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  • Earthquake in Maine Shook Office Buildings in Boston Area

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston – An office worker was about to leave office a few minutes after a meeting ended at 7:00 PM ET, when he felt the three story office building north of Boston shook for a few seconds. “I ran over to the window, and saw the trees were not moving. So, it couldn’t be the wind,” he told reporter over the phone. Electricity and Internet services were not interrupted according to the office worker. One of his coworkers also felt the earthquake on the first floor of the office building. “It was like an elephant was walking on the second floor,” she said.

    Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors) (from usgs.gov)
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  • USCIS To Host Chinese-Language “Jiao Liu” Engagement on October 18

    BOSTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will host a free information session of our “Jiao Liu” series on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). The topic will be “Petitioning for an Immediate Relative.” This national session will be exclusively in Chinese and available for the public to participate via Internet or toll-free telephone.

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  • Facing a Weak Economy, Both Candicates Are Tough on China

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    China-bashing is fiercer in the 2012 US presidential election than any previous election campaign, with both the Republican and the Democratic candidates attacking China, observers said.

    Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama wave to the audience during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado on Oct 3. Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press
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  • BSHC Hosts Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser to Increase Supportive Housing Programs for Boston’s Low Income Seniors

    Boston – Boston Senior Home Care (BSHC) will host its Annual Celebration and Fundraiser on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston. The event will feature a live and silent auction, hors d’oeuvres with a cash bar, and music by Jazz in the Air. The goal for the event is to raise $100,000 dollars to increase the number of Supportive Housing programs in the City of Boston. Several State and City officials, members of the BSHC Board of Directors, staff and numerous business partners who work on behalf of BSHC consumers are expected to be in attendance.
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  • Hornoring Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, Dr. James S. C. Chao Gives $40 Million to Harvard Business School

    BOSTON, MA – October 12, 2012 – Harvard University and Harvard Business School have received a $40 million gift from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family foundation. The gift was given in tribute to the life and legacy of the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, beloved matriarch of this most prominent and accomplished Chinese American family. It will support both students in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and participants in the School’s Executive Education programs. The Chao family, who is the only family in the School’s history to have four daughters attend, poignantly made their gift during the 50th anniversary celebration of women in Harvard’s MBA program and the 375th anniversary of Harvard University.

    (Front L to R)Mayor Menino, Predident Faust, Dr. Chao, Secretary Chao and Dean Nohria. (Photo by Susan Young)
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  • Bio of Dr. James S.C. Chao, The Inaugural CAAPS Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

    By Chinese American Academic and Professional Society (CAAPS)

    Born in Shanghai, China, James S.C. Chao has dedicated his life to shipping, trading and finance beginning with his study of navigation in China. As a young cadet, he completed his college coursework in 1949 and by the mid-1950’s had advanced with remarkable rapidity through the ranks to become one of the youngest ocean-going marine masters up to that time.

    Dr. Chao and his wife, the late Mrs. Ruth Mu-Lan Chu Chao
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  • Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

    STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.

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  • 40-Day Countdown for the 2012 MIT-CHIEF Began at the Launch Ceremony

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass. – In the afternoon of October 6, the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF)’s Launch Ceremony of 2012 annual conference was held at the Marriott Hotel in Kendal Square near MIT campus. The organizing team announced this year’s forum topics and the latest progress. The registration website was officially launched, with the opening day, November 16, of this year’s forum exactly 40 days away.

    Group picture after the launch ceremony.
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  • Tufts Medical Center to Provide Free Cervical and Breast Cancer Screenings to Uninsured Women on October 13

    BOSTON – For the third straight year, Tufts Medical Center will host See, Test & Treat®, a free cervical and breast cancer screening program, sponsored by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and funded through grants from the CAP Foundation. The program features same day medical tests, diagnoses and follow-up care for uninsured and underserved women ages 21 and older, all in a single visit. The program will take place on Saturday, October 13, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the OB/GYN clinic on the second floor of Tufts Medical Center’s South Building (860 Washington Street in Boston).

    Staff from Tufts Medical Center was providing free health checkups and consultation at an event in Tai Tung Village in Boston Chinatown on August 7, 2012. (photo by David Li)
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  • Palace of the Moon – Combining the Best of Chinese and Western Music

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the evening of October 7, the Boston Beijing Opera Association (BBOA) presented its annual performance at Cambridge Family YMCA Theater. I enjoyed the entire program thoroughly along with roughly 300 people in the audience.


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