By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist
In the morning of Jan. 24, I was debating whether I wanted to go to Chinese American Association of Lexington’s (CAAL) Chinese New Year celebration or not. The ride decided for me as I could not change the time. I’m glad that I did. I probably was among the very first ones getting there. They were still trying to set up the place.
(from left)Peter Lee, Weidong Wang, Melanie Lin and Hua Wang of CAAL pose for a picture.
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ACLS principles meet with parent at start of 2014-2015 school year(file photo).
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Cambridge, Mass., Jan 27, 2015, — United Cultures Innovation Center For International Cooperation and Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative co-organized Synergy International Exchange Program for Social Innovation both in Beijing and at Harvard University from January 3 to 23, 2015.
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Boston, Jan. 26, 2014, — Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Martin Walsh has been busy to get the state and city ready for a huge snowstorm starting tonight. According to forecast by National Weather Service, the snowstorm will begin in Boston area starting this evening and last for at least 24 hours and bring 2-3 feet snowfall across the state.
Pictures from Blizzard of 2013 in the Greater Boston Area.
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Jan. 24, 2014, –In his column Next Week’s Bloodbath At IBM Won’t Fix The Real Problem in forbes.com, long-time silicon valley journalist Robert X. Cringley said he learned about the Project Chrome, the largest “transformation” in IBM’s 103-year history around Christmas time. He suggested that over 26% of over 400,000 IBM employees worldwide could be notified the layoffs starting the week of January 26.
China Press’ report of IBM’s Centennial Celebration in June 2011(file photo).
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Jan. 23, 2015, — The Strait Times, a daily newspaper in Singapore, reported that more than 300 Chinese nationals have used Malaysia as a transit point on their way to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.
A Chinese national ISIS militant is seen guarded by an Iraqi soldier (Credit: Iraqi Ministry of Defense).
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Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 20, 2015, — 2014 Australian Open tennis champion Li Na of China attends her farewell ceremony at Rod Laver Arena on the first day of 2015 Australian Open tournament in Melbourne.
Li Na shared her pregnancy news with the spectators during the event. (Xinhua/Bai Xue)
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Boston, Jan. 23, 2015, — Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) will hold a lecture on Youth Eye Care this Sunday morning. The lecture is one of the seven lectures CCCC offers during first first quarter of 2015.
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Lexington, Mass., Jan. 21, 2015, — The Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), Cary Memorial Library, and the town of Lexington, are sponsoring a free Chinese New Year Festival this year, and you’re invited! This year’s event, to be held on Saturday, January 24th, promises to be both special and spectacular. The Festival is so full of activities for all ages and interests that it had to be split into two parts! Experience a multi-sensory Chinese Culture Fair at Cary Memorial Library in the afternoon, from 1:00pm to 3:45pm. Spectacular performances will be on stage at Lexington High School in the evening.
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Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 22, 2015, — Hosted by the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSA) of the eight Ivy League Universities, the annual Ivy League Spring Festival Gala has enjoyed tremendous successes and supports from members of the Ivy League schools as well as the greater Boston Chinese Community. This year, we again presents to you one of the best performances by Chinese students and scholars in the US.
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