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  • Australian Open — Li Na Advances into Round of 16 Fifth Year in a Row

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Two-time finalist Li Na saved a match point before clawing back to record a three-set victory over Czech Lucie Safarova in the third round of the Australian Open here on Friday.

    The Chinese fourth seed, a finalist in 2011 and last year, won 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 in two and a half hours to set up a clash with Russian 22nd seed Ekaterina Makarova for a place in the quarter-finals.
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    Li Na of China hits a return to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during their women’s singles match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 15, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]
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  • Get Ready for Brady Manning Bowl XV

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Jan. 15, 2014, — With the NFL championship Sunday coming up on Jan. 19 in Denver, Colorado, many New England Patriots fans are very confident about the AFC title game Sunday afternoon. It will be a rematch of Patriots and Broncos this season, and the 15th time the top two NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will face off.
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    In the regular season game two months ago in Foxboro, Mass., Patriots came back from 24-0 half time deficit to win in overtime 34-31 (photo credit: Patriots Facebook page)
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  • You Are Invited to “Happy Gathering in New York” Gala on Jan. 25 at NYU

    New York City, Jan. 14, 2014, –The third annual “Happy gathering in New York” gala will once again unite the east coast Chinese community and our friends in academia. Come enjoy selections from the splendid tradition of Chinese performing arts including opera, dance, comedic performance and music from both southern and northern China.

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  • “Cultures of China, Festival of spring” Returns to Boston on Feb. 16, 2014

    Boston, Jan. 14, 2014, — “Cultures of China, Festival of spring” event is a global celebration organized annually by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. It is one of the largest cultural celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year around the world.
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    Beijing Opera artists Yu Kuizhi, Li Shengsu will perform at “Cultures of China, Festival of spring” Boston stop on Feb. 16.
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  • Mayor Christenson Attends Grand Opening of Mandarin Malden Restaurant

    Malden, Mass., Jan. 12, 2014, — Mayor Gary Christenson and City Councillor John Matheson recently attended the Grand Opening of the newly established Mandarin Malden Restaurant located at 74 Pleasant Street.
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    Mayor Christenson (second from right) and Councillor Matheson (second from left) cut the ribbon at Mandarin Malden Restaurant (photo credit: City of Malden).
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  • An Open Letter to President Obama

    January 12, 2014

    Dear President Obama:

    The Chinese Alliance for Equality, along with other Chinese American organizations dedicated to protecting civil rights and improving racial equality, is writing to respond to the White House’s inadequate investigation to the petition against the Jimmy Kimmel Show. We appreciate your attention but are disheartened and disappointed by your office’s stance.
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  • White House Response to Petition to Cut Jimmy Kimmel Show

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    Official White House Response To
    Investigate Jimmy Kimmel Kid’s Table Government Shutdown Show on ABC Network

    What We Have to Say About Jimmy Kimmel

    Thank you for your petition. Your petition requested an apology from those involved, and to “cut the show”.
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  • Iris Zhao Wins Gold at 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Jan. 9, 2014, — You just cannot predict how your coach would react after you won the national championship. “There are no words to express how proud I am of Iris today. US Juvenile Champion! Such a tremendous day with a wonderful girl who’s light filled the building today:)” wrote Kristen Weir, professional figure skating coach at Colonial Figure Skating Club on Facebook. She also changed her Facebook profile picture to the one below.
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    Iris Zhao is sandwiched by coaches Kristen Weir and Amy Allen for a picture after winning the championship (from Facebook).
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  • Chinese Tycoon Chen Guangbiao Explains His NY Times Bid

    Following the announcement on his desire to buy The New York Times last week, Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao again drew media’s attention by announcing his plan to spend over US$1 million on two severely burned and disfigured Falun Gong self-immolators for their medical treatment.

    Held in a hotel in Manhattan, New York, the press conference kicked off by Chen singing a song composed by himself. Chen then proceeded to share his point of views on life and wealth, followed by the real announcements of the press conference today.
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  • Gov. Patrick Launches Next Phase of MASS HIWAY Health Information Exchange

    Boston, January 8, 2014 –- Governor Deval Patrick today launched the next phase of the Mass HIway Health Information Exchange, joining health care leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to demonstrate the innovative new tools that will allow providers for the first time to locate, request and retrieve medical records from other participating healthcare providers across the Commonwealth on a secure, interconnected system with a click of a button.
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