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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.
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    (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.
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    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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  • Chris Yen — Boston Native Turned Movie Star

    By Jean Lukitsh

    If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of those classic kung fu movies – you know, the kind where everyone around you, up to and including your Grandma is an ace martial artist? Then ask Chris Yen. Daughter of legendary master Bow Sim Mark and kid sister of Asia’s superstar Donnie Yen, Chris grew up in her mom’s kung fu school in Boston, getting the kind of total immersion training that is seldom seen anymore outside of the movies!
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    Chris Yen trains with her mother and brother in Boston (file photo).
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  • Jannie Mark Receives Visionary Award at QARI Community Banquet

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Quincy, Mass., June 9, 2014, — The seventh Quincy Asian Resources Inc. community banquet were held on May 30 at China Pearl in Quincy. Close to 600 guests, including candidate for governor State Treasurer Steve Grossman, candidate for Lt. Governor Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung, participated in the banquet.
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    Jannie Mark (second from right) honored at the banquet (photo by David Li).
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  • President Obama Speaks at Weston Fundraising Event

    REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT A DSCC EVENT

    Private Residence
    Weston, Massachusetts
    June 11, 2014
    7:29 P.M. EDT

    THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to see Paul and Joanne really have been there from the get-go. And I’ve had the pleasure of their friendship and support — when people couldn’t pronounce my name in a lot of places — (laughter) — and I so appreciate the risk they took with me. And it means so much to be in their home today.
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    President Obama arrives in Logain Airport in June 2013 (file photo).
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  • Nanjing Massacre and “Comfort Women” Might Be Listed as “Memory of World”

    Beijing, June 11 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday rejected Japan’s call for it to withdraw an application to register records of Japan’s wartime sex slaves with UNESCO.

    “We will not accept Japan’s unreasonable protest, and will not drop our application,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily news briefing.
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    China asks UNESCO to list archives of Nanjing Massacre & comfort women as “Memory of World”.
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  • Bill to Change NYC Specialized High School Admissions Draws Concerns

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    New York City, June 10, 2014, — There are nine specialized high schools in New York City. They were established to serve the needs of academically and artistically gifted students by Department of Education of the city.

    N.Y. Senate bill S7738 made front page news on today’s World Journal, one of the largest Chinese daily newspapers in North America. The following is a picture of the front page story.
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  • Awards and New President Unveiled at NECINA Annual Meeting

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 9, 2014, — The annual meeting of New England Chinese Information & Networking Association（NECINA） was held at Two Financial Center in the morning of June 7. About 250 members and guests attended the annual meeting with the theme of “Technology Innovations and the Changing Face of Global Manufacturing Economies.”
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    Michael Wang and X2 Technology won the grand prize of NEW 2.0 at the annual meeting (photo by David Li).
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  • The Sharewood Project Offers Free Health Clinic in Malden

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 9, 2014, –It was 16 years ago when I first came to know the Sharewood Project in the Fall of 1998. I gradated from a master’s program earlier that year, and was working part-time for Singtao Daily newspaper. I went to report the weekly clinic by Sharewood Project at the Church of All Nations in Boston Chinatown.
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    The Sharewood clinic was in this church back in 1998. It’s now in the First Church in Malden, Mass. (file photo).
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  • SAPA-NE 2014 Annual Conference to be Held on June 21 @MIT

    Cambridge, Mass., June 9, 2014, — Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association New England (SAPA-NE) annual conference will take place at MIT Sloan School of Management Tang Center on June 21, 2014 (8:00 am – 5:30 pm). This year the theme of the conference is “Open Innovation and Global Collaboration: Improve efficiency and productivity of pharmaceutical & Biotech Industries”.
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    Awards were handed out at 2013 SAPA-NE’s annual conference (file photo).
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