By CCBA Crime Watch Team
Boston, Sept. 24, 2014, –For the past a few weeks, the Crime Watch Teams of CCBA and Leather District have worked together very closely to keep both area safe. Under the leadership of Hung Goon and Larry Young, the team has increasing volunteers and purchase more equipments.
Fire fighters respond to the fire alarm in Leather District across the street to the Chinatown Gateway.
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President Barack Obama greets retired Army Command Sgt. Major Bennie Adkins and family in the Oval Office before awarding him the Medal of Honor at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014. President Obama also awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Specialist Four Donald Sloat. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Washington, D.C., — Sept. 23, 2014, — Last night, President Obama ordered American armed forces to begin targeted airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria. Speaking from the White House South Lawn today, the President made it clear that these strikes are part of the U.S. campaign to deliver one message on ISIL: They will find no safe-haven.
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Littleton, Mass., Sept. 22, 2014, –Artist Ms. Hongbing Tang (汤鸿冰) will be teaching three new art classes in Littleton this fall, associated with Littleton Parks, Recreation & Community Ed Department. Here is the link of the fall class brochure: www.littletonma.org/filestorage/19459/19473/Littleton_PRCE_Fall_2014.pdf. Her art class info is on Page 5. Below is the detailed info about the art classes for both children and adults. Please register following the instructions in the link if you’d like to take the classes.
Besides teaching art classes at ACLS and in Littleton, Ms. Tang also offers private art classes at her home studio in Boxborough with limited openings. The following is her bio. Anyone who is interested, please contact her via email hongbingtang2003@yahoo.com.
Ms. Tang is an award-winning artist and designer (provided to bostonese.com).
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By Tong Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Sept. 19, 2014, — At the “2014 Global Competitiveness Brands Top 10 from China” ceremony held by International Data Group on Sept. 17, ZTE Corporation won the Top 10 Brands title and the Most Innovative Award. The event was held together with the 2014 Sustainable Company Growth & Global Competitiveness Forum at Boston Convention and Conference Center.
Lixin Wang receives the award on behalf of ZTE (photo by Hao Wang).
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New York City, Sept. 22, 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told what is thought to be the largest ever march in the United States demanding measures to halt the advance of global climate change, that there is no “Plan B” for action as there is no “Planet B.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at the People’s Climate March held in New York City, ahead of the Climate Summit he is hosting at UN headquarters on 23 September. UN Photo/Mark Garten
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(Li Na, two-time Grand Slam champion, announced her retirement in a letter to her fams on Sina Weibo and Facebook on Sept. 19, 2014. Born in Wuhan China, Li Na graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and went on to become Asia’s first Grand Slam champion in 2011. She is one of the few Chinese athletes with international following. Her fans will miss her fighting spirit on the court and also her sense of humor during interviews.)
【编者注：2014年9月19日，两届大满贯女单冠军得主、32岁的李娜在新浪微博以及Facebook上发布了因膝伤退役的中英文告别信。回顾李娜的职业生涯，她是中国球员中首位捧起女双、女单冠军奖杯的一位，同时也是唯一一位获得大满贯女单冠军的亚洲球员。出生于武汉，李娜毕业于华中科学大学新闻系，是为数不多的拥有众多国际粉丝的中国运动员之一。她的粉丝们不仅难忘李娜在球场上勇于拼搏的精神，富有个性的球风，还会永远记得比赛之后李娜在接受记者采访时的风趣幽默。】
上图：李娜在2014澳网第二轮比赛中（资料图片）。
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Boston, Sept. 19, 2014, –Boston is renowned for its innovative, world-class medical centers, and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center is high on that list. While the hospital’s reputation for superior care is well known, surprisingly few Bostonians are familiar with its unique history. Authors Lucie Prinz, Jacoba van Schaik, and Floating Hospital staff members intend to change that with a new book commemorating the hospital’s 120th anniversary.
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Sept. 19, 2014
My dear friends,
For close to fifteen years, we’ve been a part of each other’s lives. As a tennis player representing China on the global stage, I’ve trekked around the world playing hundreds of matches on the WTA tour, for China’s Fed Cup team, at the National Games and at several Olympic Games. You’ve always been there for me, supporting me, cheering me on, and encouraging me to reach my potential.
Li Na returns a ball in the second round of 2014 Australian Open (file photo).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
San Francisco, Sept.18, 2014, — Today is the 83rd year anniversary of the “Sept. 18 Incident”, also known as the Mukden Incident, in Northeastern China. This incident led to Japanese occupation of three Chinese provinces: Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning for 14 years until Japan surrounded unconditionally at the end of WWII. The anniversary was marked in China and in Chinese American communities in the US.
Mr. Lei Liu shows an item to Ms. Florence Fang at the exhibit (photos from Mr. Dong’s blog).
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By Michael Lipin
(Michael covers international news for VOA on the web, radio and TV, specializing in the Middle East and East Asia Pacific. Follow him on Twitter @Michael_Lipin.)
WASHINGTON — In this segment of VOA’s continuing report on What Americans Think About China, we turn our focus to Chinese immigrants in the United States and their descendants. A common U.S. stereotype is that Chinese Americans are a “model minority” in a nation of diverse ethnicities. That perception may seem flattering. But for many Chinese Americans, it’s an offensive label, one that they have been trying to dispel for decades.
Cambridge, Mass. City Councilor Leland Cheung criticizes the Model Minority stereotype at a Boston Forward Foundation meeting (photo by David Li).
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