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  • Singapore — A National Prays for Lee Kuan Yew

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    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote on Facebook when sharing the picture above:”Thank you all for your good wishes and prayers for my father. I am deeply touched by them. Have been looking at some old photos from our family collection. So many happy memories over a lifetime.”

    By Lim Ee Ling, Singapore

    Please recover and be the fighter like you always do. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for the nation which has benefitted many many generations. I wish we can tell you personally how grateful we are to be Singaporean.
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  • Tonight, We Host Lunar New Year Gala!

    By Susan Qu, Jian Ni

    Susan: Good evening, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2015 New England Chinese-American Professionals New Year Gala. My name is Susan Qu, one of the 5 co-chairs on the gala organizing committee.
    Jian: My name is Jian Ni, I’m also one of the five co-chairs.

    Susan: Now we are celebrating the Chinese New Year of 2015. Saying farewell to the Year of the Horse, we welcome the arrival of the Year of the Goat. Now allow me to kick-off this gala with a New Year wish. We wish everyone here a happy, healthy, and successful new year.

    Susan/Jian: Happy New Year!
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    (from left)Susan Qu, Jian Ni and Xin Xiong get ready for raffle drawing(photo by David Li).
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  • This Asian Student’s Essay Won Admission to Johns Hopkins

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    By Quan

    Life without language: all the ideas, thoughts, and emotions present, but unable to be expressed. This is how I picture my grandfather when he first immigrated to America with my grandmother and their nine children. Lost, he wanders around, hoping to bump into someone who can understand him. He raises his own children to know Vietnamese and hopes his future grandchildren would also be connected to the language of their ancestors. But when I form my lips into unnatural shapes to speak these words, they come out pathetically.
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  • Meet Me in St. Louis — An American Classic at Stoneham Theatre

    By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist

    I feel very comfortable staying home New Year’s eve. Looks wicked cold outside 16 degrees, no wind, even though the sunshine was great. I went to the last performance of Meet Me in St. Louis in Stoneham Theatre. I am so glad that I didn’t miss this show. It’s perfect fit for this time of the year.
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    Cast members of Meet Me in St. Louis (photo credit: Mark S. Howard).
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  • 双语诗：寒冬暖栽 / Poem — Warm Plantation in Cold Winter

    茶博士作于哈佛心茶室 / By Mylovetea “Dr. Tea” at Harvard Tea House
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  • Eight Structural Changes Coming to The New SAT in 2016

    By Chyten Center

    The new SAT will debut in 2016. There are some structural changes in the new SAT test. Analyzing these changes gives students in the class of 2017 a head start on SAT preparation.

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  • A Major Step Forward for U.S. Economic Recovery in 2014

    By Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

    To view the full blog post, click HERE .

    The U.S. economic recovery took a major step forward in 2014, achieving a number of important milestones. American businesses set a new record for the most consecutive months of job growth: now 57 straight months and counting. By November, the economy had already added more jobs than in any full calendar year since the 1990s. And crucially, the pickup in job growth during 2014 occurred primarily in higher-paying industries, while nearly all of the employment gains have been in full-time positions. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell below 6 percent for the first time since 2008.
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    Mr. Furman speaks at the White House (file photo).
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  • TEA — Poem by a Dancer

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    Nuo An is a renowned choreographer and dancer based in New York City (photos provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Learning Chinese and Chasing My Dreams

    By Victor Liang, Recipient of the Noreen Chung Scholarship

    To be able to write, read, and speak Cantonese are the necessary requirements to receive the Chung Scholarship, so what better way to express my ability in Chinese than to write an application essay in Chinese?

    In Fall of 2013, I became the first recipient of the Chung Scholarship and felt very honored to receive this award. I never knew that my hard work throughout my life would finally pay off. A quick summary of my background, I am Victor Liang, 19, and currently at Northeastern University studying Computer Engineering.
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    Victor Liang (left) receives the Chung Scholarship at CHSNE’s annual meeting on Spet. 24, 2014.
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  • Letter from Li Na / 李娜告别信

    (Li Na, two-time Grand Slam champion, announced her retirement in a letter to her fams on Sina Weibo and Facebook on Sept. 19, 2014. Born in Wuhan China, Li Na graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and went on to become Asia’s first Grand Slam champion in 2011. She is one of the few Chinese athletes with international following. Her fans will miss her fighting spirit on the court and also her sense of humor during interviews.)

    【编者注：2014年9月19日，两届大满贯女单冠军得主、32岁的李娜在新浪微博以及Facebook上发布了因膝伤退役的中英文告别信。回顾李娜的职业生涯，她是中国球员中首位捧起女双、女单冠军奖杯的一位，同时也是唯一一位获得大满贯女单冠军的亚洲球员。出生于武汉，李娜毕业于华中科学大学新闻系，是为数不多的拥有众多国际粉丝的中国运动员之一。她的粉丝们不仅难忘李娜在球场上勇于拼搏的精神，富有个性的球风，还会永远记得比赛之后李娜在接受记者采访时的风趣幽默。】
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    上图：李娜在2014澳网第二轮比赛中（资料图片）。
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