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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… Continue reading An open letter to Parents of Chinese Students in the United States

The Pearl River Collection — Forward and Acknowledgements

By Nancy Fray, translator and calligrapher of The Pearl River Collection, Selected Poems of Tommy Gee When Tommy Gee and I first met, I had been studying Calligraphy for three years. I was being taught to copy the classic Tang poems with a brush in Li Shu style. I wanted to compose something different –… Continue reading The Pearl River Collection — Forward and Acknowledgements

This Asian Student’s Essay Won Admission to Johns Hopkins

Hometown By Quan Life without language: all the ideas, thoughts, and emotions present, but unable to be expressed. This is how I picture my grandfather when he first immigrated to America with my grandmother and their nine children. Lost, he wanders around, hoping to bump into someone who can understand him. He raises his own… Continue reading This Asian Student’s Essay Won Admission to Johns Hopkins

Journey — A Chinese Zither Concert Presented by Boston Guzheng Ensemble

By Shin-Yi Yang, Director of Boston Guzheng Ensemble Join our Winter Concert presented at the Maxwell Auditorium at National Heritage Museum on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 7:30 PM. Our concert theme “Journey” features music of China from different regions which takes you travel from the northeast to southwest of China. The program also includes… Continue reading Journey — A Chinese Zither Concert Presented by Boston Guzheng Ensemble

Meet Me in St. Louis — An American Classic at Stoneham Theatre

By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist I feel very comfortable staying home New Year’s eve. Looks wicked cold outside 16 degrees, no wind, even though the sunshine was great. I went to the last performance of Meet Me in St. Louis in Stoneham Theatre. I am so glad that I didn’t miss this show. It’s perfect… Continue reading Meet Me in St. Louis — An American Classic at Stoneham Theatre

Meeting Friends at the 37th NEACP Annual Conference

By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com Nov. 2, 2014, — Yesterday, we had our 37th New England Association of Chinese Professionals (NEACP) Annual Conference in Harvard University Yenching Library. All the speakers were great. Some topics were out of reach for me and you learn something new every day. We had about 80 to 100 people for… Continue reading Meeting Friends at the 37th NEACP Annual Conference

The First Chinese American Oscar Winner — James Wong Howe

James Wong Howe, (Aug. 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), one of the greatest cinematographers of the American film industry, was born in Guangzhou, China, and brought by his parents to the United States at the age of five. In his legendary Hallywood career as cinematographer, Mr. Howe worked on over 130 films, and was… Continue reading The First Chinese American Oscar Winner — James Wong Howe