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  • Funeral of WWII Hero Arthur Wong Held Today

    May 1, 2020, — Mr. Arthur Wong of Boston Chinatown passed away on April 26, 2020 at age 96. The funeral of Mr. Wong was held today at Deware Funeral Home in Quincy, Mass.

    Only eight people were allowed in the funeral home due to the COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions. Mr. Rich Wong, son of Arthur Wong, told bostonese.com that Arthur passed away Sunday night at his apartment in Chinatown with family members along side.
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  • BCMA Youth Orchestra Calls for Donations for Coronavirus Fight

    Boston, Feb. 21, 2020, — The Boston Chinese Musicians Association Youth Orchestra (BCMA Youth Orchestra), a non-profit performance arts organization, was founded in January 2019. It is an extension of the Boston Chinese Musicians Association (BCMA), (link http://bcma.us/index.html ). Both groups are dedicated to promoting the long lost sounds of traditional Chinese instruments and vocals.

    We are composed of 10 to 18 year old middle and high school students with musical training. Our orchestra is made up of both Chinese and Western musical instruments.
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  • BEA Releases First Official Release of Gross Domestic Product by County


    BEA Graphic on Percent Change in Real GDP by County, 2018, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

    Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,375 counties, decreased in 717, and was unchanged in 21 in 2018, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The percentage change in real GDP ranged from 86.5 percent in Jackson County, WV, to -44.0 percent in Grant County, ND.
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  • The “Double Dealers” in “Legal Elites” behind the Hong Kong Riots

    Hong Kong, Nov. 8, 2019, — On Oct. 14, the Hong Kong law society dropped huge news that Edwin Choy Wai-Bond, former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association and a certified Senior Counsel, resigned from the bar association. He reprimanded the “shameful silence” the bar association had for rioters’ act of violence. He believes that it runs in the opposite direction with the principle of rule of law that the bar association took a political stand to target the police and indulge the rioters’ violent behaviors.

    An editorial by Edwin Choy Wai-Bond on South China Morning Post.
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  • Directory Huang Speaks at Cambridge Public Library

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Sept. 6, 2019, — A good documentary film can bring a topic into focus by the public, and might also save a historical bookstore. On Tuesday this week, the Cambridge Public Library of Massachusetts invited Chinese international filmmaker and director Weiying Olivia Huang to hold a documentary film screening and discussion of “Grolier Poetry Book Shop: The Last Sacred Place of Poetry”. The symposium also invited a well-known poet of Massachusetts, Doug Holder, who is the founder of Ibbetson Street Press, to participate in a discussion with Director Huang after the screening.

    Doug Holder(left) and director Huang(right) at the event.
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  • Photo Exhibition of US-China Relations in Past 40 Years Opens in Boston Common

    Photo Exhibition of US-China Relations in Past 40 Years Opens in Boston Common

    Boston, June 23, 2019, — A photo exhibition marking the 40th Anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations opened this afternoon in Boston Common. State Senator Joe Bencore, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, Deputy Consul General Qiu Jian of Chinese Consulate in New Year and hundreds of guests attended the opening ceremony.

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  • Farewell to My Favorite Ballerina Misa Kuranaga

    (Note: Misa Kuranaga, 倉永美沙, is a Japanese ballerina at the Boston Ballet. Before joining Boston Ballet in 2003 she was a member of the San Francisco Ballet. In Boston she was promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2009.)

    By Beatrice Lee, columnist of bostonese.com

    Misa is leaving Boston Ballet after many years as the principal dancer. My friends and I never want to miss her performances.

    (L to R)Misa, Beatrice and JunXiong pose for a picture.
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  • Workers Rally to Stop Wage Theft at Happy Lamb Hot Pot

    Feb. 27, 2017, Cambridge, Mass., — Current and former Chinese and Latino Happy Lamb Hot Pot workers held a rally in front of the Cambridge restaurant today. They protested against pervasive wage theft, retaliation, and abuse they have experienced since working at the popular restaurant chain.

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  • Andrew Yang: An Exciting Week on the Campaign Trail

    By Andrew Yang, Candidate for US President, Feb. 22, 2019

    I spent this past weekend in Washington, DC, and Baltimore for President’s Day. We had a rally in Baltimore on Monday that drew a couple hundred enthusiastic supporters at Charm City Meadery. It was a blast. I bought some honeyed mead to take home, which made my wife happy.

    Andrew Yang, standing in front of mead barrels, addresses supporters gathered for a rally On Tuesday.
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  • CAAL Celebrates 36th Anniversary and Chinese New Year

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Lexington, Mass., Feb, 15, 2019, — Chinese American Association Association of Lexington (CAAL) held Chinese New Year celebration at Battin Memorial Hall on Feb, 10. It was the sixth day of the Chinese New Year of Pig which started on Feb 5. Over 700 people showed up for the celebration.

    Dragon dance was a fan favorite (photo by Dongxu Photography).
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