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  • Caught In the Web Reviewed by a Chinese Language Teacher

    By Serena Li, teacher at Kwong Kow Chinese School

    Caught in the Web is a Chinese movie directed by Chen Kaige, a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. In this July 2012 movie, director Chen tried to combine the passion for Internet among modern Chinese people with his unique storytelling skills. Caught in the Web is the official entry from China to the 85th Academy Awards (2013) for Best Foreign Language Film.

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  • Northeast Tigers: Soccer is Our Religion

    By Bo Yang, soccer player & photographer

    “Northeast Tigers” soccer club was established on year 2000. We are all soccer lovers in “Borogh” area: Marlborogh, Westborogh, Northborogh, Southborogh and Worcester, and play every Sunday since then. We have average 30 people in our club. Most of us are Chinese. Some Brazilian friends joined us as well (4 to 6). “Happy soccer” is our slogan. “Soccer” is our Religion (Sunday Moring Play instead of Pray).

    The pictures below were taken during a regular practice on October 7, 2012.


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  • New Bostonians Summit: Immigrant Families’ Educational and Economic Success is Boston’s Future

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    The New Bostonioan Summit was held on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:00 AM at City Year’s Lavine Civic Forum. The half-day summit focused on top issues facing Boston’s immigrants. About 250 Boston’s immigrants and representatives from several sectors attended the Summit The half-day summit provided an update on the New Bostonians Agenda, a collective response to three of the biggest issues facing Boston’s immigrants: educational attainment for their children (K-12 Education); English language acquisition (ESOL); and economic success through family-sustaining jobs.

    Director Cheng Imm Tan explains the three breakout sessions coming up at the summit.
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  • Inaugural Cornell China Conference To Start on October 27

    By David Li, bostonese.com, translated by Lang Gao

    On the weekend of October 27 – 28, the Cornell China Conference will be held in Cornell University, a member of the prestigious Ivy League located in Ithaca, New York. Cornell Chinese Students Association (CCSA), the organizer of this conference states that the theme of the conference is to discuss the perspectives of China given the background of national reformation and transformation.

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  • Over Half a Billion Views, Gangnam Style Inspires Boston’s International Students

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston – As of October 22, the Youtube video titled “PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V” has had over 528 million views, over 2 million comments, 2.3 million comments, 4.3 millions likes and 223,000 dislikes. The video was uploaded on July 15, 2012. So, in about 100 days, the daily average views on Youtube is over 5 million per day.

    Psy teaches the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a dance step on Tuesday, Oct. 23. (STAN HONDA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

    Once a student at BU for one semester in 1997, PSY went on to study at Berklee College of Music. The following video was produced by BU students about PSY as part of the You Speak series.

    Watch this video on YouTube

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  • Boston’s Chinese Community Thanks Senator Brown for Senate’s Apology for Chinese Exclusion Act

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the evening of October 20, 2012, about 300 Chinese People of Greater Boston and New England held an appreciation party for Senator Scott Brown at Empire Garden restaurant. They thanked Senator Brown’s contribution in passing resolution S.Res.201 – A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed in the US Senate on October 6, 2011. Also in attendance were members of the Vietnamese, Korean, and Cambodian communities.

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  • Malden Beats: Firebrand Concert Series Kicked Off, Teen Enrichment Center Coordinator Hired

    2012-2013 Firebrand Concert Series Season Kicked Off


    On October 12, Mayor Christenson attended “Dream With Us” which kicked off the 2012-2013 Firebrand Concert Series Season at St. Paul’s Episcopal Parish. Many Malden residents filled the church to hear the Soprano and Spring Trio’s version of works by Purcell, Mozart, De Falla, Villa-Lobos, Bernstein, and Schoenfield. Additionally, an original composition by the Trio’s Composer-in-Residence, Oliver Caplan, served to be a big hit.
    (L to R)Peter Stickel, Violin; Yelena Beriyeva, Piano; Diana Golden, Cello and Artistic Director; Mayor Christenson; Jean Danton, Soprano and Oliver Caplan, Composer-in-Residence (more…)

  • Hong Kong Electronics Fair & electronicAsia Draw Over 97,000 Buyers

    Hong Kong, October 18, 2012 – The four-day Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition), the largest trade fair of its kind in the world, and the concurrent electronicAsia concluded on Tuesday,  October 16  after attracting more than 97,000 buyers from 140 countries and regions. The twin fairs welcomed 3,900 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions.

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  • Autumn in New England – Colors from White Mountains

    By Simon Yunshan Pan, Simon.P Photography

    I’m currently studying at UMass Boston. I first fell in love with photography after I took a class in school. I am still in the process of learning and understanding more about all aspects of it. Even though it hasn’t been long time, photographing people, every-day objects and different scenery is my passion. I find joy and fulfillment in being able to capture stories and memories in a single picture.


    After realizing my new-found hobby, I have had numerous opportunities to shoot portraits for different models, landscapes, magazine work and events including, but not limited to weddings and parties. I am able to develop good RAW picture files as well as delivering edited pictures as I am experienced in Adobe Photoshop. Please do not hesitate to contact me for events or location shoots. I took the pictures below during a recent trip to White Mountains in New Hampshire. I used Canon 5D Mark III DSLR, and 16-35mm f2.8 and 24-70mm f2.8 lenses for these pictures.
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  • Preview of the Bridge Medical Summit 2012

    Dear Friend,

    The purpose of “Medicine and Development” forum is to bridge between “academia and industry”, “basic research and drug development”, “novel ideas and successful ventures”, “biotechnology and supporting fields such as investment and legal”.

    There are going to be three sections:

    Section 1. Drug Development: Innovation, Strategy, and Polic 

    Section Chairs: Drs. Alan Jiang and Long Cheng

    This section of Forum will focus on the changing landscape of regulatory strategy of SFDA; an example of clinical development of an innovative drug in China; the update on Harvard-China translational research project and trendy orphan drug strategy for innovative drug R&D in biopharmaceutical industry.

    Section 2. Business Development: Company Formation, Management, and Investment

    Section Chairs: Drs. Jean Qiu and Yi Le

    If you want to start a company, or move business to the next level, you are invited to our second section of Forum. In this section, we invited successful entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers, and accountants to discuss following questions:

    How to form a company and the business transaction process?

    How does a technology based company function from inside?

    What takes to turn a technology into a commercial product?

    What does Pharma look for when evaluating technologies?

     

    Section 3. Personal Development: Legal issues, Technology Transfer, Collaboration and Global Market 

    Section Chairs: Drs. Jimmy Hao and Yajun Xu

    Life is full of opportunities and risks. For physicians, researchers, business people, and others who bridge the two largest economies in the world, opportunities award the prepared and risks trap the unwary. Panelists of this section will discuss with the audience taking advantage of (or otherwise adjusting one’s own clinic and research practice to) the healthcare trends in both China and US (e.g., personal medicine) and avoiding traps (e.g., US export control violations and IP-related pitfalls) from the point views of industry leaders, technology transfer officers, lawyers, and others.

    Please join us to help bridge medicine and development!

    Online registration for BMS 2012 including Medicine and Development Forum is still open, please don’t hesitate to register today!

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    Sincerely,
    Fei Gu
    American Chinese Medical Association

    WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, 2Pm-6Pm, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, 9Am-11Am
    WHERE: Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
    Event Website: www.acma.org/bms2012

    Medicine and Development Committee

    Dr. Long Cheng (Chair)
    Dr, Yi Le (Co-Chair)
    Dr. Jimmy Jianming Hao (Co-Chair)
    Dr. Alan Yide Jiang (Co-Chair)
    Dr. Jean Qiu (Co-Chair)
    Dr. Yajun Xu (Co-Chair)