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).
(more…)
Boston, Nov. 9, 2015, -– As support for his opioid bill rapidly gains momentum, Governor Charlie Baker today received another endorsement from a group of county sheriffs, citing the urgency for more tools to combat the opioid crisis on a statewide basis.
(more…)
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Singapore, Nov. 7, 2015, — At 3 PM local time, Xi jinping and Ma Ying-jeou formally met each other and shaked hands in front of more than 500 reporters for 90 seconds. It is the first handshake between leaders of the two sides of Taiwan Straight in 66 years, and will open a new era of peaceful cross-strait exchanges.
(more…)
This morning, speaking from the Roosevelt Room, the President announced that the State Department determined that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States.
(more…)
San Jose, Oct. 30, 2015, — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s cloud computing unit recently launched of its second data center in Silicon Valley in the United States, as part of the company’s ambitious plan to be a global cloud service provider.
(more…)
Boston, Nov. 5, 2015, — The annual meeting and dinner banquet of Chinese History Society of New England (CHSNE) will be held Friday (Nov. 6) evening at Empire Garden restaurant in Chinatown. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is Impact of 1965: Immigration Law and Chinese in Boston. Well-known Chinatown leader and WWII veteran Arthur Wong, 91, and Gary Libby of Maine will be honored at this event.
Arthur Wong shows the Bronze Star medal at his apartment in Chinatown(file photo).
(more…)
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Quincy, Mass., Nov. 3, 2015, — Mayor Koch was reelected to fifth term defeating William Phelan as expected. One unexpected result in today’s Quincy elections was that Nina Liang’s victory in her campaign for Quincy City Council.
(more…)
Boston, Nov. 2, 2015, — Have you taken a road trip north to the green mountain state of Vermont? Do you dream of flying above the colorful landscape? You can find pictures of the beautiful foliage from 10,000 feet above ground by a reader of bostonese.com here.
(more…)
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 31, 2015, — It was a nice day for trick and treat today while teams of volunteers joined Chinatown Main Street(CMS) Fall Street Cleaning this morning. The sudden passing of Tony Yee, former president of board of CMS might have inspired many to show up in memory of Yee, who was a tireless advocate for better and more attractive business environment for Chinatown.
Volunteers pose for a group picture(provided to bostonese.com).
(more…)
Oct. 31, 2015, — Mr. Wang Jianlin, Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, was invited to speak at Harvard Business School on Friday. The talk titled Going Global The “Wanda” Way attracted about 900 students. Mr. Wang talked about ambitious goals of making Wanda first-rate global company in real-estate, high-end hotel, entertainment and sports.
Mr. Wang speaks at HBS (file photo).
(more…)