Boston, June 20, 2014, –-National Association of Asian American Professionals-Boston Chapter (NAAAP Boston) believes in innovation and the importance of making innovative leaders. At this year’s career success conference on June 14 at P& G, over 100 participants were shared with key skills, tools, and methodologies on business innovation and encouraged to take action to jump start innovation inside their organizations.

Keynote speaker Hitendra Patel, founder and managing director of IXL Center, spoke on “What is business innovation? How does business innovation happen inside organizations?” (Image courtesy of Mi Zhao.)
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NAAAP Boston Holds Career Success Conference Focusing on Innovation
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Airlines Add Direct Routes between China and US
Beijing, June 20, 2014 (Global Times), — It is quite rare to see numerous routes opened between China and the United States within two weeks, but this is exactly what is happening now.
Hainan Airlines, the fourth-largest airline in China in terms of fleet size, opens the nonstop route between Beijing and Boston, its third US city after Seattle and Chicago, Friday.

Chinese students from Northeastern University were invited to the ceremony at Boston Logan International Airport to celebrate the arrival of the first nonstop flight from Beijing (photos provided by NUCSSA).
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China’s Real Estate Market Continues to Grow
BEIJING, June 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — After the adjustment in the first half year, now the entire real estate market has become stable, in particular the situation of the real estate market in the past several weeks has indicated the warming again after a cold spell and the confidence of market participants is recovering. An original report by Sina Leju follows:
According to the latest data of CREIS, during the week from June 9 to 15, the cumulative transaction area of the domestic 40 cities rose by 13% MoM and 7% YoY, which indicated the warming of the cumulative turnover. Of which the first tier cities had the largest MoM growth rate reaching 39% and the MoM growth rate of Beijing reached 1.7 times; the second tier cities also had a certain YoY and MoM growth.

View of an apartment complex in Beijing from high speed rail(file photo).
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Belmont and Acton Students Took Top Prizes in KTByte’s Programming competition
Boston, June 20, 2014, –Ewen Wang, a 9th grader from Belmont, and Sky Li, an 8th grader from Acton, won first ($1000 cash) and second ($500 cash) prizes respectively from KTByte’s Business and Technology Contest on June 15, 2014. KTByte runs competitions for aspiring computer scientists in addition to their camps and classes. All participants were challenged to produce computer applications with societal benefits. Students submitted rigorous and creative projects across a variety of subjects. These included educational games, media applications, robotics, productivity apps, and more. Four finalists were selected from 20 participants.

Finalists from the Business and Science Competition. (L to R front row) Ewen Wang of Belmont (first place), Sky Li from Acton (second place), Lenny, and Alex. Back row second Ben, Luke, Kenneth, and Chi Bong.
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Portrait of Condoleezza Rice Unveiled at State Department
Washington, DC, June 19, 2014, –The portrait of former Secretary Condoleezza Rice was unveiled at Benjamin Franklin Room in State Department on June 18.

Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the portrait unveiling ceremony and reception in honor of the former Secretary at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2014(State Department photo).
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Hong Kong Day Declared as Hong Kong Celebrates Massachusetts
Boston, June 17, 2014 (HKSAR) – The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, proclaimed June 13, 2014 to be “Hong Kong Day” to recognize the importance of continued economic and trade ties between Massachusetts (MA) and Hong Kong, and the first official visit of the Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, Mr Clement Leung, to Boston.

Mr. Leung holds the Hong Kong Day declaration by Gov. Patrick in between State Reps Tarkey Chan and Donald Wong at the event (photo by Hongbin Ren, bostonese.com)
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Fung Highlights Record of Public Service in Debate of R.I. Republican Governor Candidates
Cranston, R.I., June 17, 2014, –- Today, Mayor Allan Fung, candidate for Governor of Rhode Island participated in the first televised debate of the Republican Primary Election, taking his opponent to task for a liberal agenda including tax increases and support for Obamacare. At the same time, Fung highlighted his own record of achievement in standing up for the taxpayers of Cranston, cutting government spending, reforming pensions, and balancing budgets without a tax increase for three straight years. This evening, Fung participated in his first ever televised debate against Ken Block, who four years ago ran an ill-fated third party campaign for governor. Block’s 2010 campaign launched attacks against the Republican Party, while gaining only six percent of the vote. Many Republicans believe Block secured a victory for then-independent, now Democrat, Governor Lincoln Chafee.

First TV commercial stresses Fung’s record as mayor.
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Golfer Alice Chen Repeats as N.J. State Champion
By David Li, bostonese.com
Princeton, N.J., June 19, 2014, — Alice Chen of Neshanic Valley was named a member of ALL-USA High School Girls Golf Team by USA Today yesterday. Chen has won back-to-back state titles in record-breaking fashion after leading New Jersey to its first title in the 10th USGA State Team Championship on September 19, 2013.

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World’s First Smart Home Audio and Lighting Solution Launched by Belleds Technologies
Cambridge, Mass., — June 17, 2014 — Cambridge, MA — June 17, 2014 — Belleds Technologies announces its support for Apple’s HomeKit during its Kickstarter campaign launch today from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
The Belleds team recently won the Audience Choice Award at the MIT Clean Energy competition for their innovative LED lighting product. Kickstarter reward levels include a $99 basic kit, which includes 3 light bulbs and a base station that connects to speakers to stream audio.

(L to R)mentor Sam Schaevitz, co-founders Michael Chen, Daniel Taub, Alan Zhou and mentor Louis Morales pose for a picture.
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Nonstop Flight between Boston and China to Bring Golden Opportunities
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, June 17, 2014, — As the launch of nonstop flight between Boston and Beijing is only three days away, local travel agencies are preparing for the increasing number of tourists from China with the nonstop flights. China has become the No. 1 country in the world in terms of tourists traveling abroad. Sunshine Travel shared the following photo on Weibo, a popular social media platform in Chinese language.

Hainan Airlines to provide free shuttle bus service from downtown Boston to Logan Airport to celebrate the launching of the nonstop flight.
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