Boston, May 6, 2014, — Sean Chen captivated audiences and critics at the 2013 Cliburn Competition with concerts “that had the crowd not just standing, but cheering loudly” (KDHX, St. Louis), earning the crystal award and winning three years of concert tours in the United States—the first American to win a prize since 1997.
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Pianist Sean Chen to Debut at Jordan Hall on May 24
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Jeffry Shea Recognized as Mass. Teacher of the Year on National Teacher Appreciation Day
Boston, May 6, 2014, — Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day. Belmont High School social studies teacher Dr. Jeffry Shea was recognized as Massachusetts Teacher of the Year by students and school administrators.
Dr. Shea delivers a speeches at a ceremony in Belmont High School.
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Mountains of People at Season Comic Exhibition in Shenzhen
By Vicky Li, high school student in Shenzhen
Shenzhen, China, May 2, 2014, — Season Comic Exhibition (Summer) 2014 opened in Shenzhen on May 2. I had looked forward to it for a long time. I have been to HK C3 and Shenzhen ACG(Animation, Comic and Game) Exhibition before, but never been to SCE (Season Comic Exhibition). Today is the opening day of SCE – Summer. I spent some time on the long queue outside the exhibition. There were mountains of people there.
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Music for Food Concert to Be Held on Mother’s Day at BU
Boston, May 5, 2014, -— On Sunday, May 11, Music for Food will kick off its first international initiative with a benefit concert for the Child Welfare League Foundation. This is the first concert in the organization’s history to benefit international hunger relief efforts.
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Chinese Students Mark Youth Day
(Host of this CCTV report is Raquel Olsson, a Boston University graduate.)
To celebrate China’s annual Youth Day which falls on May 4, a dazzling gala featuring students from around the country was aired on CCTV on Saturday night. Some 1,500 students took part, filling the atmosphere with their energetic songs and dances, all based on the theme “Flowers of May, Our Chinese Dream”.
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Online Education Drives Innovation and Competition in China
(from ecns.cn)Xie Kan, a former TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) tutor at New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc, had never delivered a lesson to more than 200 students.
But in late April he set a personal record by teaching 1,500. And the venue was not your typical classroom but the 31 year-old’s apartment.
Mobile apps for test preparation available for download at 100.com.
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Barry Chang — One of the Last Few Politicians Who Questioned Steve Jobs
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cupertino, Calif, May 2, 2014, — According to a video released recently, the site of Apple’s new headquarters will be 80% green space with its own native trees. The designers’ goal was to create a building with no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The following picture was from a June 2011 meeting when Steve Jobs answered questions about the proposed new Apple headquarters.
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Helen Berman of Rutgers University Wins Ben Franklin Award
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, May 1, 2014, — The Bio-IT World Conference handed out the pretigious Ben Franklin Award to Prof. Helen Berman yesterday morning in a plenary session. The winners of the tenth annual Best Practices Awards competition were also announced in the same session at Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston.
J.W. Bizzaro, president of Bioinformatics Orgnization, congratulates Ms. Berman (photo by David Li).
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Nashua Concert Series Ends with Performance by Yang and Olivia Liu
Nashua, N.H., April 30, 2014, — The Nashua Community Concert Association concluded its 2013-2014 season with a concert of classical and Chinese music by Yang and Olivia Liu on April 11. The concert was held at Nashua’s Elm Street Middle School.
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For Two Students, Running Boston Marathon Is the Best Lesson
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 28, 2014, — For the 36,000 runners of the 118th Boston Marathon, many of them returned to the race to finish it when two bombs interrupted last year’s Boston Marathon, such as Boston College student Yanyi Weng. For first-time runner Boston University graduate student Baiyun Yao, she trained hard for marathon in honor of Lingzi Lu. A beautiful sunny day with low humility certainly helped both of them finish the 26.2 mile course and cross finish line with pride on April 21, Patriots’ Day of 2014.
BU Chinese student Baiyun Yao (right) poses for a picture in front of China’s national flag after she finishes the marathon (provided to bostonese.com).
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