Valentine’s Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 23 this year. That is, on Thursday evening, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu will meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on… Continue reading The Legend of Valentine’s Day in China
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Harvard Study – Americans’ Confidence in Leaders Hits New Low
Cambridge, MA—Not only in politics but across the board in eight different sectors of national life, Americans have lost confidence in their leaders over the past year. Overall, some 77% say that the country now has a crisis in leadership, and confidence levels have fallen to the lowest levels recorded in recent times.
GBTA Predicts China’s Business Travel Spending to reach $245 billion by 2013
BEIJING – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization, announces the results of its inaugural GBTA BTI™ Outlook – China, sponsored by Visa Inc. The GBTA BTI™ Outlook – China includes the GBTA Business Travel Index™ (GBTA BTI™). The GBTA BTI™ provides a way to distill market… Continue reading GBTA Predicts China’s Business Travel Spending to reach $245 billion by 2013
The Wuhan Dragon Boat Race Aims to Attract Teams from Oxford, Cambridge and Yale in 2013
(from chinadaily.com.cn) The first-ever Dragon Boat Race was held on June 17 in the Wuhan East Lake with participation from Wuhan University (WHU) and Huazhong University of Technology and Science (HUST). More than 44 players from both schools finally made a tie.
Peking University, Yale Go Head-to-head In Promo Films
(from chinadaily.com.cn, Feb. 14, 2012) A comparison between two promotional films for Peking University and Yale University posted in a micro blog by an Internet user nicknamed Bear Headed Wang Kai stirred hot discussions among the community.
Getting Down to the Business of Business – Best Investment You Can Make with $15
By Stephanie Chan, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School One business question for you: What can you buy for $15? For this investment of $15, you can create a business empire because this down payment is for education in basic business principles. The New England Chinese Information and Networking Association, or NECINA, offers a uniquely structured class… Continue reading Getting Down to the Business of Business – Best Investment You Can Make with $15
Selected Poems by Tom Gee
By Tom Gee，Translated by Nancy Lamb Fray 羊 城 秋 思 一 九 八 五 穆 穆 黄 花 墓，巍 巍 镇 海 楼。 云 涛 生 碧 树，船 舰 断 江 流。 城 廓 变 今 古，人 民 有 乐 忧 ， 一 轮 珠 海 月，几 度 汉 时 秋。 Thoughts of Guangzhou… Continue reading Selected Poems by Tom Gee
Quick Notes and Pictures from NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting
By David Li, bostonese.com New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA)’s 2012 annual meeting was held June 2 at Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford, Mass. The year’s annual meeting featured exceptional experts in the IT field, and provided great networking opportunities for its attendees. Dr. Mingsheng Hong was elected to be the new president of… Continue reading Quick Notes and Pictures from NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting
Big Head and Small Feet, Yuanyuan’s 40-Day Pictures
By A Proud Father I took most of these pictures of my daughter Yuanyuan on June 4. She was just 40-day-old, and woke up for longer duration now. The three pictures of her foot were shot in the hospital when she was just days old.
Pictures from Multicultural Show at Acton’s R.J. Grey Middle School
By David Li, bostonese.com In the evening of May 5, over 100 students from schools around Acton, MA performed at the multicultural show at R.J. Grey middle school. The auditorium was packed with about 500 students and their parents and local residents, and they enjoyed a wonderful evening with beautiful programs presented by different ethnicity… Continue reading Pictures from Multicultural Show at Acton’s R.J. Grey Middle School