By Luyuan Zhang, bostonese.com
New York City, Sept. 30, 2013 –On Sept. 27, Sun Guoxiang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in New York City, hosted a lunch reception in celebration of the 64th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. More than 450 people, including guests from government institutions, diplomatic corps and business sector, attended the event.
Ambassador Sun (left) talks exchanges business card with an attendee.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has dedicated the award the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography 2014 to Professor Shi Yigong, Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University, according to a news release by RSAS in September. Professor Shi was awarded “for his groundbreaking crystallographic studies of proteins and protein complexes that regulate programmed cell Death.”
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Durham, NC (PRWEB) September 24, 2013, –Over the last few decades, China, like the majority of the world, has seen a steady decrease in deaths from cervical cancer, due in large part to screening efforts and improved treatment. However, the disease still poses a significant threat to women, as it remains the third most common and among the most deadly cancers in women worldwide, with a third of new cases occurring in China. Moreover, the incidence of the disease has increased among young women. These trends signal the need for a large-scale, thorough assessment of the cervical cancer landscape in China – a database that did not exist until recently.
Prof. Ding Ma (left) visits a patient at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China.
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By Luyuan Zhang, bostonese.com
New York, Sept. 22, 2013, –A 360-degree panoramic rotunda of Shanghai, created by German architectural photographer Hans Georg Esch, caught the eyes of many New Yorkers. The rotunda showcases the image of this famous Asian metropolis in Eastern China. As part of the ‘Amazing Shanghai’ Exhibition (September 16 to 21), the rotunda opened at the Rockefeller Center Plaza on September 19. It remained open from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM throughout the exhibit.
A visitor looking at the 360-degree rotunda of Shanghai (all photos by Luyuan Zhang).
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I. The Lady – Chang Er
The time of this story is around 2170 B.C. The earth once had ten suns circling over it, each took its turn to illuminate to the earth. But one day all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer Hou Yi. He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. One day, Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess. However his beautiful wife Chang Er drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband’s tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much, he didn’t shoot down the moon.
Note: Chang’e 1 Lunar orbiter was launched to the moon on October 24, 2007. The Chang’e moon satellite, named after Chang Er, will take 3-D images of the moon surface for yearlong. This is the groundwork for the next Lunar Lander (Chang’e 2) project in 2012 , Lunar Sample Return (Chang’e 3) in 2017 and Chinese astronaut on the moon project.
(from ecns.cn)
Lots of Chinese people will be familiar with artificially coloured images, with many people owning family photos like these from generations past. The technique was deemed outdated. But now, with the likes of Instagram and other filtering or post-produced photos on trend, it.s back with a bang.
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Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 2013, –Lingyin Abbot Venerable Guangquan accompanied by more than 30 monks, guests of China Buddhism Association, arrived in the United States for cultural exchange with local Buddhist communities. There he gave a talk entitled “Buddhist Art and World Peace” at Harvard University Science Center, making him the first Lingyin venerable that promotes Buddhist culture at a podium of an American university. Lingyin is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China and has a history of more than 1600 years.
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(REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT XI OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING AT THE G20 SUMMIT, from THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary, G20 Summit Site St. Petersburg, Russia September 6, 2013)
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PRESIDENT XI: (As interpreted.) Honorable President Obama, it’s my great pleasure to meet you again. Our meeting today reminds me of the meeting we had this past June when we met in the Annenberg Estate. In that meeting, we reached important consensus of mutual interest in our bilateral relationship. In particular, we agreed once again to building a new model of major country relationship between China and the United States.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
California has become a popular destination for couples from China to hold weddings. Recently, a celebrity from China also tied the knot at the Sunshine State. One of the top actresses in her prime, 62-year-old Liu Xiaoqing married 71-year-old Mr. William Xiaoyu Wang at Valley Presbyterian Church in San Francisco on August 20. According to her agent, Liu Xiaoqing is back to Beijing now after spending a couple weeks in San Fran area.
Liu Xiaoqing (middle), William Wang (right) at the wedding.
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(from cntv.cn)
Beijing police have arrested Chinese-American businessman and online opinion leader Charles Xue, known online as Xue Manzi. Xue is accused of using the services of prostitutes.