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  • Dragon’s Teeth Previewed as Arthur Wong Was Honored

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 11, 2016, — Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing (BBMP) Inc. held a book preview party at Empire Garden restaurant in Chinatown at noon time on June 5. Dragon’s Teeth – Arthur Wong’s Journey from Taishan to Normandy was previewed at the party with about 60 people attending. State Rep. Tackey Chan and Annie Qin, representing Boston City Council President Michelle Wu brought citations for the 72th anniversary of Mr. Wong’s landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6. 1944.
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    Tackey Chan presents citation from MA House of Representivies to Mr. Wong.
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  • Friends Celebrate Junxiong Zhao’s Promotion at Boston Ballet

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    June 6, 2016, Boston, — A group friends held a celebration dinner at Purple Bamboo restaurant in Billerica with renowned ballet dancer Junxiong Zhao recently. Zhao thanked his friends and fans for treating him for a delicious dinner, including a few Sichuan dishes from his hometown.
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    Beatrice Lee (3rd from left), Junxiong Zhao(middle) and friends (photos by Xinming Li).
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  • Tonight: CHC 2016 College Admission Seminar at CCCC

    June 4, 2016, — One Love Children Helping Children (CHC) is a 100% student-run initiative that strives to help children in need of love, hope, and happiness. A board of CHC seniors will conduct a seminar on the college admission process and share at their respective high schools at 6:30 this evening.
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  • Grand Opening of Sichuan Taste in Malden

    Malden, Mass. — Mayor Gary Christenson, State Representatives Paul Donato and Steve Ultrino, City Councillor Peg Crowe, employees and many in the community attended the Grand Opening of Sichuan Taste, a new restaurant located at 290 Main Street at the site of the former Bossa Nova restaurant.
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    Mayor Gary Christenson, Owners Kyle Chen and Andy Chen, State Representatives Steve Ultrino and Paul Donato (Photos by Paul Hammersley, City of Malden).
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  • Dragon’s Teeth and Initial Campaign to be Previewed on June 5

    Boston, May 31, 2016, — Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing (BBMP) Inc. will hold a book preview party at Empire Garden restaurant in Chinatown at noon time on June 5.
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  • Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Invites You

    Boston, May 28, 2016, — Come celebrate the 37th Annual Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, June 12, 2016, from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Spectators will be able to watch brightly colored dragon boats, piloted by paddlers from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, South Carolina and Toronto Canada, as they race down the Charles River from Western Avenue Bridge. The festival is sponsored in part by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Hong Kong ETO), State Street, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Ocean Spray, South Cove Community Health Center, Eastern Bank and Boston Dragon Boat Festival Committee. Additional fund from Hong Kong ETO enabled the festival committee to acquire new racing equipment.
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  • Dr. Jill Biden Visits MGH Cancer Center

    Remarks of Dr. Jill Biden at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center’s 2016 One Hundred Gala as Prepared for Delivery.

    May 24, 2016
    Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Hot off the Press — Initial Campaign: An Earlier Version of Blitzkrieg at Nankou in North China

    Boston, May 23, 2016, — Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing (BBMP) Inc. will hold a book release party for English-Chinese bilingual book Initial Campaign: An Earlier Version of Blitzkrieg at Nankou in North China at noon time on June 5 at Empire Garden in Boston Chinatown. Please send email to bostonese@gmail.com to RSVP the book release party.
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  • Xinxin Yang Book Wins Top Honor in China

    Bloomington, IN, — Doctoral student Xinxin Yang at The Media School at Indiana University won a national award for her book, Late Glory: Arthur Wong and Chinese American WWII Veterans Who Liberated Europe. Along with co-author Qiang Li, Yang received the award from the Chinese government in conjunction with a holiday celebrating the end of World War II.
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  • Jill Bourne Named BPL President

    Boston, May 21, 2016, — Today, the Boston Public Library (BPL) Board of Trustees voted to extend an offer of employment for President of the Boston Public Library to Jill Bourne, City Librarian for the San Jose Public Library. The decision was made following public interviews of Bourne and David Leonard, Interim President of the BPL, and deliberation amongst the Trustees during a public meeting at the Central Library in Copley Square. A third finalist candidate, Andrea Sáenz, First Deputy Commissioner for the Chicago Public Library, withdrew from the interview process for personal reasons.
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