By David Li, bostonese.com
This year’s Boston Chinatown Main Street Festival falls on the same day as the Dragon Boat Festival, which is on May 5 on Chinese Lunar calendar. The weather was perfect with temperature in the low 80s and low humility. Thousands of Boston residents and tourists showed up for the festival and enjoyed an afternoon of festivities, food and shopping in Boston Chinatown. Please checkout some pictures from the Chinatown Main Street Festival on June 24.
Quincy – Interested in the future of North Quincy and Wollaston? Join the city of Quincy, the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for a public meeting on Tuesday, June 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at North Quincy High School, 316 Hancock St.
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HONG KONG — Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has sued Hong Kong’s leading newspaper the Apple Daily and its sister weekly Next Magazine over reports that she prostituted herself with senior Chinese officials.
Zhang Ziyi in 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha
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Cambridge, MA. – Designed to encourage candid conversation and meaningful collaboration on key topics related to United States-China relations, the fourth Globalization Forum convened leading academics, advisors, and policymakers for a closed conference held June 18-20, 2012, at Harvard Kennedy School. Through both public addresses and panel discussions, participants explored a range of pertinent issues including international security and soft power, economic globalization, management of environmental resources, and the future of global governance.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Chelmsford, Mass. – The results of YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Service) program 6.0 was announced at New England Chinese Information & Network Association (NECINA)’s annual meeting at Radisson hotel. Connect Books, a team consisted of local high-school students Stephanie Chan, Eddy Zhong and Kevin Zhang, won the first prize, and Vital Communications finished in second place.
Joseph Perry (right) congratulates Eddy Zhong (middle) and Kevin Zhang.
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By Ting Ren, Chinese-American BioMedical Association
June 17, 2012, Cambridge MA — On the eve of BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) 2012, BioPharma Outlook 2012 was successfully held at M.I.T. Faculty Club, presented by Chinese-American BioMedical Association (CABA) and Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA (CBA). BIO 2012 is one of the most important conferences in the biopharmaceutical industry, and attracts more than 15,000 attendees from around the world.
(from left)Last three presidents of CABA Chaoyang Dai, Zhihong Chen, Phil Zhang, Tom Watkins, Lin Sun-Hoffman of CBA, Irene Robin of BIO Shanghai and Yihan Wang of CABA at BioPharma Outlook 2012.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
The 35th generation Shaolin warrior monk, Master Heng Zhen from Shaolin Temple China, and his students from Boston Shaolin Kungfu Center in Quincy, will perform Shaolin Kung Fu at Lincoln Field of Lexington, Mass., at 3 PM on July 1. This event is free to all.
Singer Heather Schmid among other students of Boston Shaolin Kung Fu Center at a performance in Quincy Mass. last year.
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SHANGHAI — Buddhist and Taoist temples have no right to go public and list shares on stock exchanges, a Chinese official was quoted in state media as saying of an issue that seems to have touched a nerve with the officially atheist government.
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By Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC)
The 9th Annual two-day golf getaway Liberty Mutual Invitational – ACDC Community Cup will be held on July 22 and 23, 2012 Lake Winnipesaukee Golf Club in New Durham, NH.
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CAMBRIDGE – Wednesday, May 30, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today announced the creation of the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative, a number of steps and initiatives that will expand Massachusetts’ position as a world leader in the rapidly expanding Big Data sector.
Governor Patrick announces the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative to grow the state’s innovation economy. (Photo: Jeremiah Robinson / Governor’s Office).
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