By Changhong Zhang, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 5, 2014, –- The North America Chinese Directors Short Film Tour made a stop at Harvard University in the evening of Nov. 3. The Boston screening was co–presented by EnMaze Pictures LLC, the Asian Cultural Center Boston and the Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association (HCSSA).
During the San Fran stop of the film tour, Director Kate Tsang and Tina T.Hsu came to the Q&A (from www.enmaze.com).
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By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com
Nov. 2, 2014, — Yesterday, we had our 37th New England Association of Chinese Professionals (NEACP) Annual Conference in Harvard University Yenching Library. All the speakers were great. Some topics were out of reach for me and you learn something new every day. We had about 80 to 100 people for the day at the competence and about 40 people for dinner.
with the keynote speakers ,Shih-Su Ching of Taiwan and Shih-Fen S. Chen of Canada and others in charge Chang-Sun-Mei, Chang-Chun-Hwa and Shih-Wei Wang at the dinner in Changsu restaurant in Cambridge.
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Picture from MIT CHIEF demo day in April 2014 (file photo).
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Boston, Nov. 3, 2014, — With pushes by non-profit organizations such as APIAVote, Silicon Valley Chinese Association (SVCA), The Orange Club, Boston Forward Foundation (BFF) across the nation over past few months, Asian American votes are expected to turned out in record numbers in tomorrow’s midterm election. Their votes will have a significant impact on elections in the federal, state and local levels as low turnouts in the general population are expected.
The APIAVote Young Voter Initiative is supporting seven university student groups and community-based organizations with youth-led voter mobilization campaigns. Grantees are based in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Washington state. They are engaging youth in communities and on college campuses with critical numbers of young AAPI voters.
Health care and economy are the top two issues for Asian American youth (from APIAVote).
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Boston, Oct. 31, 2014, the Chinese Progressive Association’s Chinese Youth Initiative Program held a “Trick or Treat for the Chinatown Library” event outside of the Josiah Quincy School at the corner of Washington and Oak Streets in Boston’s Chinatown this afternoon.
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Boston, Oct. 31, 2014, –The annual Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) will take place in Boston on November 8, 2014. The location is Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Center, 35 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115. In partnership with Harvard Medical School-Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association (HMS-CSSA), the meeting this year will cover a range of hot topics in the fields of health care, biomedical research and novel drug development.
Group picture from the third Bridge Medical Summit in Nov. 2013 (photo by David Li).
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Boston, Oct. 30, 2014, — Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) passed away this morning in a hospital in Boston at age of 71. He served as the 53rd Mayor of Boston, and was the city’s longest-serving mayor. Before becoming mayor, the Boston native was a member and President of Boston City Council.
Menino announced not running for reelection in March 2013 at Faneuil Hall (file photo).
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By Joan Huang, Composer
It’s my great pleasure to announce that “Orphan San Mao” will be premiered at NEC’s Jordan Hall on Nov. 23. Renowned Erhu artist Tao He and conductor Frank Epstein will team up with me to make sure that the premiere will bring you such unique music experience that you will never forget.
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Internet of Things: Unpaved Road to the Next Big Thing
Venue: ConstantCon
Parking: Free Direction: Take the building entrance facing I-95 with flag
Online Registration: http://necina-
Internet of Things (IoT) has been regarded by many as one of the greatest transformational forces in our time. Gartner estimates that IoT will generate 1.9 trillion of economic value-add in 2020. In healthcare alone, IoT is expected to add $285B provider value to global economy. McKinsey puts the economic value-add at $6.2 trillion annually by 2025.
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By David Li and Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 25, 2014, Global Diaspora Forum: 2014 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Annual Conference for US Chinese Diaspora Beyond Border was recently held at Harvard University. It aims to deepen understanding of the situation of China-US trade and investment for American society, and promote bilateral trade and investment, and to provides new opportunities entrepreneurship and innovation development for US-Chinese Diaspora and investors.
Prof. Guoping Zhang (left) and MA State Rep. Tarkey Chan pose for a picture (photos by Wendy Wang and Xie Zhen).
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