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  • World Renowned Pianist Yin Chengzong Returns to Carnegie Hall on Nov. 23

    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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  • Pictures from Tenth Annual CNASA Cup Badminton Tournament @MIT

    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.
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    First place team New Mount of the men’s group (photos provided by CNASA).
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  • Harvard China Night 2013 Discusses China’s New Reforms

    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).
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    Attendees and performers pose for a group picture at Harvard China Night 2013 (photo provided by HKS CSSA)
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  • East Lake International Forum for Young Scholars / 2013年国际青年学者东湖论坛

     2013 年12 月27 日-29 日，中国武汉 Dec 27 – 29, 2013
    主办单位：华中科技大学 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

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  • Malden Welcomes Brazilian Delegation and Receives $3 Million MassWorks Grant

    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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  • China Shocks the Supercomputer Community Again with HUST’s HPL Championship at ISC 2013

    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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  • Dr. Hangming Yang Receives Distinguished Career in Science Award at 2013 Bridge Medical Summit

    By David Li and Dongyu Chen, bostonese.com

    Nov. 8, 2013, — Started two years ago by doctors and researchers at American Chinese Medical Association (ACMA), Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) has become a new Fall tradition in Boston’s medical district. This year’s BMS has been successfully held at Boston Children’s Hospital on Oct. 26. With focuses on Medical Education, Cancer Prevention & Screening, Genetics and Proteomics as well as Healthcare Issues in the US and China, BMS III has interpreted complicated medical language into presentations and speeches that could be understood by the public.
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    Group picture at evening reception.
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  • Five Ways to Make Donations for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

    Typhoon Haiyan swept across the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013 with max wind speed topping 200 mph. It left a trail of massive destruction in its wake. With sustained wind speed at 145 mph, Haiyan was the second category 5 typhoon to strike the island nation this year.
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    Only coconut trees left standing in the background after Typhoon Haiyan passed an island of Philippines.
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  • World War II Veteran Arthur Wong Joins Protest Against ABC in Boston Common

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 11, 2013, — Today, Mr. Arthur Wong of Boston Chinatown celebrates 68th Veteran’s Day after he returned from battlegrounds of Europe in 1945. Nineteen-year-old Arthur Wong found himself on Omaha Beach on D-day (June 6, 1944). Five months later, he was seriously injured during a firefight in Germany. He returned Boston after a few months treatment in a hospital in southern France.
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    (L to R)Mr. Arthur Wong and Yiduo Nian at Saturday’s protest in Boston Common.
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  • What a Journey — Protests Against ABC on Back-to-back Days in NYC

    New York City, November 9, 2013, — Hundreds of protesters showed up outside ABC headquaters to protest against ABC network and its Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday. In the Kids Table segment aired on Oct. 16, a six-year-old boy suggested “kill everyone in China” when Jimmy Kimmel asked how to resolve the $1.3 trillion US debt to China. Jimmy Kimmel responded by saying “It’s an interesting idea”, and later asked the kids “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”
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