By Eric Wu, bostonese.com
Boxboro, Mass., May 18, 2015, — The Annual Town Election is being held today at Boxboro Town Hall, 29 Middle Road. Eight candidates are on this year’s ballot, including Chinese American candidate for planning board Ms. Hongbing Tang in this quiet bedroom town at the intersection of I-495 and route 2.
Hongbing Tang, candidate for planning board, in today’s Boxboro town election(file photo).
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Beijing, May 17, 2015, — Secretary John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds joint press conference.
MR LU: (Via interpreter) Friends from the press, good afternoon. Just now, the two foreign ministers have held their dialogues, and they are ready to meet with you and take up your questions. Now, I would like to give the floor to Foreign Minister Wang first.
FOREIGN MINISTER WANG: (Via interpreter) Friends from the press, good afternoon. Just now, I have held a constructive meeting with Secretary Kerry, where the two of us had candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-U.S. relationship and other issues of mutual interest, and we reached a lot of agreement.
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Boston, May 15, 2015, — After just two-day delibrations, the jury has reached a decision for death penalty for Dzhokar Tsarnaev this afternoon. It’s exactly two years and one month from the Patroits Day bombings near Boston Marathon Finish line on April 15, 2013. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh thanked the juros “for their service to our community and our country.”
Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guity of all 30 counts in Boston bombing at Federal Count in Boston (file photo).
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San Jose, May 13, 2015, — You are cordially invited to a public forum on legal challenge to admission policies of prestigious universities on May 30. This forum features civil rights activist Edward Blum and attorney Will Consovoy, as well as a slate of renowned experts on equal opportunities for education, including Ward Connerly, Prof. Chenming Hu and author Yukong Zhao.
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Acton, Mass., May 12, 2015, — An award ceremony of the MA Junior Duck Stamp program was held at on May 2 at Worcester Technical High School. Pam Landry, Education Coordinator, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) welcomed about 200 students and parents to the ceremony. Over 60 of the 100 artwork selected from about 500 submissions were from students in Acton, Boxboro and Lexington.
Pam Landry(first from left, back row), Hongbin Tang(second from left, back row) and students of Apple-Leaf Studio pose for a picture(photo by Victor Chen).
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Newton, Mass., May 11, 2015, — With the SAT is just around the corner, many parents and students are still unaware of the significant changes in the new SAT. And many of them have little knowledge about the Common Core, a new set of national standards of what students should know in match and English. They could have many of their questions answers by attending a lecture by well-known SAT/ACT expert Newl Chyten at Chyten Headquarters on 858 Walnut Street, Newton, Mass. from 6:30 – 8:30 PM on May 21.
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Paris, May 11, 2015, — The biggest tour group to visit France — 6,400 mainly Chinese visitors invited by their company boss — received a VIP welcome in the southern resort town of Nice on Saturday.
Tiens employees form the longest ever “human phrase”, positioning themselves in groups that read “Tiens’ dream is Nice in the Cote d’Azur”. Photo: AFP
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By Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., May 6, 2015, — Global Corporate Governance Forum：Finance Risk and Social Governance was held at Science Center, Harvard University on April 26, 2015. This is the symposium and seminar on the theme of corporate governance hosted and supported by CACG (China Association for Corporate Governance). Professor Guoping Zhang, CEO of China Association for Corporate Governance (CACG), Wertheim Fellow and visiting scholar at Harvard University and NBER, served as chairman of the Global Corporate Governance Symposium and delivered a keynote speech.
President of Global Corporate Governance Forum-Guoping Zhang-CACG （photos by Wendy Wang and Cynthia Kim）.
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Malend, Mass., May 7, 2015, — Mayor Gary Christenson recently attended the National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston Chapter (NAAAP Boston) 2015 Celebration for Future Leaders Gala and congratulated two Malden students for winning significant scholarships.
(Frim left)Emily Luu, Mayor Christenson and Eugine Szeto pose for a picture(provided to bostonese.com)
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Quincy, Mass., May 6, 2015, — Displaced tenants and their supporters set up tents in Quincy Center Tuesday afternoon to protest the actions of First Suffolk LLC, a development company based in the law offices of Matera Vopat Matera & Johnson in Quincy Center.
Karen Chen, Co-Director of the Chinese Progressive Association, translates for Luan Jiao Lin, 101 Hudson St. tenant.
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