(From chinapost.com.tw) Richard Wang (王雲慶) is a hard-core baseball fan.He grew up as a staunch fan of Taiwan’s professional Mercuries Tigers (三商虎) of the local Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) before the team’s disbandment in 1999.
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MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Selects Finalists for 2012 Innovation Showcase
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium The 9th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today announced ten companies for its 2012 Innovation Showcase which represent cutting edge B2B solutions that combine the strongest value and innovation to enterprise IT. The finalists will receive key exposure to many of the world’s most creative and influential IT executives at the… Continue reading MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Selects Finalists for 2012 Innovation Showcase
Results of The 21st Annual All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition
The 21st Annual All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition (Sponsored and Organized by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, April, 2012) Winners’ List 2012 _________________________ The following 65 winners were chosen from a total of 337 entries (Brush Painting: 190, Calligraphy: 147) submitted by 26 different Chinese Schools, arts studios, and individuals from 8… Continue reading Results of The 21st Annual All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition
Nonstop Flight Brings Aisa Closer to New England
By David Li, bostonese.com My first trip to Boston started just after New Year’s Day of 1996 in Hong Kong, still a British colony back then. I left the hotel in the morning, and grabbed a taxi on the street to go to the old Kai Tak Airport. My itinerary included stops in Tokyo and… Continue reading Nonstop Flight Brings Aisa Closer to New England
India BU Student Body to Arrive Soon
(bbcnews.co.uk, March 23) The body of an Indian student who was shot dead in the US last week is likely to be flown back to India on Monday, family members say.
Boston Native Keeps It Fresh in Beijing
(from chinadaily.com.cn) Stepping off the airplane onto Chinese soil for the first time, Scott Minoie was geared with a friend’s e-mail, a backpack and $600 – his life savings. Scott Minoie says running a restaurant with customers you’d get to know by name is his goal with Element Fresh.
Massachusetts Celebrates Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary
(BOSTON – Thursday, April 19, 2012) Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Massachusetts legislators this week celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park. A banner commemorating this milestone currently hangs on the front of the Massachusetts State House. Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game on April… Continue reading Massachusetts Celebrates Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary
COSCO Forms Strong Anchor for Boston Port
(from chinadaily.com.cn) China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, or COSCO, the largest shipping group of China, has been recognized in Massachusetts for its contribution in helping the ailing US economy and job market. A fully laden COSCO container ship leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province. Wei Jiafu, chairman of COSCO, said that Chinese companies need to seize… Continue reading COSCO Forms Strong Anchor for Boston Port
Robo Granny to the Rescue
(From China Daily) Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving US health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America. Some of the ideas might sound like “Robo Granny”. An astronautical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made a skin-tight… Continue reading Robo Granny to the Rescue
Third Annual Harvard Life Science Symposium To Start on April 28 at Harvard Medical School
David Li, bostonese.com Life science field is a major growth area of Massachusetts economy. Contributions from Chinese American scientists and doctors to the life science field in the greater Boston area have been well-recognized by leaders in the field and by government officials. Only three weeks after Boston BioForum, organized by Chinese-American BioMedical Association (CABA),… Continue reading Third Annual Harvard Life Science Symposium To Start on April 28 at Harvard Medical School