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  • Dr. Ge Li of WuXi AppTec Receives Executive of the Year Award

    Nov. 8, 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, — At the CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, the winners of the 2019 Pharma awards were announced. The CEO of WuXi AppTec, Dr. Ge Li, received the award in category “CEO of the year” among 12 other categories.

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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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  • Dr. Robert Kuhn Speaks of Key Drivers of the Chinese Miracle at Chinese Civilization and China’s Path Forum

    Beijing, China, Nov. 1, 2019, — the Chinese Civilization and China’s Path academic forum hosted by the Academy of Chinese Culture and the Kuhn Foundation was held today. More than 20 well-known Chinese and foreign scholars, such as Professor Michael Szonyi, director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University, Li Junru, forumer vice president of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, Wolfgang Kubin, Chair Professor of the Department of Libteratur at Shantou University, Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Studies, and Qian Chengdan, Chair Professor of Boya Plan at Peking University, along with 300 students at the Academy of Chinese Culture attended this forum.

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  • Ice Skater Grace Cai Selected to Perform Solo at Boston Holiday Shows

    Boston, Nov. 1, 2019,– Grace Kelsangmetog Cai is a student at Oakhill Middle School in Newton,MA. “Kelsangmetog” is Tibetan for Lucky flower. She started skating at age 4 with the Skating Club of Boston’s Skating Academy.

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  • Chinese Woman in Columbia, MO Went Missing for a Week

    Mengqi Ji Elledge, 28
    Columbia, MO
    Last seen Oct 8, 2019

    The Columbia Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a 28-year-old Columbia, MO woman.

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  • Tufts Medical Center Asian Health Initiative Calls for Anti-Tobacco Proposals

    Boston, Oct. 11, 2019, — Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) launched the Asian Health Initiative in 1995 to support community partners working to address some of the most pressing health concerns in Chinatown and the Boston Asian community. Over the years, those efforts have focused on chronic diseases, family violence, emotional wellness, and tobacco use, among other topics. Based on findings in Tufts MC’s 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment, the Asian Health Initiative will focus its efforts in the coming years on preventing and reducing tobacco and nicotine use in Chinatown.

    Mayor Walsh and community leaders urge Chinatown residents to quit smoking.
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  • Suffolk County Sheriff Tompkins Ends Contract with ICE

    Boston, Oct. 8, 2019, — The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is terminating its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the Department intensifies its focus on the provision of care, custody and rehabilitative services to what will soon be an expanded population of women entering the Suffolk County House of Correction.

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  • Organization Letter on Opposing S. 386

    September 25, 2019

    To: Members of the U.S. Senate

    Dear Honorable Senators,

    As organizations representing immigrant communities who would be harmed by H.R. 1044/S. 386, the so-called Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, we write to express our opposition to this legislation. Given that this proposal would remove a pillar of our immigration system and have significant repercussions, we urge Senators to block the bill from moving forward for unanimous consent.

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  • Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry

    Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2019, – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as delivered:

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  • Proposed Regulations to address Vaping and Tobacco Use Among Youth in Boston

    Boston, September 18, 2019 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is proposing regulations aimed at addressing vaping and tobacco use among youth in Boston. Under the proposal, mint and menthol nicotine and tobacco products will only be sold only in verified adult-only tobacco retailers. Staff will now move forward with an engagement process that will include a public comment period and public hearing before a Board of Health vote to approve the amendments.

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