By Xinhua writer Guo Ying BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Among the excited shopaholics and selfie-takers among China’s outbound travelers is another group – more serious and usually carrying their medical records. Late afternoon sun sends a long shadow across the Jimmy Fund building of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston(from Facebook).
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Boston Chinese Community Marks 149th Birthday of Sun Yat-sen
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Boston, Nov. 12, 2015, — Today is the birthday of Sun Yat-sen (Nov. 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925), first president and founding father of the Republic of China. The painting below was created by artist Minghuang Zhang to honor Mr. Sun’s birthday. The photo was taken recently at Empire Auction… Continue reading Boston Chinese Community Marks 149th Birthday of Sun Yat-sen
Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou Hold Historical Talk in Singapore
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Singapore, Nov. 7, 2015, — At 3 PM local time, Xi jinping and Ma Ying-jeou formally met each other and shaked hands in front of more than 500 reporters for 90 seconds. It is the first handshake between leaders of the two sides of Taiwan Straight in 66 years, and will… Continue reading Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou Hold Historical Talk in Singapore
Video — Wang Jianlin on Making Wanda a Leading Global Company
Oct. 31, 2015, — Mr. Wang Jianlin, Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, was invited to speak at Harvard Business School on Friday. The talk titled Going Global The “Wanda” Way attracted about 900 students. Mr. Wang talked about ambitious goals of making Wanda first-rate global company in real-estate, high-end hotel, entertainment and sports. Mr.… Continue reading Video — Wang Jianlin on Making Wanda a Leading Global Company
Huawei Servers Help Tencent Deliver Largest Social Network in Asia
Background Tencent ranks as the largest Internet enterprise in Asia and third largest services provider worldwide, after Google and Amazon. It serves the most users in China and is Asia’s first Internet enterprise with over USD $100 billion market value. Tencent provides a wide range of online services, gaining strength in mobile services, including gaming,… Continue reading Huawei Servers Help Tencent Deliver Largest Social Network in Asia
Modular Innovation and China’s Opportunities
By Xue Zhaofeng , speech at US-China Hi-Tech Summit, Boston 2015 I’m pleased to give some remarks on behalf of Peking University Business School’s (BiMBA) “Modular Innovation and China’s Opportunities” delegation. Our members are mostly from the EMBA alumni of Peking University Business School (BIMBA). All of them are excellent leaders from the investment and… Continue reading Modular Innovation and China’s Opportunities
Did Mao Say “Better to Let Half of the People Die”?
By Xujun Eberlein Nearly two years ago, when I translated Yang Jisheng’s response to Dikötter’s strange comments on Tombstone, I said I was intensely interested to find out whether Mao really said “It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill,” and if he did,… Continue reading Did Mao Say “Better to Let Half of the People Die”?
International Seminar on WWII Documentary Under Bayonets and Barbed Wire Held in Beijing
By Chen Rui, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China In the afternoon of September 28, 2015, studio No.2 of China Film Group (CFG) was crowded with people from diverse background. Professionals from the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, Chinese Federation of Literacy and Art Circles (CFLAC), China Literary Criticism… Continue reading International Seminar on WWII Documentary Under Bayonets and Barbed Wire Held in Beijing
Deepen US-China Cooperation and Create a Bright Future for High-tech Industries
Deepen US-China Cooperation Cooperation and Create a Bright Future for High-tech Industries Speech at the US-China Hi-Tech Summit By Ming Yi, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Industry and Information Technology Commission Translated by Menglai Han, Anna Tse Respectful guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends: I’m very pleased to attend the US-China Hi-Tech Summit, and I enjoy meeting… Continue reading Deepen US-China Cooperation and Create a Bright Future for High-tech Industries
Tu Youyou Becomes the First Chinese Scientist to Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
Boston, Oct. 5, 2015, — Less than a week after receiving the Warren Alpert Award from Harvard Medical School, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou is selected as one of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The other two scientists sharing this award are: William C. Campbell of Ireland and Satoshi… Continue reading Tu Youyou Becomes the First Chinese Scientist to Win Nobel Prize in Medicine