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  • W.H. Press Briefing on Cuba Policy Change and Sony Hacking

    James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the White House
    Dec. 19, 2014

    MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s a pleasure to be standing before you on what is a genuinely historic day here at the White House. We’re starting a little late in order to give Mr. Gross an opportunity to make his appearance and complete his remarks. And I had the opportunity to see those remarks, and I’ll just say that on behalf of everybody here at the White House, we certainly are pleased that he is home here today.

    So with that —
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  • Grand Opening of Cha Shu Bubble Tea in Malden

    Malden, Mass., Dec. 17, 2014, — Mayor Gary Christenson recently welcomed Cha Shu Bubble Tea to 62 Summer Street with a ribbon cutting. Cha Shu serves coffee, bubble tea, light sandwiches and pastries and has a breakfast menu consisting of bagels, breakfast sandwiches, and French toast. Chinese baked specialty items such as buns and egg tarts are available on weekends.
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    Cha Shu employee Robert Joyce, Building Landlord Andreas Tsitos, Mayor Christenson, Cha Shu Owner Charles Yu and employee Abraham Alnodovar(Photos courtesy of Paul Hammersley).
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  • CACA Boston Lodge Honors CHSNE as It Relaunches

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 16, 2014, — Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) relaunched its Boston Lodge Charter and held Inauguration Gala in the evening of Dec. 13 at Hei La Moon restaurant in Boston Chinatown. Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) was honored at the Gala as their “2015 Community Organization of the Year.”
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    CACA National President Edmond J. Gor (2nd from left) and Esther Lee(3rd from left) accept a 1928 picture of old CACA Boston building as gift from Sherry Dong and Susan Chinsen (3rd and 2nd from right) of CHSNE.
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  • John Kerry on Cuba Policy Changes

    By John Kerry, Secretary of the State

    I was a seventeen year old kid watching on a black and white television set when I first heard an American President talk of Cuba as an “imprisoned island.”
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  • Prof. Qingyuan Hu: the Greatest Chinese Stone Carving Artist Visits Harvard

    By Mylovetea “Dr. Tea” (1-225-3041387, mylovetea@outlook.com)

    Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14, 2014, — Prof. Qingyuan Hu, the best known Chinese stone carving artist visited Harvard, Yale and many other universities and places of interests during his invited trip to USA in 2014. The two most astonishing events are his stone seal carving demonstration at Miami University at Oxford, Ohio and his visits to Dr. Tea at Harvard.
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    Prof. Qingyuan Hu couple (middle) and students enjoyed a tour guided by Dr. Tea (Right) and Gary Yu(Left) at Harvard(provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Chinese Video Provider iQIYI to Buy Over 1,000 US Films in 2015

    BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — iQIYI, an independently operated subsidiary of Baidu (BIDU) and one of the largest Internet and mobile video service providers in China, today announced that it would buy distribution rights to over 1,000 U.S. movie titles in 2015 to satisfy growing demand from its users for U.S. content.
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    iQIYI’s webpage featuring Guardians of the Galaxy (file photo).
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  • Local Bartender Ran Duan Graces Cover of GQ

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 12, 2014, — You might have read his name in the article Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food on boston.com. Prof. Edelman has released a statement of apology on Wednesday. You will soon find December issue of GQ magazine featuring Ran Duan on the cover in your local pharmacy.
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  • Dominic Ng — First Asian American Receives ADL Humanitarian Award

    Los Angels, Dec. 10, 2014, — The Anti-Defamation League’s Pacific Southwest Region held its 2014 Annual Gala Celebration on Tuesday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m., at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Two distinguished community members were honored for excellence in their professional fields, leadership in the community and their philanthropic endeavors. Proceeds from the Gala will support ADL’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism and bigotry.
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    (from left)Congressman Ted Lieu, Dominic Ng and Amanda Susskind of ADL at the Gala (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Neil Chyten Analyzes Changes Coming to the New SAT

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    Neil Chyten lectures about SAT at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (file photo).

    How can the name of a star help you master the New SAT coming in March 2016?

    The New SAT Reading Test will have four single passages and one set of paired passages.  Each passage or pair will be 500 – 750 words in length and will be accompanied by 10-11 questions. There will be a total of 52 questions and students will have 65 minutes to finish. There are four distinct groupings (and several subgroupings) of question types that may be best learned by using the acronym: VEGA:

    V = Vocabulary
    E = Evidence
    G = Graphics
    A = Analysis
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  • Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu Welcomes Newest Bostonian

    Boston, Dec. 10, 2014, — At 11:35 PM on Tuesday, Dec. 9, Boston City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu and her husband, Conor Pewarski, welcomed a son, Blaise Francis Pewarski. Blaise is the couple’s first child.
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    Blaise arrived exactly on his due date (provided to bostonese.com).
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