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  • 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
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    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 states (MD, NJ, MA, MN, CA, NH, WA, TX)  The photos of the 65 winners will be posted on our website at: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net around May 30, 2012.  We have also listed the finalists from each groups, their works were excellent.  This project is funded in part by: “The Tan Family Culture Fund” and the donation from the general public. The names of the judges are listed at the end of this release. This competition will be repeated next year: deadline for submission is April 15, 2013, and the jury date will be Saturday, April 20, 2013.
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  • 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 Detroit. Some 30 hours later, after delays in Detroit, I finally arrived amid a snowstorm in Logan Airport. And surprisingly, it snowed for the next three days after my arrival in Boston, which made me wondering if the snow would ever end in my hotel room on Beacon street.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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 20, 1912.

    A banner celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park hangs on the front of the Massachusetts State House. (Photo credit: Eric Haynes/Governor’s Office).
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  • 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 opportunities in the US market. Yu Fangping / for China Daily
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  • 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 undersuit equipped with sensors that can constantly monitor the vital signs of its elderly wearer and feed the data into a computer that fires off health alerts. It was first designed for a landing on Mars.
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  • 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), another major conference in life sciences field will take place on April 28 at Harvard Medical School. It will showcase the latest advances and discoveries in the life science field, and provoke meaningful discussions in the public health polices in both the US and China.

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  • Forum Focuses on Chinese Firms’ Overseas Expansion

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    BOSTON, United States — The two-day 15th Harvard China Forum concluded on Sunday, with Chinese and US business leaders and scholars discussing the opportunities and challenges Chinese companies face while expanding overseas.
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  • 2012 Boston Marathon Runners Battle High Temperatures

    David Li, bostonese.com

    The 116th running of Boston Marathon started on schedule despite unusual high temperatures on this Patriot’s Day of 2012. A pair of runners from Kenya Sharop Cherop and Wesley Korir won the women’s and men’s titles. Kenya runners dominated this year’s race, and took top three finishes in both woment’s and men’s races. Top US finisher is Jason Hartmann, fourth in men’s race.

    Please visit the following website for top finishers in each category.
    www.baa.org/top-finishers.html

    Just one day after the 100 year anniversary of sinking of Titanic in northern Atlantic, the early arrival of summer temperatures makes people wonder if there is still any icebergs in the sea where Titanic was hit 100 years ago.

    A couple miles from Boston Marathon’s finish line in front of Boston Public Library, Boston Red Sox was shut out by Tempa Bay Rays in the annual 11 O’clock Patriot’s Day game in Fenway Park. This year also marks the 100 year anniversary of Fenway Park.

    Overall, a tough day for Boston Marathon runners, hometown boys and any icebergs still hanging around in the Atlantic.