Boston, April 10, 2013, — Featuring top-level education leaders, contemporary and traditional arts performances, school tours and more, the National Chinese Language Conference kicked off April 7 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel.
(from top left clock-wise)Hao Ping, Xu Lin, Joe Wong and Paranjpe brothers at the reception dinner.
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Category: News
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“Engage the Future” — Boston Hosts 6th National Chinese Language Conference
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FBI: Metal Pressure Cooker Bombs Used Near Boston Marathon Finish Line
(from cntv.cn)
April 16, 2013, — The investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions is in full swing. FBI and Boston authorities have revealed preliminary details regarding the explosives. They have also continued to interview witnesses. The twin blasts killed three people – including an 8-year-old boy- and injured 183 others at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday afternoon.
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2013 Sina-US Trade and Investment Summit Is to be Held at NYU on April 26
This event is aimed to build up a high-end platform for enhancing the communication between domestic Chinese elites and their oversea counterparts. Through speeches, forums and banquets, the event provides business professionals with a series of great chances to share their experience in investment and management. Further business opportunities are largely extended here.
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BU Student Lingzi Lu Still Missing after Watching 2013 Boston Marathon, Team BCNC Safe Home
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 16, 2013, — A warm and breezy spring afternoon turned into nightmare for two international students from China. Both female students are from Boston University, and wanted to cheer on the runners as they crossing the finish line. One of the students was seriously injuried by one of the bombs yesterday afternoon near Boston Marathon finish line, and is currently being treated at a local hospital. Lingzi Lu (pictured below) is still missing as of 10:36 AM today.
Her friend shared this picture of Lingzi Lu on Facebook.
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Two Bombs Rock 117th Boston Marathon
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 15, 2013, — Around 2:50 PM this afternoon, just near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, there were two big explosions interrupted the 117th running of the world-famous marathon race. According to preliminary reports, there were at least three people dead and over 100 people injured, many seriously.
Heavy police and military personnel at Boston Common.
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Asian Women Were Targeted in Two Robbery & Larceny Incidents in Boston Chinatown
Boston Police District A-1 Advisory
Robbery & Larceny in Chinatown (two incidents)
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On Tuesday, 04/02/2013, Boston Police District A-1 Police Officers filed a police report for the victim who is a middle aged Asian woman who speaks only Mandarin. The victim stated that she was approached by three Asian female suspects who stated that they needed money to help the victim’s sick daughter. The victim believed the suspects. She went to the bank and withdrew an undisclosed amount of money and gave the money to the suspects. The victim then became disoriented as the suspects left the area. All three Asian female suspects were described as being from early to late thirties in age, black hair, brown eyes, five feet to five feet 2 inches tall with slim builds. There was no clothing description given. -
“Music For Food” Concert on April 15 Features Menuhin International Violin Competition Winner Angelo Yu
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts supports
Music for Food Boston
Kim Kashkashian, Artistic Director
Don’t miss Music for Food’s Season Finale
Monday, 4/15/2013, 8 pm
NEC’s Brown Hall
290 Huntington Ave. Boston
Angelo Yu performs at 2010 Menuhin International Violin Competition in Norway.
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Petition Drive Started Urging IOC Not to Select Tokyo to Host the 2020 Summer Olympics
By Don Tow
During WWII, more than 200,000 women and girls were forced into sexual slavery (so-called “comfort women”) by the Japanese Imperial Army. During approximately a six-week period starting on December 13, 1937, about 300,000 Chinese (including many women and children) were slaughtered and about 20,000 women and girls were raped in the city of Nanking alone. During WWII, thousands of chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction were deployed in more than a dozen provinces in China killing more than hundreds of thousands of Chinese, and permanently maiming many more.
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Pictures from Last Week of 2012-2013 BCTC Winter Tennis League
By David Li, bostonese.com
In the evening of April 5, 2013, 40 players of the BCTC Winter Doubles Tennis League played their 20th week of games for the winter season at Woburn Racquet Club (WRC). Like in the past, some single matches were played from L1 to L10 for the last week. A end-of-season party was held in the club house of the WRC.
Group picture at the season-end party.
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2013 Harvard Extension Business Conference to Focus on “The New Waves of Entrepreneurship”
2013 Harvard Extension Business Conference will be held on April 27 at the Northwest Building of Harvard University. The conference is one of the highlights of the academic year, and focuses on Harvard Extension Business Society’s (HEBS) core values of innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and creating a bridge between the academic and professional community.
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