By David Li, bostonese.com
San Francisco, Nov. 25, 2013, — President Obama delivered a speech on immigration reform today at Betty Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco, California. The speech was briefly interrupted by two hecklers. Obama stopped the secret service agents from removing the hecklers, who yelled “Stop deportations!” repeatedly.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Acton, Mass., Nov. 23, 2013, — Washington Figure Skating Club (WFSC), the largest U.S. Figure Skating sanctioned Club, is the host of the 2014 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships, November 19-23, 2013, at Ashburn Ice House. In the Juvenile Girls completion on Nov. 20, 12-year-old Iris Zhao from Acton, Mass. finished at fourth place, and qualified for Prudential 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships to be held in Boston from Jan. 5 to 12, 2014.
Iris Zhao won silver medal of the under 13 group at last year’s New England Regional Championships (photo provided by May Liu).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 18, 2013, — When pianist Dr. Lin Lin moved to Boston ten years ago, 5-year-old Kevin Zhao became her first student. Ten years later, you can see how proud Dr. Lin was from the smiles on her face at Kevin Zhao’s recital at Longy School of music in the evening of Nov. 9, 2013.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Nov. 21, 2013, — When you walk on the streets, you may not be ready to take a punch on the head by someone with all of his strength. You are not in a boxing ring after all. In a latest TV report by Channel 2 CBS station in NYC, more and more people have become victims of the so-called “knockout game.”
Police are looking into whether the beating of a Paterson teen was part of a new trend called the “Knockout Game.” (From News 12 New Jersey)
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New York, Nov. 19, 2013, — Yin Chengzong, one of the most renowned pianists in the world, is celebrating his 30th anniversary debut at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Yin returns to the stage for a solo performance on this Saturday, Nov. 23. Invited by Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Mr. Yin performed at NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston on Nov. 15.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Oct. 22, 2013, Cambridge, Mass. — Chinese North America Sports Association (CNASA) hosted its popular annual badminton tournament on October 12 at Zesiger Athletic Center of MIT. The CNASA Cup badminton tournament attracts a dozen or so teams from East Coast each year.
First place team New Mount of the men’s group (photos provided by CNASA).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 8, 2013, — Harvard China Night 2013 was held at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (HKS) at the evening of Nov. 1, 2013. This year’s theme is “China’s Next Ten Years: Business as (Un)usual”. Three distinguished guests: Dr. Gao Jian, Dr. Zhang Yujun and Prof. John A. Quelch delivered keynote speeches. Traditional Chinese cultural performances won loud applause from hundreds of attendees. This event was organized by HKS China Students and Scholars Association (CSSA).
Attendees and performers pose for a group picture at Harvard China Night 2013 (photo provided by HKS CSSA)
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Malden, Mass., Nov. 13, 2013, — Mayor Gary Christenson, City Council President Neal Anderson and city officials recently welcomed six Brazilian Mayors and three Vice Mayors along with their staff.
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BEIJING, /PRNewswire/ — On June 19 (German time), the 2013 International Student Cluster Challenge (ISC’13) was closed in Leipzig, Germany. The team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China has won the Best Linpack award and set a world new record with 8.455TFLOPS. The team from the Centre for High Performance Computing of South Africa won the Overall Best award, and the team from Tsinghua University ranked second in terms of overall score at ISC’13. It is China’s second championship at ISC’13 after Tianhe-2 claimed the lead in the Top500 list. The world is marveling at China’s rapid development in system research, application development, and talent education in the field of supercomputers.
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