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  • Lindy Li’s Campaign for US Congress Enjoys Early Fundraising Success

    By Eric Wu, bostonese.com

    Philadelphia, July 24, 2015, — Lindy Li updated her Lindy Li for U.S. Congress Facebook page to thank her supporter for their contributions on July 17. “Starting in late May, together we raised $128,235 in about just 5 weeks. A total of 488 donors contributed to our campaign, with some giving just a few dollars, though these generous souls gave all they could. We raised this amount without the help of any consultants or political operatives — indeed, all of this was because of you, a grassroots effort through and through. And this was just the warm-up round,” wrote Ms. Li.
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    Lindy Li (2nd from left, back row) with her supports at a campaign event in July 2015 (from Facebook).
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  • Amazon Now Bigger Than Walmart

    (Note: Stock price of Amazon climbed close to 10%, and closed at $529.42 a share on July 24 after delivering a strong Q2. Its market cap is now at $246.54 billion, 7% higher than the $230.53 billion market cap of Walmart at market close on Friday.)

    Seattle, (BUSINESS WIRE), July 23, 2015, — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015.

    Operating cash flow increased 69% to $8.98 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.33 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2014. Free cash flow increased to $4.37 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.04 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2014.
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    Amazon Employee picking with robot Kiva at its warehouse (file photo).
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  • The 5th Asian American Day Prep Meeting Held at CCBA in Boston Chinatown

    By Menglei Han, bostonese.com

    On July 13, the 5th Asian American Day Preparatory Meeting was held at Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) in Boston Chinatown. Klysler Yen, vice president of AAAB (Asian American Association of Boston) board attended the meeting, and his son Donnie Yen, the famous Hong Kong Kung Fu movie star, delivered his congrats and wishes to the successful hosting of the 5th Asian American Day event via his father. Director David Bai hosted the meeting. The Asian American Day aims to create a platform in order to unify Asian Americans in Boston, and to beautify Asian American communities.
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    Mr. Klysler Yen shows his son Donnie Yen’s Congrats to the Asian American Day (Photos by Menglei Han).
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  • CYPN Hosts Seminar by Councilor Wu

    Interested in local politics? As an Asian American have you wondered what it takes to make an political impact? Wait no further! On August 14 CYPN invites you to join our seminar with Michelle Wu, the most successful Asian American politician in Boston. Right after graduation from Harvard Law School in 2012, Michelle got elected the following year at the age of 28. She is the first Chinese American and first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City Council, as well as the youngest current member.
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  • Chinese Brush Painting Exhibition at Lincoln Public Library

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Lincoln, Mass., July 17, 2015, — Fifteen beautiful Chinese brush painting by Catherine Tan Chan is on exhibition at Lincoln Public Library until end of this month.
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    Ms. Chan (middle) and two of her students pose for a picture at the exhibition(photos by Xinming Li).
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  • Hillarynomics = Socialism?

    By Sun Chenghao, assistant research fellow, Institute of American Studies at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

    Hillary Clinton is seeking the Democrat Party’s nomination for US President in 2016. She unveiled her economic plan on July 13 at the New School in New York City. To the surprise of no one, there was nothing impressive in the speech. Nevertheless despite stumbling on the campaign trail, she could still win the White House. Yet, she will just be the female version of Obama, making promises of ‘hope and change,’ but never delivering on them. She is claiming that if elected, she would resolve the rising income inequality gap, which millions of Americans care about, although she lives in a huge mansion and her neighbors are Wall Street bankers. Clinton called it, the “defining economic challenge of our time”. A report released by the Brookings Institution in March 2015 concluded that from 2002 to 2013, the incomes of most households in the U.S. stagnated or declined. The median U.S. household earned $51,939 in 2013, 9 percent drop from $56,900 in 1999. Yes, the income inequality gap has widened under a Democrat Party president in the White House.
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  • An American Teacher’s Advice to Chinese Students on Learning English

    By Jennifer Rose Nelson

    My time in Hangzhou is drawing to a close, and I want to extend my gratitude generally to the kind people of this city, and specifically to the more than 400 HFLS students I had the pleasure of teaching this past semester. I bow to your studious, curious natures and credit you with revitalizing my passion for education. Many of you are working towards studying or working in English-speaking communities, and now that gaokao is over and final exams are nearly upon us, I am certain that I know what you are thinking as summer vacation approaches: how can I use all of this glorious free time to improve my English? Fortunately, I’m here to offer you some parting advice on how to improve your already-impressive command of my native language.
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  • A System Engineering Professsor’s View on The Greek Economic Crisis

    By Larry Ho, Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering, Emeritus, Harvard University

    The current problem facing Greece and the Eurozone has been dominating the news lately. The reports people sees in newspaper and broadcasts make the problem overly complex, difficult to understand and resolve. As a citizen of the US, this is my own simplified view:
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  • Divorce Rate Peaks in China after Gaokao

    Wuhan, China, July 10, 2015, — An annual “divorce peak” reemerged recently as a large number of couples ended their marriages after their children completed China’s national college entrance exam, known as the gaokao.
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  • Department of Education Has Let Asian-American Communities Down Again

    By Organizing Committee, Asian American Coalition

    Short Hills, New Jersey, July 8, 2015, — We are very disappointed to learn that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education has recently dismissed our Administrative Complaint against Harvard University filed on May 15, 2015. Even though our Complaint presented overwhelming evidences indicating that Harvard University has been engaged in continuous and systemic discriminatory practices against Asian-American applicants, OCR chose to dismiss our Complaint citing a procedural ground. The Department of Education has clearly let Asian-American communities down.
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