Category: Interviews

Presidential Innovation Fellow Jason Shen Publishes Book on Winning

By David Li, bostonese.com Boston, Nov. 25, 2013, — Winning NCAA championship as a member of Stanford’s gymnastic team, running a start-up high-tech company, and being selected as Presidential Innovation Fellow, Newton, Mass. native Jason Shen knows well about winning. He recently added another distinction to his resume: author of an e-book that made to… Continue reading Presidential Innovation Fellow Jason Shen Publishes Book on Winning

Twelve Years after 9-11, Memories Linger

By Luyuan Zhang, bostonese.com New York City, September 12, 2013, — “It was almost unbelievable. We had a view, but because we were too far, there was no sound.” Christina Aguilar, a New Yorker who has been working in Manhattan since 1989, said, “So it was almost that you could not believe what you were… Continue reading Twelve Years after 9-11, Memories Linger

Nanjing — The City Where June Chang’s Entrepreneurial Dream Comes True

By David Li, translated by Shuzhi Zhang Recently, I had an interview with Dr. June Chang at her home in Acton, Mass. just before she was leaving for Nanjing, China. Ms. Chang founded an online event management website eventdove.com three years ago in Nanjing. Before that, Ms. Chang founded Hyzing LLC in 2009, and now… Continue reading Nanjing — The City Where June Chang’s Entrepreneurial Dream Comes True

Arthur Wong Receives Second Bronze Star

By David Li, bostonese.com Boston, August 2, 2013, — Arthur Wong was among the first groups of American soldiers who landed on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944, and was later seriously injured in November 1944 when the Allied Forces advanced into Germany. Sixty-five years after he returned from WWII battlegrounds, Arthur Wong finally received… Continue reading Arthur Wong Receives Second Bronze Star

Glory or Tragedy: What Did the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Bring?

By Na Ma, Indiana University (Hundreds of thousands protesters took on the streets across Egypt on Sunday, June 30, to demand outing of President Morsi. In this indepth interview, Ghazzal Ali, a participant of the revolution that ousted then President Mubarak two years ago and now a student at Indiana University, reflected on his journey.)… Continue reading Glory or Tragedy: What Did the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Bring?

Q & A with Andrew Conning on China Education Policy

By China Education Symposium Andrew Conning is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Graduate Student Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research examines the structures of reasoning with which individuals across cultures make sense of international and interethnic issues. He is spending 2012-13 conducting research in… Continue reading Q & A with Andrew Conning on China Education Policy

Pianist George Li of Lexington on His Admissions to Harvard, Yale and Other Top Schools

By David Li, bostonese.com George Li, sitting in front of the piano at his home in Lexington, Mass, smiled at my camera. With three acceptance letters from Harvard, Yale and Juilliard next to each other on the piano, who wouldn’t smile. Less than two years ago, George Li worried about passing through all the security… Continue reading Pianist George Li of Lexington on His Admissions to Harvard, Yale and Other Top Schools

After A Little Night Dancing, Commonwealth Ballet To Present Intrigue on March 16-17

By David Li, bostonese.com When Chip Morris graduated from University of Wisconsin at Madison with a Pd.D. in mathematics, he might not have imagined that running a youth ballet school would be in his future. “I came to Boston in 1985. I taught math and computer science during weekdays and danced in a theater in… Continue reading After A Little Night Dancing, Commonwealth Ballet To Present Intrigue on March 16-17

Gansu Dance Theatre Brings Splendid Silk Road to the Hanover Theatre

Photos by John Tsou Worcester, Mass., March, 8, 2013, — In the evening of March 6, 60 dancers from Gansu Dance Theatre of Gansu province, China presented the award-winning Silk Road dance show at Hanover Theatre in Worcester, Mass. Tens of thousands miles away from home, the dancers performed with such passion and devotion that… Continue reading Gansu Dance Theatre Brings Splendid Silk Road to the Hanover Theatre