Japanese troops occupied the campus of Xiamen University in 1938 (file photo).
American director Oliver Stone visited Hiroshima on the “Atomic Bomb Memorial Day” and gave a speech. He compared Germany and Japan after World War II, and delivery fiery criticism of Japan’s political situation. He asked government leaders to reflect on the United States, Japan and China relations.
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ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Making its biggest announcement in a decade as leader in analytics, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced Watson Analytics, a breakthrough natural language-based cognitive service that can provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. According to analysts, only a small fraction of business people use powerful analytics tools as part of their decision making today[1]. Watson Analytics is designed to make advanced and predictive analytics easy to acquire and use.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Spet. 15, 2014, — The Spirit of Autumn show, hosted by the Asian Culture & Media Group, delighted around 1,000 people in the audience at John Hancock Hall in the evening of Sept. 12. Four folk and classic singers joined by two rock stars from China delivered dozens of beautiful songs with different styles.
Opening performance by GBAAYSO (photos by John Tsou).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
New York City, Sept. 15, 2014, — ATV Miss Asia Pageant US East Coast recently completed the final round of competition. Seventeen-year-old high school student Mikki O’Brien from New York won the first place while Jing Xu from Boston finished as the runner up.
A contestant walks the runway in bikini in the final round of competition (from weibo.com).
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Twenty Bostonians under the age of 35 will be honored for their positive contributions to the community
Boston, Sept. 15, 2014, – The 2014 ONEin3 Mayor’s Council today announced the twenty honorees for the 2014 Impact Awards (#ONEin3Impact) to be celebrated at a ceremony Thursday, September 25 at 7:00pm at MassChallenge.
Dr. Melissa Wu of Seeding Labs is one of the award honorees.
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By Zhu Shenshen (from shanghaidaily.com)
Shanghai, Sept. 15, 2014, –Chinese consumers and business were disappointed to learn that the mainland won’t be among the first markets for the global sales of new Apple products unveiled last week.
Still, the new iPhones and smartwatch are expected to exert great influence over the domestic market.
A sign for buying iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ at a smartphone shop in Hong Kong.
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Final concert of 2014 Walnut Hill music camp at Harvard Sanders Theatre(Photo credit to Benjamin Cheung).
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Tristan Pang, age 12, studies math at the University of Auckland (file photo).
In answering the question: “What should Auckland spend money on to become the world’s most liveable city?”. Tristan Pang shares his idea of an innovative reward system relating to education. The ultimate goal is to increase the morality of people, and hence, making Auckland the world’s most livable city.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Sept. 12, 2014, Newton Chinese Language School(NCLS) will hold its second adult tennis tournament this fall. Tennis players of all levels are welcome to participate. Proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the NCLS Support China Education Program.
NCLS teachers and students at Logan Airport en route to China on April 19, 2014 (from blog.newtonchineseschool.org).
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Boston, Sept. 9, 2014, — The Boston Cultural Council (BCC) is now accepting applications for its 2015 grant funding cycle. Under the umbrella of the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, the BCC annually distributes funds allocated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, to support innovative arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences programming that enhances the quality of life in Boston.
Dance performance at the fourth Asian American Association of Boston Festival at Fenway Center in August 2014 (photo by John Tsou).
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