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  • Mary Sherman Explains the Art of Composing at BCPA

    By Yaming Chi, Boston Chinese Photographers’ Association (BCPA)

    “Have you ever seen people in museums looking at a picture like this?” Mary Sherman started her lecture to a group of amateur photographers in BCPA with a question. To make sure everyone followed what her ‘this’ meant, she went up to the blackboard, drew a rectangle, then placed her face less than 3 inches from it and slowly moved her head along the sides. For half a minute or so I heard absolute silence from the audience with, perhaps, few occasional giggles. Yes indeed I have as I recalled, but I had thought the person did so must have had a really bad eyesight – that was many years ago in the Art Institute of Chicago. But no, as she moved away from the board and explained. People were looking for (and look at) what connected different elements in a picture. It more or less could be thought of as the flow, or chi (氣) in Chinese Taoism philosophy, that’d be linked by colors, lines, shapes, textures and values in a pictorial artwork.
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    Group picture after the lecture (provided by BCPA).
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  • Data Storage Pioneer Wins $1.4 Million Millennium Technology Prize

    San Jose, Calif. and Helsinki, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — IBM today announced that researcher and IBM Fellow, Dr. Stuart Parkin, is the winner of the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize, awarded every two years by the Technology Academy Finland (TAF), an independent foundation aimed at supporting scientific research and new technologies that will benefit humanity. Dr. Parkin is selected for his discovery and invention of the “spin valve,” which enabled a more than 1,000-fold increase in the ability of computer hard-disk drives to store data. This groundbreaking technology gave us the ability to organize, archive, analyze and share vast amounts of human history, culture and knowledge in digital form. The prize is worth 1 million Euros, or about 1.4 US dollars.
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    (This picture of Dr. Parkin is from ibm.com.)
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  • Tips for Finding Full-time Positions in Asia

    By Greater China Recruiting

    Thanks to everyone who participated in our GC APD WebEx session, hope you found it informative and encouraging!
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    Hong Kong is home to headquarters of many international companies (file photo).
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  • Don Berwick Pitches to Voters in Boston Chinatown

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 7, 2013, — Democratic Governor candidate Don Berwick met with voters in a community room in Boston Chinatown recently as part of the “Corner Office” Forum Series sponsored by Governor’s Asian American Commission. Dr. Berwick listened to the concerns from about two dozens Chinatown residents and answered their questions.
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    Mr. Berwick (middle) answers question from Henry Yee (left) with help from Patrick Tai (right), photo by Tong Chen.
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  • Peach Blossom at 10,000 Feet from Linzhi, Tibet

    By Wang Jian, bostonese.com columnist

    I made a visit to Linzhi, Tibet during the Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend. Beautiful Linzhi Prefecture, famous as the Switzerland of Tibet, is located in the southeastern part of Tibetan Autonomous Region, in the lower reach of Yalu Zangbu River, bordering India and Burma. It covers an area of 117,000 square kilometers. The average altitude of Linzhi is approximately 3,000 meters, or close to 10,000 feet. Many tourists arrived in Linzhi this past weekend to see the beautiful peach blossom in the back drop of deep blue skies and snow covered mountains.
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  • Councilor Wu Files Open Data Ordinance to Cultivate Innovation

    Boston, April 7, 2014, — Michelle Wu, Boston City Councilor At-Large, today filed an open data ordinance to be proposed at the April 9 meeting of the Boston City Council.
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    Councilor Wu speaks at a recent event in Boston Chinatown (bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Harvard Report Examines Response to Boston Marathon Bombing Events

    Cambridge Mass., April 4, 2014, -– One year after two homemade bombs exploded along the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three, injuring dozens and traumatizing an entire city, jurisdictions both here and abroad remain on high alert to the possibility of similar unexpected, complex and potentially deadly events in their own backyard. A new White Paper co-authored by four scholars of emergency management and criminal justice at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Law School (HLS) and Business School (HBS) draws upon the marathon bombing events to provide responders with concrete and actionable steps to help improve their own emergency management planning efforts now and in the years to come.
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    Part of Boston Common was turned into a military camp a couple hours after Marathon Bombings (bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Ing Foundation’s Week-long Visit Attracts Go Players at Top US Colleges

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass. April 2, 2014, — Go, also known as Weiqi, is an ancient Chinese board game that attracts some of the smartest players. When you look for the best US collegiate Go players, look no further than Harvard and MIT.
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    Group picture of ACGA organizers, Ing Ming Hao (fourth from right in back row) and members of the Chinese delegation at Go Expo (provided by Min Xiao).
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  • MIT-CHIEF Demo Day Showcases Innovative Teams

    Dear Friends,

    We are excited to announce that the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) will host its second Demo Day on Saturday, April 5, 2014. The event will take place at 50 Vassar Street, MIT 34-101 in Cambridge, MA from 12:30 – 5:00 PM. The theme of this year’s Demo Day is Hardware vs. Software.

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  • April 4, 2014 Announcements from Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians


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