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  • The ‘Model Minority’ Myth

    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.
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    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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  • NAAAP Boston Awarded $10,000 MassMutual Fund

    Boston, Sept. 16, 2014, –The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston Chapter (NAAAP Boston) is excited to announce that MassMutual recently awarded $10,000 to NAAAP Boston’s Future Leader Scholarship, a premier annual scholarship for Asian American high school students in the Greater Boston area.
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    NAAAP Boston’s Future Leader Scholarship Gala in May 2013 (file photo).
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  • This Video Is Banned in Japan

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    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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  • IBM Announces Watson Analytics

    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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  • Spirit of Autumn Concert Rocks John Hancock Hall

    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.
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    Opening performance by GBAAYSO (photos by John Tsou).
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  • Mikki O’Brien Takes ATV Miss Asia Pageant East Coast Crown

    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.
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    A contestant walks the runway in bikini in the final round of competition (from weibo.com).
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  • ONEin3 Announces 2014 Impact Award Honorees of 20 Bostonians under 35

    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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  • Anticipation of iPhone 6 Grows in China

    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.
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    A sign for buying iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ at a smartphone shop in Hong Kong.
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  • Apply Now: The 7th Annual Chinese Music Instrument Audition and Concert

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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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  • Innovative Reward System by 12-Year-Old Tristan Pang

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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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