Bar Harbor, Maine, August 26, 2015, (cntv.cn) — Chinese tourists visiting the United States tend to flock to cities like New York, Washington DC and Las Vegas but a direct flight that began last year from Beijing to Boston is opening up new areas– like the state of Maine– to Chinese visitors.
Captain John Nicolai with Chinese tourists (CBS NEWS).
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Maine Attracts Growing Number of Chinese Tourists
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Across the Lonely Garden — Poem Collection of Painter Sophia Yee to be Published
Boston, August 25, 2015, — Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing (BBMP) Inc. announced today that Across the Lonely Garden — Poem Collection of Painter Sophia Yee will be published early next month. Ms. Sophia Yee is a renowned oil painter who came to Boston in the 1980s from Hangzhou China.
Spring, oil on canvas, by Sophia Yee.
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Happy 88th Birthday to Madeline Wong!
Boston, August 22, 2015, — The evening banquet of the 25th national convention of Wong Family association was held at Empire Garden restaurant in Boston Chinatown this evening. Mrs. Madeline C. Wong，a well-known working woman pioneer in the state, attended the banquet along with over 500 members and guests of the Wong Family Association. Today is also Mrs. Wong’s birthday.
Madeline Wong with her son, State Rep. Donald Wong and her daughter Linda (photo by David Li).
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Alibaba’s Aliyun to Open Singapore Cloud Data Center
SINGAPORE, August 19, 2015, (BUSINESS WIRE)– Aliyun, Alibaba Group’s (BABA) cloud computing arm, today announced that it will establish a new cloud data center in Singapore. Its headquarters for overseas business will also be based out of Singapore to drive Aliyun’s overseas expansion plan. Scheduled for an early September launch, the Singapore facility will be the seventh globally.
Jack Ma of Alibaba delivers a speech at the Economic Club of New York in June 2015(file photo).
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Akamai Report Shows Hacking Attacks on the Rise in Q2 2015
Cambridge, Mass., August 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, today announced the availability of the Q2 2015 State of the Internet – Security Report. This quarter’s report, which provides analysis and insight into the global cloud security threat landscape, can be downloaded at www.stateoftheinternet.com/security-report.
Hackers left this image on desktops of employees of Sony in Nov. 2014(file photo).
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Shocking Pictures from 2015 Tianjin Explosions
Photos by He Xiaoxin
Tianjin, August 17, 2015, — The 2015 Tianjin explosions were a series of explosions that occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin starting on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. At lease 112 people, including 39 firefighters, were killed and 721 of others were injured. There are still dozens of people missing as of today.
Hundred of new cars were burned near the explosions(Photos by He Xiaoxin).
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Severe Thunderstorms Knock Down Trees and Power Lines
Boston, August 5, 2015, — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 8:00 PM EDT for Southern Essex, Northwestern Plymouth, Norfolk, Suffolk and southeastern Middlesex counties. At 4:09 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large damaging hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. These storms were located along a line extending from Bedford to Needham to Medway, moving east at 40 mph.
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Mother Saves Her Son’s Life in Fatal Escalator Accident in China
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Jingzhou, Hubei, China, July 31, 2015 — In Jingzhou, Hubei a mother named Xiang Liujuan saves her 3-year-old child’s life while losing her own after a metal panel collapses underneath them after stepping off an escalator in a shopping center this central China province. The horrific scene was captured by the surveillance video .
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Video: Dr. James Chao Talks about Keys to Business Success
New York City, July 29, 2015, — In a recent interview with WorldJournal.com, Dr. James S.C. Chao, founder of Foremost Group, shared his thoughts on family, American and Chinese culture, and the keys to business success.
Dr. Chao with his four daughters at the topping off ceremony of the Mulan Center at Harvard Business School.
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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.
Amazon Employee picking with robot Kiva at its warehouse (file photo).
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