From NAAAP Boston
The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston chapter (NAAAP Boston) will hold its Second Annual Leadership Forum on Saturday, September 14, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Hilton Back Bay at 40 Dalton Street.
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The White House
August 30, 2013
U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013
The United States Government assesses with high confidence that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013. We further assess that the regime used a nerve agent in the attack. These all-source assessments are based on human, signals, and geospatial intelligence as well as a significant body of open source reporting. Our classified assessments have been shared with the U.S. Congress and key international partners. To protect sources and methods, we cannot publicly release all available intelligence – but what follows is an unclassified summary of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s analysis of what took place.
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By Claire Golds, student assistant at Confucius Institute of URI
Kingston, R.I., August 28, 2013, — From August 21 to 25, the Confucius Institute of the University of Rhode Island held a teacher training workshop, where 55 teachers of Chinese as a Second Language(CSL) came from all over New England and some other states, living together, eating together, attending lectures, and sharing their stories and experiences with each other. The workshop is sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters, and hosted by the Confucius Institute at University of Rhode Island.
Robin Harvey demos the art of storying-telling in teaching Chinese. (photos by Chi Zhang)
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(from cntv.cn)
Beijing police have arrested Chinese-American businessman and online opinion leader Charles Xue, known online as Xue Manzi. Xue is accused of using the services of prostitutes.
3:07 P.M. EDT, August 28, 2013
THE PRESIDENT: To the King family, who have sacrificed and inspired so much; to President Clinton; President Carter; Vice President Biden and Jill; fellow Americans.
Five decades ago today, Americans came to this honored place to lay claim to a promise made at our founding: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, August 27, 2013 — Ms. Xiuli Shi and Mr. Lee Libbey from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology (IMUST) in Baotou city, China presented Commissioner Ed Davis with a Thank-you letter signed by hundreds of students at Boston Police headquarters this morning. Commissioner Davis accepted the Thank-you letter on behalf of all law enforcement personnel who were involved in the Boston Marathon bombings and its aftermath.
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Boston, August 27, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the launch of Renew Boston Solarize, a three-month campaign to make solar panels more affordable and accessible for Boston homeowners and small businesses. Mayor Menino, who had solar panels installed on his home in Hyde Park last year, has set a goal of 150 new residential-scale solar power installations in Boston, representing a 50 percent increase from last year’s campaign.
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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) –- US universities dominate the top 20 in global annual rankings released by a Chinese organisation Thursday, with Harvard once again in top spot.
Commencement Exercises are held at Harvard University on May 30, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. US universities dominate the top 20 in global annual rankings released by a Chinese organisation Thursday, with Harvard once again in top spot. (Getty Images/AFP/File)
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(from cntv.cn)
Jinan, China, August 22, 2013, — The trial of Bo Xilai has opened at the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in East China’s Shandong province.
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(from china.org.cn)
Legendary rock band Aerosmith have been forced to cancel their Shanghai and Taipei gigs due to a local promoter’s inability to meet contractual obligations.
“It is with sincere regret that Aerosmith has announced that it must cancel two previously scheduled festival gigs,” the band wrote in a statement on their official website. The two gigs were originally scheduled on Aug. 21 in Shanghai and Aug. 24 in Taipei.
Poster for the cancelled concert in Shanghai.
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