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  • The Nutcracker by Commonwealth Ballet Comes to Regis College

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 9, 2013, — It’s that time of the year again. For years, you have to go to the theater district in downtown Boston to catch the holiday classic The Nutcracker. Now, Commonwealth Ballet Company (CBC) in Acton Mass. has brought a production of The Nutcracker to Metro West area. You can enjoy this wonderful production by talented young ballet dancers at Regis College in Weston, Mass. the weekend before Christmas.
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    The Nutcracker by Commonwealth Ballet (Photo by Mike Nyman Photography).
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  • Goodbye to Iris Chang, and Happy New Year!

    By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist

    Iris Hsiao-Hung Chang came from Taiwan University to be a visiting scholar in Yen-jing and Harvard for three months since Sept. and has stayed with me as a house guest. She was such a delightful person to be with. Iris Chang has a Ph.D. in English Literature from University of Michigan, and had been to Harvard before.
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  • U.S. Presidents Honor Life of Nelson Mandela

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2013, — It’s rare that a political figure has been admired world-wide without much argument or controversy. It’s not often that U.S. presidents look aboard for leadership and inspiration. Today, Mr. Nelson Mandela is no longer with us.
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    While tweeting this picture of Mandela visiting his old jail cell, Nancy Pelosi wrote: “May the life of Nelson Mandela long stand as the ultimate tribute to the triumph of hope.”
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  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Calls Mandela a Giant for Justice

    New York City, Dec. 5, 2013, — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his profound sadness at the passing of Nelson Mandela, extolling the life of the late human rights lawyer, prisoner of conscience, international peacemaker and first democratically-elected President of post-apartheid South Africa as an inspiration for all.
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    President Nelson Mandela addresses the 49th session of the General Assembly October 1994. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)
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  • US Treasury Unveils Lucky Money Notes for Year of Horse

    Washington, D.C., December 3, 2013 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday unveiled its latest seasonal addition to its one-dollar- note “Lucky Money” collection to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of Horse in 2014.
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    US Treasurer Rosie Rios displays the “Year of Horse” lucky money note during a press conference in Washington D.C.,
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  • The 100,000 Strong Foundation Hosts Inaugural Conference

    Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 21, 2013, — The 100,000 Strong Foundation today held its first annual conference to promote the importance of study abroad as a means to enhance the US-China strategic relationship in conjunction with the fourth annual US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong headlined the event at American University’s School of International Service.
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  • China Launches the First Moon Lander of This Century

    Dec. 2, 2013 (Xinhua), — China launched the Chang’e-3 lunar probe with the country’s first moon rover aboard early on Monday, marking a significant step toward deep space exploration. [Special coverage]

    The probe’s carrier, an enhanced Long March-3B rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30 a.m.
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  • 2014 IEEE Fellows Include Twenty from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 29, 2013, IEEE, the largest professional association for the advancement of technology in the world, announced the 2014 class of IEEE fellow just before the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday this week. IEEE fellow is deemed as a prestigious distinction, reserved for IEEE members with extraordinary accomplishments.


    (L to R)2014 IEEE fellows: Huijun Gao, Sheng Liu and Ji-Feng Zhang.
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  • 2013 ACDC Annual Meeting Looks Forward to One Greenway

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 20, 2013, — Over 250 guests attended Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC)’s annual meeting and dinner on Nov 12, 2013 at Hei La Moon restaurant in Chinatown. The theme of the evening was “A Hudson Street Reunion.” There were many guests with family connections to Hudson street, site of the highly anticipated One Greenway project.
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    Former Hudson street resident, Prof. Tunney Lee delivers keynote speech (all photos provided by ACDC).
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  • Presidential Innovation Fellow Jason Shen Publishes Book on Winning

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 25, 2013, — Winning NCAA championship as a member of Stanford’s gymnastic team, running a start-up high-tech company, and being selected as Presidential Innovation Fellow, Newton, Mass. native Jason Shen knows well about winning. He recently added another distinction to his resume: author of an e-book that made to amazon.com bestseller list.
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