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  • Studying at M.I.T. During WWII

    (Note: Prof. Lee graduated from Tsinghua University in 1940. Tsinghua University was relocated to Kunming in Southern China after Japanese troops started full-scale invasion to China on July 7, 1937. In the summer of 1942, he flow from Kunming to India with the help of the Flying Tigers, and then took a long boat ride to New York City. After completing his master’s and PhD studies in just two and half years, Prof. Lee later became a full professor at M.I.T. and started two companies successfully. This article is from his autobiography From Tsinghua to M.I.T., soon to be published by Boston Bilingual Media and Publishing Inc.)

    By Shih-Ying Lee

    I arrived in Cambridge in early October 1942 and immediately registered at M.I.T. Since I was rather late to register, there was no space in the dormitories for graduate students. Most of my classmates were foreign students from South America, Turkey, China and other countries. Most American students below age 30 were drafted to fight in WWII.
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    M.I.T. Chinese Students Club, 1942. Prof. Lee was in the front row, 2nd from left.
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  • CY Leung: Hong Kong Is “Your Super-connector to China”

    By CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong

    (Mr. C Y Leung delivered this speech at a luncheon in Cambridge, Mass., hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York on May 5, 2015. Representative of bostonese.com attended this luncheon.)

    Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues,

    Good afternoon. I’m very pleased to be with you today in Boston, my first official visit here, one I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. I am even more interested in visiting Boston when I read, a few weeks ago, that Boston had been named one of the world’s most livable cities in the Mercer 2015 Quality of Living rankings.

    Of course, the people of Boston don’t need me or Mercer to tell them that they’ve got a good thing going: a city renowned for its community spirit; a city long celebrated as an international powerhouse in education; a city fast-emerging as a global business and technology hub.
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  • Why Did I Start Romantic Zumba Club?

    By Man Li, zumba dance instructor

    First of all, I’d like to thank you all for your passionate interest and support for making the “Romantic Zumba Club” possible. I feel completely honored and flattered to see all of the overwhelming responds to my callings.
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    Ms. Man Li leads her students in a zumba class at her home studio(provided to bostonese.com).
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  • A Great SAT Essay Is Like A Great Piece of Music?

    By Neil Chyten, founder of The Chyten Center

    “If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.”
    — Author Anais Nin

    Writing great essays is not a lost art form. It is often, however, buried deep within a student’s creative mind or held in check by the student’s own fear of stepping over some imaginary boundary that separates creativity from convention. The secret to great writing is a simple one: “Write as if you were creating a symphony.”
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  • How Do You Choose a Test Prep and Tutoring Company?

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    In years past, anyone could hang a shingle and start a business.  Nowadays, websites are the new shingles, and it seems that anyone can build a website and become the new best tutoring and test prep company on the block. So, with so many choices how can you possibly know whom to trust with your child’s tutoring, test preparation, and college admission needs? Perhaps a quick review of essential characteristics would help. You need a company that:
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  • My Freshman Year at Tsinghua University in 1936

    By Shih Ying Lee

    （In 1936, Mr. Shih Ying Lee became a freshman at Tsinghua University（THU） in Beijing, China. After his freshman year, Mr. Lee had to travel many miles to Changsha, and then Kunming as Tsinghua University had to relocate due to the Japanese invasion. Mr. Lee arrived Boston to study at MIT as a graduate student in 1942. Ms. Lee later became a professor at MIT, and an entrepreneur. This article is from Prof Lee’s autobiography.)
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    Mr. and Mrs. Shih Ying Lee celebrate THU’s 100th anniversary at MIT Student Activity Center in April 2011.
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  • Singapore — A National Prays for Lee Kuan Yew

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    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote on Facebook when sharing the picture above:”Thank you all for your good wishes and prayers for my father. I am deeply touched by them. Have been looking at some old photos from our family collection. So many happy memories over a lifetime.”

    By Lim Ee Ling, Singapore

    Please recover and be the fighter like you always do. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for the nation which has benefitted many many generations. I wish we can tell you personally how grateful we are to be Singaporean.
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  • A Real Time — A Poem and Pictures of Winter Boston

    Poem By Sophia Yee, Photos by Connie
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  • Tonight, We Host Lunar New Year Gala!

    By Susan Qu, Jian Ni

    Susan: Good evening, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2015 New England Chinese-American Professionals New Year Gala. My name is Susan Qu, one of the 5 co-chairs on the gala organizing committee.
    Jian: My name is Jian Ni, I’m also one of the five co-chairs.

    Susan: Now we are celebrating the Chinese New Year of 2015. Saying farewell to the Year of the Horse, we welcome the arrival of the Year of the Goat. Now allow me to kick-off this gala with a New Year wish. We wish everyone here a happy, healthy, and successful new year.

    Susan/Jian: Happy New Year!
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    (from left)Susan Qu, Jian Ni and Xin Xiong get ready for raffle drawing(photo by David Li).
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  • An open letter to Parents of Chinese Students in the United States

    Dear parents,

    My kid has been studying in the United States for three years at Boston University. Ever since she went there, I’ve been hearing from her all the bad things that happened to Chinese students in high schools and universities of America, which haunts me endlessly. I feel fidgety, a lot. So I’m writing to make you aware of the situation, since you also have children abroad or soon-to-be abroad. This way, we can do something to protect our darlings. (Note: Parents with toddlers wearing T-shirts with Harvard Class of 2034 across the chest, this applies to you, too.)
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    China is by far the largest source of international students coming to the United States (source: OPEN DOORS 2014/INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION).
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