By China Education Symposium Andrew Conning is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Graduate Student Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research examines the structures of reasoning with which individuals across cultures make sense of international and interethnic issues. He is spending 2012-13 conducting research in… Continue reading Q & A with Andrew Conning on China Education Policy
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One More Week at Regent Theatre for My mother is Italian, My father is Jewish, & I am in Therapy
By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist Medford, Mass., May 11, 2013, — I went to see this comedy right in my neighborhood last week at Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. Arlington, Mass. and also interviewed the one-man show’s actor, Peter J. Fogel by the telephone the day after for 45 minutes.
Pictures of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Early Spring
Photos by Sophia Yee, painter Just twenty miles west of Boston lies an oasis for wildlife – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Roughly 85 percent of the refuge’s more than 3,800 acres is comprised of valuable freshwater wetlands stretching along 12 miles of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
Visions for the New Decade — Opening Speech at 16th Harvard China Forum
By Yueran Ma and David Pickerell, delivered on April 13, 2013 at Charles Hotel in Harvard Square In the scope of China’s five-thousand-year history, one decade is all but transitory, comparable to less than two months in a typical person’s life. However, a decade in the span of our less-than-one-hundred-year journey in this world is… Continue reading Visions for the New Decade — Opening Speech at 16th Harvard China Forum
Li Yuanchao, New VP of China, Once a Student at Harvard
From cntv.cn In October 2007, Li was elected a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, as well as appointed as a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. In this file photo taken on Aug. 26, 2011, Li… Continue reading Li Yuanchao, New VP of China, Once a Student at Harvard
“When There’s a Will, There’s a Way” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest
By Franklin A. Eneh, Clark University, Chinese teacher: Ya-chen Chen (Franklin A. Eneh is a contestant of the Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area. He gave this speech in Chinese on March 23 at UMass Boston.) Before studying abroad in China I was full of expectations. Through studying… Continue reading “When There’s a Will, There’s a Way” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest
Farewell, An English Adaptation of a Tang Poem
Farewell by Catherine Wang Hsu It is snowing here in Boston Like cotton flowers floating in the air Quiet evening with nothing new. One more drink To you, my friend From California go west Dear old friends are near!
“Chinese Mother” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area
By Marcus Larsen-Strecker, Tufts University, Chinese teacher: Wentao Li (Marcus Larsen-Strecker is a contestant of the Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area. He gave this speech in Chinese on March 23 at UMass Boston.) Respected teachers, ladies and gentleman! Thank you very much for finding the time to… Continue reading “Chinese Mother” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area
天津，我中文梦起飞的地方 Tianjin — The Place Where I Developed My Dreams
天津，我中文梦起飞的地方 张炫晶, 波士顿学院，第3届新英格兰地区大学生“汉语桥”比赛参赛选手，指导老师吕芳 读完小学后我去了加拿大，在那儿完了初中和高中。高中毕业后，我被波士顿学院（Boston College) 录取了。上了大学二年级后，我去中国留学了，学了两个学期汉语。目前我是波士顿学院三年级的学生，专业是教育心理。我的第二外语是英文，第三外语是中文。
How the Latest Snowstorm Turned My Corolla into Prius
By David Li, bostonese.com Boston, March 8, 2013, — I live north of Boston, and had to go to Longwood area this afternoon for an appointment. When I opened the door this morning, there was already several inches of snow. I parked my car in a way that it was against the strong wind overnight.… Continue reading How the Latest Snowstorm Turned My Corolla into Prius