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  • Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka Lectures at Tongji Medical Forum

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 29, 2015, — Prof. Brian Kobilka, 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, recently attended Tongji Medical Forum in Wuhan, China. As an Honorary Professor at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST), Prof. Kobilka delivered a lecture on his groundbreaking research on G-protein-coupled receptors to hundreds in the audience.
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    Prof. Laureate (left) receives Honorary Professor certificate at Tongji Medical College (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • BZM Innovation Technology’s Grand Opening in Manhattan Marks New Beginning

    By Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com

    New York City, May 29, 2015, — BZM Innovation Technology Inc.’s founding ceremony was successfully held in Manhattan on May 21. Top Chinese bankers and entrepreneurs who work in New York, attended the ceremony. Zhiming Bai, chairman of the board of Huaying Group and the founder of BZM Innovation Technology Inc., and Yanxia Kong, CEO of Huaying Group, flew from Beijing, China to New York to attend the ceremony with dozens of local business leaders.
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    Attendees of the opening ceremony pose for a picture (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • 8,000 Chinese Students Expelled in the US Last Year

    BEIJING: At least 8,000 Chinese students studying in the US have been dismissed from schools last year. A majority 57 per cent were asked to leave because of poor academic performance, according to research done by an US agency that helps students to obtain admission in schools.
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    31% all international students in the US are from China(file photo).
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  • Why I Started An Internet Company at Age 50

    I need to feel strongly, to love and to admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe.
    –Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

    By Jun Chang, founder of eventdove.com

    I can’t say what it was exactly that made me leave the computer engineering field—a field I had excelled in for over a decade. On paper, it seemed a foolhardy decision. Starting a company was a choice better left to 20-something-year-olds in Silicon Valley. Not a career path for a woman who had just turned 50.
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    Ms. Chang (2nd from left, front row) and her team in Nanjing, China(file photo).
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  • Pictures and Video from Ying Wu Vocal Studio Annual Recital

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 26, 2015, Ying Wu Vocal Studio held annual concert at Follen Community Church in Lexington, Mass on May 2. Over 20 Chinese folk songs and Western opera pieces were performed to the delight of an audience of about 150.
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    Ms. Ying Wu performs at the recital (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Dr. Tea to Lecture at GBCCA on May 31

    By Changhong Zhang, bostonese.com

    Dr. Tea, founder of Mylovetea(www.mylovetea.com), will give a lecture at the end of May on “Dr. Teas in History,” a tea world that has been resonating to every corner on earth throughout ages, filled with many tea lovers like him. Poet Yu Li will also read a few of his poems at the same lecture. The lecture is orgnized by the Yiwen Club of Great Boston Chinese Culture Association(GBCCA).
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    Dr. Tea at Boston Tea Party celebration in Dec. 2014(file photo).
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  • Martial Artist Kathryn Tian Featured on CCTV International

    Boston, May 26, 2015（from cntv.cn, translated by Eric Wu) — Born and grown up in MA, Kathryn Tian, a champion in karate and tae-kwon-do, moved to Studio City in South California with his father at the end of 2013. Recently, the international channel of China Central Television(CCTV) reported her experience of winning 14 world championships at age 15.
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    Kathryn Tian was holding her cup and standing with her coach, Christine Bannon-Rodrigues(provided by Yi Qian).
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  • Boston and Over 450 Cities Around the World Rally Against Monsanto and GMO

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 24, 2015, — Protests against Monsanto and GMO erupted around the globe in over 450 cities around the world yesterday. Protests in Boston demanded clear labeling of genetically modified (GMO) food, which is the standard practice in many European countries. “OMG, GMO! We don’t want you poisonous seeds,” shouted protesters against World’s largest GMO seed producer Monsanto.
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  • ACMA To Hold Medical Career Education Session in Lexington on May 30

    Boston, May 22, 2015, –ACMA will hold a medical career education session at the Lexington Library (1874 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420) on Saturday, May 30 from 10:00 AM to 1PM.
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    ACMA’s free clinic at NECP’s community forum early this year(file photo).
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  • Video — Dr. Feng Zhang Delivers Evening Keynote at Boston BioForum

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 20, 2015, — Dr. Feng Zhang of MIT and the Broad Institute, one of the pioneers in CRISPR/cas system for bio-medical research, delivered the evening keynote speech at Boston BioForum, hosted by Chinese American Bio-Medical Association(CABA). About 200 researchers, professionals and students attended this year’s Boston BioForum and CABA Annual Meeting at Double Tree Hotel along the Charles River on May 9.
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    Shiwen Lin(right), president of the board of CABA gives Excellence in Innovation Award to Dr. Feng Zhang(photo by Xinming Li).
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