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  • Best Documentary Winner Lost Years Takes on Diplomatic Mission

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Feb. 20, 2013, — I received the DVD of Lost Years on Feb. 16, the same day when Lost Years won the Best Feature Documentary Award at Asians on Film Festival Premiere in Los Angeles (North Hollywood). It was a wonderful Chinese New Year gift from my friend Canadian director Kenda Gee. The film was also recently nominated for Best Original Music, Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on Feb. 27.
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    Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel presents a copy of Lost Years to Mr. Jiang Kun, Secretary General of the China Literature and Art Foundation in Beijing, January 7, 2013 (Photo: City of Edmonton)
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  • Song Zuying’s Radio City Music Hall Concert — Picture Perfect

    New York City, Feb. 17, 2013 –In the evening of Feb. 16, 2013, “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” Song Zuying USA Spectacular was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Despite of a cold windy night, over 6000 fans attended the concert. Together with American Symphony Orchestra and Collegiate Chorale Singers Chorus and two guest performers Tsewang Dorjei and Sha Baoliang, Song Zuying wowed her fans with her beautiful voice and four splendid costumes. One of the costumes was the traditional dress from the Miao ethnicity which Song Zuying is a member of.

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    Song Zuying passes flowers to conductor Xia Xiaotang at end of the concert. (photo provided by Metro Images)
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  • Construction Starts on Tufts Tuberculosis Research Lab, Asian Women for Health Awarded Grant by The Lenny Zakim Fund

    Construction Starts on Tufts Tuberculosis Research Lab

    BOSTON (Feb. 15, 2013) – Construction has started on Tufts University’s planned tuberculosis research laboratory. The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory is slated to be built within Tufts’ existing medical research building at 136 Harrison Avenue.
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  • NYU Student Leah Li Wins 56th Miss Chinatown USA Pageant

    (Xinhuanet) — Leah Li, junior from New York University, won the 56th Miss Chinatown USA Pageant in San Francisco Saturday, under the theme of “Homage to Women.”

    Leah Li wins the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant 2013 in San Francisco, the United States, Feb. 16, 2013. The Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant 2013 closed on Feb. 16. (Xinhua/Liu Yilin)
    Leah Li wins the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant 2013 in San Francisco, the United States, Feb. 16, 2013. The Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant 2013 closed on Feb. 16. (Xinhua/Liu Yilin)

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  • “Ready to Begin Our Campaign for Stamford’s Future” — William Tong

    By William Tong, Candidate for Mayor of Stamford

    Stamford, Conn., Feb. 7, 2013, — Today, the Stamford Advocate published a column I wrote about Stamford’s readiness to move forward, united by a shared vision and plan, to make our city the finest city for families in the country.

    This is a goal I know we can achieve, and I am ready to work with you to make it happen.
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  • Malden Beats: Teen Enrichment Center Receives $2,500 Donation, Amira Market Grand Opening


    		 Malden, Mass. -- Friends and Family of Frank “Frankie” DeCandia presented a $2,500 check to the Malden Teen Enrichment Center on behalf of the “Frank Says Hi Scholarship Foundation”, a non-profit organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Frank DeCandia, a 22 year old Malden resident who lost his courageous battle with leukemia in 2008. Frank, a lifelong Malden resident, was a student at Suffolk University studying journalism when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
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  • Zigen Fund’s Harvard Charity Concert Features World-Class Opera Singers and Chorus

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the afternoon of March 3, 2013, Zigen Fund will present a Charity Concert at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. This concert features award-winning opera singers Guang Yang and Jing Wei. Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus(BEHC) and its conductor Wanjun Qiao, the recent winners of 2012 World Choral Festival at Vienna’s Golden Hall of the Musikverein Concert, will also join this charity concert. Tickets for the concert can be ordered at: zigen2013.eventbrite.com.
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  • 2013 Egypt Dossier: An Essential Primer for Correspondents Covering Egypt

    By Na Ma, Indiana University

    Introduction

    Majestic pyramids, sacred mummies, noble Cleopatra… with these glowing millennium culture inheritances from one of the four ancient civilizations, Egypt is always a mystery untouchable land to international correspondents.
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  • Boston Weathers Blizzard of 2013, Cleanup Continues

    Boston, Feb. 11, 2013 — Mayor Thomas M. Menino this afternoon was briefed by his snow team on continued clean-up efforts in the City of Boston. Boston Public Schools will be closed tomorrow and all Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) community centers will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for parents to bring their children. The Parking Ban and Snow Emergency remain in effect.
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    Boston DPW is working on Charles Street.
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  • Mayor Menino Announces City Preparations for Blizzard of 2013

    Boston, Feb. 7, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today called for the City’s Snow Team to execute plans to prepare for a major winter storm that is projected to bring blizzard-like conditions and possible hurricane-force wind gusts to Boston Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service is advising people not to travel after noon on Friday.
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