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  • Snow Emergency and Parking Ban in Effect on Boston’s First Work Day of 2014

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino today declared a Snow Emergency and parking ban for the City of Boston will take effect TOMORROW, Thursday, January 2 at NOON. Boston Public Schools will be CLOSED FRIDAY, January 3. City business will be as usual tomorrow. Discounted parking will be available at 10 a.m. at several parking lots and garages to cars that display Boston resident parking stickers: http://www.cityofboston.gov/snow/parkingmap.asp
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    Visibility was very poor on I-495 in the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2014 (photo by David Li).
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  • Mayor Menino Kicks off 38th Annual First Night Boston

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino today held the city’s annual First Night public safety press conference, encouraging people to come to Boston to ring in the New Year during the 38th Annual First Night celebration. Officials from the Boston Police Department, Boston Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and the MBTA reminded revelers to celebrate the holiday safely and encouraged visitors to take advantage of public transportation when traveling through the city.
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  • Donations Called for Families of Four Chinese Victims of Fatal Car Accident

    Dear Friends,

    With a very saddened heart, we’d like to tell you the tragedy happened on December 14, Saturday at around 8:10 PM, in Gainesville, Florida, mileage mark 387 on highway I-75. This fatal crash resulted in three people died on the spot and two others in critical condition. One of the victims Miss. Cong (Lisa) Ma is my God daughter who lived in Billerica, Mass.
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    (L to R)Youchao Xue, Tian Yujuan, Tian Yujing, and Ma Yuqi at Cong Ma’s house in Billerica, Mass. Ms. Tian and Mr. Ma held pictures of family members died from the car accident (photo by David Li).
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  • University of Utah Establishes Partnership with Nankai University

    Salt Lake City, — The University of Utah announced a new collaborative education program with Nankai University in Tianjin, China, that will expand global partnerships in Asia. Called the 3+X program, it will provide Chinese students the opportunity to attend both universities and receive a bachelor’s degree from Nankai University and master’s degree from the U.
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    Gong Ke (left), president of Nankai University and David W. Pershing, president of the U, signing the 3+X program agreement at the University of Utah (Photo Credit: Garrett Anderson).
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  • CAAL to Host Chinese New Year Celebrations in Lexington

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 27, 2014, — It’s been a busy year for members of Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL). They have volunteered in the Lexington 300 celebrations, and a few of them successfully ran for Lexington town meeting member seats.
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    CAAL members at a Lexington 300 event (photo provided by CAAL).
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  • Thousands in Shanghai Celebrate Christmas with Massive Pillow Fight

    Shanghai, Dec. 25, 2013, — As part of an annual Christmas tradition, thousands of people in Shanghai participated in a pillow fight on Christmas Eve. Many young people participate, saying it relieves stress from the high-pressure, face-paced life in the city.
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  • “Fang” (meaning house) Selected as Word of 2013 in China

    Beijing, Dec. 23, 2013, –“Fang” (房, meaning house) became the word of the year 2013 in China, Shandong TV announced at the ceremony of 2013 hot Chinese words on Sunday.
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    The average price for an apartment in this Beijing complex is close to 40,000 RMB per square meter, or about $612 per square foot at end of 2013 (photo by David Li).
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  • Done Deal–Apple to Sell iPhone to Millions of China Mobile Subscribers

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    Customers experience 4G mobile phones at Xizhimen business hall of China Mobile in Beijing, Nov. 6, 2013. The Beijing company of China Mobile officially released its 4G mobile phones on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Jingsheng)

    Beijing, Dec. 23, 2013, — Apple on Sunday unveiled a long-anticipated deal with China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless carrier, to bring the iPhone to customers in a market dominated by low-cost Android smartphones.
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  • Nonstop Flights to China Four Days a Week to Start on June 20, 2014

    By David Li, bostonese.com, translated by Mei Liu

    Boston, Dec. 18, 2013, — Due to the delay of Boeing 787’s delivery, the nonstop flight between Boston and Beijing that Hainan Airlines proposed a few years ago has not become reality. However, you will soon be able to get on a dream-liner on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday at Logan Airport, and be on the ground of Beijing Capital Airport in 14 hours, starting June 20, 2014.
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  • Top Ten Google Searches of 2013

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    They reveal the good and the bad, but the bottom line is that Google searches are a tiny window into our global consciousness. In 2013, Google’s top global searches revealed our our joy, our pain, and our curiosity.

    No. 10 North Korea

    No. 10: North Korea

    North Korean soldiers stand on Kim Il-Sung square during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013.

    “North Korea” was Google’s No. 10 global trending search of 2013.
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