By David Li, bostonese.com, photos by John Tsou
Boston, August 8, 2014, — The fourth Asian American Festival arts gala was held at the Fenway Center in the evening of August 2, 2014. Close to 300 in the audience enjoyed a night of beautiful music and dance that celebrated the rich cultures and long history of Asian countries.
Saxophone solo Jasmine by Hongwei Gao from Asian American Arts Group (photo by John Tsou).
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Beijing, August 8, 2014, — The Chinese media have been overwhelmed by a pop song, Little Apple, by the Chopstick Brothers. Called “brainwashing pop song” by many, Little Apple has become popular overnight in China like Gangnam Style or Tante (Perturbed) in the recent past.
Police officers perform the square dance Little Apple in Jilin city of northeast China’s Jilin province on July 29, 2014. Chinese pop duo Chopsticks Brothers’ new song Little Apple has become an internet sensation after being remixed and re-edited by fans across China since it was released in May. [Photo/Cang Yan]
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New York City, August 7, 2014, (xinhuanet.com) — China Southern Airlines, the country’s largest air carrier by fleet size, launched non-stop flights between Guangzhou and New York on Wednesday.
Si Xianmin (second from left), president of the China Southern Air Holding Company and chairman of China Southern Airlines Company Limited attends a ceremony in New York, the United States, on Aug 6, 2014. (Photo/Xinhua)
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By Tong Zhang, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., August 4, 2014, — If you want to get latest updates on global innovation, there is no better place than the classroom of MIT. Lecturers from Harvard University, MIT and Tsinghua University delivered insightful speeches on Innovation and Entrepreneurship yesterday at MIT Sloan School of Management, a few blocks away from Kendall Square subway station. About 80 members of MIT-CHIEF, delegation of Tsinghua educational management to USA, scholars and students from Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Beijing Normal University attended the seminar.
Speakers and organizers pose for a group picture (photo by Tong Zhang).
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August 4, 2014, — The White House on Sunday offered condolences over loss of lives in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, where a strong earthquake befell earlier in the day, saying the United States was ready to help.
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By Tong Chen, bostonese.com
Acton, Mass., July 31, 2014, — In a US News ranking of best public high schools for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) earlier this year, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton made to the top ten list. Five high schools in the Silicon Valley region of California took the fourth to eighth spots in the top ten list.
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By Market Basket Employees (from wearemarketbasket.com)
Boston, July 31, 2014, — Rumor was rampant today of a 5pm deadline for an offer submitted by ATD’s side of the family to buy out all of ASD’s side. That rumored deadline came and went with no announcement so we presume an extension was granted. We have been anticipating a deal all week as we continue on with our protests and boycotts and each day has come and gone with no resolution to this. The CEOs have issued more threats to our livelihoods and our customers have shoved them right back in their face as they continue their unwavering support for our cause.
An empty Market Basket Store in Burlington, Mass.(provided to bostonese.com).
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By Portia Wu
July 29, 2014, Washington, DC, — Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a series of programs aimed at restoring our nation’s fundamental promise of equality and opportunity. The July 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the Economic Opportunity Act, signed on Aug. 20 of that year, were twin pillars of the “War on Poverty” – both committed to extending the American Dream to those who had been unjustly excluded.
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(China Daily joined bostonese.com to criticize the hate speech toward Chinese people by Bob Beckel on Fox News after recent murders of a Chinese student and a professor at USC and UNC. Our Chinese report on the murders on July 26, 2014 bostonese.com/2014/07/two-chinese-murdered-in-unc-and-usc criticized ABC and Fox News for airing hate speech against Chinese people.)
July 30, 2014, (chinadaily.com.cn) — Chinese communities throughout the United State were saddened by the deaths last week of a 24-year-old Chinese graduate student at the University of Southern California (USC), who was beaten on his way to his apartment and died there, and a 59-year-old Chinese research professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) after being mugged during his lunchtime walk on a street.
USC student Ji Xinran died after he was beaten badly by four teenagers (file photo).
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Cambridge, Mass, July 22, -– Weeks after a strong showing at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention, Cambridge City Councillor and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Leland Cheung has released a policy paper calling for the abolition of the Governor’s Council. The Lieutenant Governor chairs the Council, which consents to gubernatorial appointments.
Leland Cheung announced his campaign for Lt. Governor with his family earlier this year (file photo).
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