By Mark Liu
With the election of the next U.S. President coming November 8th, voters will be faced with an important decision about the direction of our country. While there has been much coverage in the Chinese newspapers of the two main candidates, Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party, there has not been enough attention paid to the extremely anti-immigrant and racist views of Donald Trump and their roots.
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By Ming Zhou, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 3, 2016, — Club Envy was full of music lovers in the evening of Sept. 29. Members of Sun Beatzz performed songs from their debut album. bostonese.com is one of the media partners for this performance.
Jenny Tian performs a song form debut album (photo credit: QiWi Photography)
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Boston, Sept. 30, 2016, — Sa Chen, the “Best Polonaise Performance Award” of the 2000 International Chopin Competition, and the “Crystal Award” of the 2005 Van Cliburn International Competition, gave a stunning performance at NEC’s Jordan Hall last Saturday night, September 24. The concert was presented by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts.
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Boston, Sept. 26, 2016, — Music Director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra kicked off the 2016-17 season Saturday night at 6 PM with an all-Russian Opening Night program featuring highly-acclaimed Chinese pianist Lang Lang in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Andris Nelsons conducts BSO at the opening night (photographer Michael Blanchard).
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By Ming Zhou, bostonese.com
Sept. 23, 2016, Boston, — As part of National Renter’s Day of Action in 50 cities around the country, hundreds of protesters marched from the Greater Boston Real Estate Board in downtown Boston to the Reggie Wong Park on Kneeland Street in Chinatown.
Members of Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) gather in downtown Boston at start of the march.
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Boston, Sept. 22, 2016, — {BPN} Boston Professionals Networking, an official 501(c)3 non-profit-organization, is a community platform for professionals and students to promote career development, to foster entrepreneurship, to expand your social network, to enhance your business relations, to bridge the gap over different fields, or to just have fun time!
Members of BPN Dragon Boat team.
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Taipei, Sept. 23, 2016, –After a successful inaugural year in 2014, the second biennial Tang Prize commenced this September 22 at Taipei’s iconic National Palace Museum. The six recipients of the international award were greeted by Tang Prize Founder Samuel Yin at the welcoming reception, along with leaders from industry and government. The reception was the first in a week-long series of events, including a culturally diverse concert, a lecture and forum series, and the centerpiece to the week—the Tang Prize Award Ceremony on September 25.
Winners of 2016 Tang Prize at a reception in Taipei today.
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By Michael Liu
Spet. 22, 2016, — Community Land Trusts have spread across the U.S. to sustain the type of land and buildings that most of its residents need.
As the wealthy move into particular areas and drive up prices for land and housing, longtime residents often get pushed out of their neighborhoods. With the influx of luxury housing into Chinatown since 2000, longtime row house owners with limited resources for needed repairs are selling to new investors for top dollar, and low-income tenants are evicted in favor of higher-paying renters. Today’s prices—more than a million dollars for a brick row house in disrepair—are driven by the wild rise and fall of the market more than the actual condition of the building.
Board members of CCLT at a meeting of Chinatown Residents Association earlier this year. (photo by Xinming Li, bostonese.com)
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HOME TOWN: RE-PRESENTING BOSTON’S CHINATOWN AS PLACE OF PEOPLE – THEN AND NOW
Sept. 10 – Oct. 2, 2016
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Quincy, Mass., September 16, 2016, — A year after its official end, Solarize Quincy, a city and state program offering discounted solar electricity (PV) systems, continues to transform the city’s landscape. The program resulted in contracts for 110 solar PV systems installed on the roofs of Quincy residences and businesses, for a combined total size of more than 600 kilowatts (KW). Under the agreement between Solarize Quincy and its selected installer, that figure more than met the threshold for a 5 KW solar PV system to be donated to a Quincy nonprofit by the installer, SolarFlair of Ashland.
MayorTom Koch with Solarize Quincy Team, including Ross Edwards, David Reich, Brian Hession of SolarFlair, Rebecca McWilliams, Shelly Dein, and Kara Chisolm.
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