BEIJING, /PRNewswire/ — On June 19 (German time), the 2013 International Student Cluster Challenge (ISC’13) was closed in Leipzig, Germany. The team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China has won the Best Linpack award and set a world new record with 8.455TFLOPS. The team from the Centre for High Performance Computing of South Africa won the Overall Best award, and the team from Tsinghua University ranked second in terms of overall score at ISC’13. It is China’s second championship at ISC’13 after Tianhe-2 claimed the lead in the Top500 list. The world is marveling at China’s rapid development in system research, application development, and talent education in the field of supercomputers.
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China Shocks the Supercomputer Community Again with HUST’s HPL Championship at ISC 2013
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Dr. Hangming Yang Receives Distinguished Career in Science Award at 2013 Bridge Medical Summit
By David Li and Dongyu Chen, bostonese.com
Nov. 8, 2013, — Started two years ago by doctors and researchers at American Chinese Medical Association (ACMA), Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) has become a new Fall tradition in Boston’s medical district. This year’s BMS has been successfully held at Boston Children’s Hospital on Oct. 26. With focuses on Medical Education, Cancer Prevention & Screening, Genetics and Proteomics as well as Healthcare Issues in the US and China, BMS III has interpreted complicated medical language into presentations and speeches that could be understood by the public.
Group picture at evening reception.
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Five Ways to Make Donations for Typhoon Haiyan Victims
Typhoon Haiyan swept across the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013 with max wind speed topping 200 mph. It left a trail of massive destruction in its wake. With sustained wind speed at 145 mph, Haiyan was the second category 5 typhoon to strike the island nation this year.
Only coconut trees left standing in the background after Typhoon Haiyan passed an island of Philippines.
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World War II Veteran Arthur Wong Joins Protest Against ABC in Boston Common
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 11, 2013, — Today, Mr. Arthur Wong of Boston Chinatown celebrates 68th Veteran’s Day after he returned from battlegrounds of Europe in 1945. Nineteen-year-old Arthur Wong found himself on Omaha Beach on D-day (June 6, 1944). Five months later, he was seriously injured during a firefight in Germany. He returned Boston after a few months treatment in a hospital in southern France.
(L to R)Mr. Arthur Wong and Yiduo Nian at Saturday’s protest in Boston Common.
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What a Journey — Protests Against ABC on Back-to-back Days in NYC
New York City, November 9, 2013, — Hundreds of protesters showed up outside ABC headquaters to protest against ABC network and its Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday. In the Kids Table segment aired on Oct. 16, a six-year-old boy suggested “kill everyone in China” when Jimmy Kimmel asked how to resolve the $1.3 trillion US debt to China. Jimmy Kimmel responded by saying “It’s an interesting idea”, and later asked the kids “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”
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Newspaper Ad Calls ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel
By David Li, bostonese.com
Nov. 8, 2013, — A full-page ad on the Metro newspaper caught eyes of many Boston riders of MBTA this morning. The ad titled GENOCIDE != JOKE, and called ABC and Jimmy Kimmel to make a public apology to all of its viewers for airing discussions that included “kill everyone in China” during a segment of Jimmy Kimmel Live about three weeks ago.
The above ad was published on Metro Boston edition on Nov. 8, 2013.
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Meet Leading Entrepreneurs @MIT-CHIEF Third Annual Conference, Nov. 16-17
“Transforming Ideas to Impact”MIT China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) Third Annual ConferenceNovember 16-17, 2013Stata Center (Building 32) @ MIT
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Lost Years Won Best Documentary and Best of the Best Awards at IFFM 2013
By Luyuan Zhang. Bostonese.com
New York, October 25, 2013 —- An epic documentary film “Lost Years”, directed by Kenda Gee and Tom Radford, was showcased during the eighth program of International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) 2013 at the Anthology Film Archives on Saturday, Oct. 19. At end of Oct. 20, Lost Years took home the award of “Best Documentary” and “Best of the Best” awards at IFFM 2013 .
Director Kenda Gee (middle) shows off the two awards.
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Nineteen Cities to Join National Day of Protest Against ABC on Nov. 9
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 6, 2013, — On Nov. 9, 2013, Boston will join 18 other US cities in a national protest against ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Kid’s Table segment in which “kill everyone in China” discussions were aired. Executives at ABC and Jimmy Kimmel has issued apologies after protests were erupted in San Francisco, Los Angels, Boston and other cities last week. However, many Chinese-Americans demanded further actions to be taken to hold people accountable for airing the segment on public airwaves.
Boston’s protest on Nov. 2, 2013 (photo by David Li).
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Michelle Wu Wins Boston City Council At-Large Race
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 6, 2013, — Eleven months after she filed for Boston City Council At-Large candidacy, Michelle Wu won a decisive victory in Tuesday’s Boston city municipal elections. Getting 18% votes among eight city councilor at-large candidates competing for four seats, 28-year-old Michelle Wu was elected as the first Chinese-American Boston City Councilor.
Senator Warren (left) and Michelle Wu pose for a picture on Nov. 2, 2013 (provided by Wu’s campaign).
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