By Xinhua writer Guo Ying
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Among the excited shopaholics and selfie-takers among China’s outbound travelers is another group – more serious and usually carrying their medical records.
Late afternoon sun sends a long shadow across the Jimmy Fund building of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston(from Facebook).
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2015, — In recent weeks, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, has shown that it is capable of conducting terrorist activities outside of Iraq and Syria. The devastating attacks on Paris and the downing of a Russian passenger plane filled with civilians over Egypt requires a greater response from the anti-ISIS coalition. The Center for American Progress has issued an issue brief that looks at the options before the international community and the United States and makes recommendations for bringing greater pressure to bear on ISIS without giving into the fear that the group seeks to provoke.
An injured Parisian was helped leaving the attack scene(photos from social media).
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Boston, Nov. 19, 2015, — On Friday, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center’s newest exhibition, We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence welcomed its 100,000th visitor since opening in May at the Boston Public Library. The exhibition is the most successful in the Map Center’s history, and has been visited by individuals from 46 states and 51 countries. We Are One closes its doors on November 29 before moving to Colonial Williamsburg in 2016.
A drawing from 1778 in the exhibit(from bpl.org).
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November 16, 2015 – The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, finds the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by ten percent to a record high of 974,926 students in the 2014/15 academic year. This strong growth confirms that the United States remains the destination of choice in higher education. The United States hosts more of the world’s 4.5 million globally mobile college and university students than any other country in the world, almost double the number hosted by the United Kingdom, the second leading host country.
Graduation ceremony at Harvard University(file photo).
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Boston, Nov. 17, 2015, — Just three days after the Paris attacks that killed over 120 people, a bomb thread to four Harvard buildings was received yesterday afternoon. After hours of searches, the four buildings have been reopened and no bomb was found.
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San Jose, Nov. 15, 2015, — Silicon Valley Chinese Association(SVCA) recently released a statement on its website praising Gov. Jerry Brown for vetoing CA Assembly bill AB-176. “AB-176 is divisive, unfair, unscientific, and in-feasible. If signed into law, it would have been a backward step for equal protection of the law in California,” the statement said.
Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a press conference at State Capitol(file photo).
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Washington, DC, Nov. 13, 2015, –President Obama just delivered a statement on today’s attacks in Paris. “Once again we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.”
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By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 12, 2015, — Today is the birthday of Sun Yat-sen (Nov. 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925), first president and founding father of the Republic of China. The painting below was created by artist Minghuang Zhang to honor Mr. Sun’s birthday. The photo was taken recently at Empire Auction Inc. office in Boston Chinatown.
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New York City, Nov. 11, 2015, — On November 16, the Premiere of TV documentary Survival in Shanghai will be held in Park East Synagogue in New York. This event is also part of the Exhibition on Jewish Refugees and Shanghai Global Tour.
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By Menlei Han, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 10, 2015, — Chinese History Society of New England(CHSNE) held it annual meeting and dinner banquet at Empire Garden restaurant Friday evening. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is Impact of 1965: Immigration Law and Chinese in Boston. About 200 CHSNE members and guests attended the annual meeting.
Sherry Dong hands the Sojourner Award to Arthur Wong and Gary Libby with CHSNE board members(photos by Menglei Han).
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