New York City, Dec. 23, 2015, (xinhua) — “The Chinese food is popular in the United States. There are more than 43,000 establishments, and with an annual sales of over 25 billion dollars, it is the secondly most popular takeout cuisine in America,” said Wang Rui, a co-founder of Cuckoo Kitchen.
Screen shot of Cuckoo’s website on Dec. 23, 2015.
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Tsinghua Graduate Introduces Healthy Chinese Food in the US
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World Internet Conference — ‘White-hat’ Hackers Key Force in Cyber Security
Wuzhen, China, Dec. 17, 2015 (source: China Daily, Cao Yin) — A very small office near the Sixth Ring Road in Beijing houses a very big dream, one that’s shared by thousands of Internet security enthusiasts across China.
Internet security enthusiasts participate in a session related to the prevention of telecommunications fraud during a forum organized by Wooyun, China’s largest online “white-hat” hacker community, held in Beijing in July. (Photo/China Daily)
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Harvard Report — Record Number of US Renters Face Increasing Cost
December 9, 2015 – Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC – Multifamily housing construction has accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly 30 years but has still not been sufficient to meet surging demand. Rental vacancy rates are now at their lowest point since 1985 and inflation-adjusted rents are rising 3.5 percent annually. With renter incomes stagnant, last year was another record-setting year in the number of renters paying more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs, according to the 2015 report on rental housing released today from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. While lower-income households are most likely to experience these cost burdens, the report finds that rental cost burdens increasingly afflict even moderate-income renters earning as much as $45,000 per year.
Residents of Boston Chinatown protest against high rents(bostonese.com file photo).
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Comparing Jewish Americans and Asian Americans
By S. B. Woo, President, 80-20 Educational Foundation
Introduction: 80-20 Initiative, the Asian American political action committee, isdevoted to advance civil rights of Asian Americans http://www.80-20initiative.net/andhttp://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1565&do=blog&id=471528(see the second half of the article)
CA Assemblyman Ted Liew, speaking at our 2008 Endorsement Convention
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Detectives Seize $100K Worth of Stolen Goods from My-Tan Fashion in Chinatown
Dec. 1, 2015, — On Tuesday November 24, 2015, detectives assigned to District A-1 (Downtown) executed a search warrant at My-Tan Fashion located at 693 Washington Street as a result of a ten month long investigation into a large scale retail crime operation. Investigators seized approximately 5,000 pieces of merchandise believed to be valued at about $100,000.
Many items in My-Tan Fashion were stolen goods(from bpdnews.com).
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SAPA Gains Global Influence in Pharmaceutical R&D
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Nov. 28, 2015, — Founded in 1993, the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) grew rapidly and has become one of the most active and well-recognized Chinese-heritage enduring professional organizations in the United States. Over the past 22 years, SAPA has made significant impact in the field of pharmaceutical R&D, from the East Coast of the US to the other shore of the Pacific.
Picture of SAPA-NE science symposium at MIT(bostonese.com file photo).
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IBM Watson Predicts Black Friday Online Sales Will Grow 14.5%
ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) predicts online sales will grow by more than 14.5 percent over 2014. Led by mobile shopping, consumers indicate the Apple Watch, Samsung, Sony and LG TVs, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and more are at the top of their shopping lists, according to the IBM Watson Trend App.
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Rick Wong Named President of Chinatown Main Street
Boston, Nov. 23, 2015, — Boston Chinatown Main Street (CMS) announced the election of Mr Rick Wong to be its new President effective November 12, 2015.
Rick Wong(middle) led volunteers at the community street cleaning event in October 2015 in Boston Chinatown(file photo).
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The Latest US Export to China: NCAA Sports!
Hangzhou, China, Nov. 19, 2015 – The student-athletes participating in the Pac-12 China Game and their university delegations visited the headquarters of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) in Hangzhou to kick off the historic week of activities in China. The Pac-12 China Game presented by Alibaba Group was played on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and is the latest event in the Pac-12’s Global Initiative.
Men’s Basketball team of Washington University visited Alibaba Group’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China(file photo).
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Deloitte Releases 2015 North America Technology Fast 500 Rankings
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2015 – Deloitte today released the 2015 Technology Fast 500, an annual ranking of the fastest growing North American companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech sectors. StartApp claimed the top spot with a growth rate of 21,984 percent from 2011 to 2014. Based in New York, StartApp provides a free monetization and distribution platform that integrates with applications on mobile devices. Founded in 2010, StartApp now partners with more than 200,000 applications, and has generated over seven billion software development kit (SDK) downloads to date.
Boston’s VoIP phone maker Grandstream made the Fast 500 list with growth rate of 122%. Picture from Grandstream’s video conferencing & reseller roadshows in Asia (from Facebook).
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