – An office worker was about to leave office a few minutes after a meeting ended at 7:00 PM ET, when he felt the three story office building north of Boston shook for a few seconds. “I ran over to the window, and saw the trees were not moving. So, it couldn’t be the wind,” he told reporter over the phone. Electricity and Internet services were not interrupted according to the office worker. One of his coworkers also felt the earthquake on the first floor of the office building. “It was like an elephant was walking on the second floor,” she said.

    Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors) (from usgs.gov)
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  • President Obama and First Lady’s Thank-you Letter to George Li

    July 1, 2011

    Mr. George Li
    New York, New York
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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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