Boston, Nov. 17, 2014, — The history of Boston Tea Party comes alive this December. It’s December 16, 1773 and trouble was brewing in Boston. Presented by Boston’s famed Old South Meeting House and the new Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, the 241st Boston Tea Party Anniversary & Annual Reenactment is an opportunity for the public to experience one of America’s most iconic public protests.
Picture from Boston Tea Party reenactment in 2012(photo credit: Michael Blanchard Photography).
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Boston Tea Party Comes Alive at Boston Harbor This December
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Iris Chang Remembered for Documenting Nanking Massacre
San Jose, Nov. 12, 2014, — Iris Chang, who is credited with increasing awareness of wartime atrocities in Asia with her famous book The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocuast of World War II, was remembered on the 10th anniversary of her death Sunday.
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Treats for Chinatown — Chinese Youth Initiative Brings Library Resources on Halloween
Boston, Oct. 31, 2014, the Chinese Progressive Association’s Chinese Youth Initiative Program held a “Trick or Treat for the Chinatown Library” event outside of the Josiah Quincy School at the corner of Washington and Oak Streets in Boston’s Chinatown this afternoon.
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“Orphan San Mao” to be Premiered at Jordan Hall
By Joan Huang, Composer
It’s my great pleasure to announce that “Orphan San Mao” will be premiered at NEC’s Jordan Hall on Nov. 23. Renowned Erhu artist Tao He and conductor Frank Epstein will team up with me to make sure that the premiere will bring you such unique music experience that you will never forget.
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Notes from Boston Asian American Film Festival Preview Party
By Jing Xia, translated by David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 12, 2014, –Boston Asian American Film Festival(BAAFF) will be held from Oct. 23 to 26. A preview party was held on Oct. 9 at Crave restaurant in Chinatown by BAAFF, Future Boston Alliance and Asian American Resource Workshop. The party invited well-known local businesses such as Chattime Tea, and attracted nearly 100 people attended.
Picture from the BAAFF preview party(photo by Jing Xia).
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Boston Marks China’s National Day with Flag Raising Ceremony
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 1, 2014, — Today is the 65th Anniversary of founding of People’s Republic of China. A flag raising ceremony was held at Boston City Hall plaza on Sept. 27. Over a thousand people showed up to witness the national flag of China rising along side of US National and Mass. State flags.
Binghong Han of MIT speaks at the ceremony (photos by John Tsou).
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2014 CHSNE Annual Report and Sojourner Award
By Sherry Dong, president of Chinese History Society of New England (CHSNE), on Sept. 24, 2014
Halfway through the week, we hope we can help you ease into the weekend with the Chinese Historical Society of New England’s annual banquet. Thank you Susan Chinsen for introducing tonight’s program.
Last year we were pleased to welcome Susan as our managing director. As you’ll see in more depth in our Chronicle, in this past year, Susan and CHSNE have been very busy programming, offering a range of lectures, field trips, tours, films, theatre and other activities to reach out to the broader community and fulfill our mission. We hope you were able to join us for some of those offerings and plan to participate in more this coming program year.
(R to L)Susan Chinsen and Sherry Dong present Sojourner Award to Peter Lew, Leslie Swartz and Nancy Sato who founded Boston Dragon Boat Festival 35 years ago (photos by David Li).
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Mikki O’Brien Takes ATV Miss Asia Pageant East Coast Crown
By David Li, bostonese.com
New York City, Sept. 15, 2014, — ATV Miss Asia Pageant US East Coast recently completed the final round of competition. Seventeen-year-old high school student Mikki O’Brien from New York won the first place while Jing Xu from Boston finished as the runner up.
A contestant walks the runway in bikini in the final round of competition (from weibo.com).
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Delegation from Sichuan Held Info Session at Harvard University
Boston, Sept. 5, 2014, — A delegation headed by Mr. Fan Ruiping from Sichuan province, China held a meeting at Harvard University Faculty Club on September 3. Dozens of Harvard professors, students, local entrepreneurs and professionals attended the meeting.
Signing of agreement of corperation between Harvard University and Sichuan province.
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The First Lantern Festival in Boston Chinatown to be Held on Sept. 6
Boston, Sept. 3, 2014, — The first Lantern Festival in Boston Chinatown will be held this week. The opening ceremony is scheduled at 2:00 PM on Sept. 6 at Rose Kennedy Greenway Chinatown park at the gateway (Cross streets at Beach Street and Surface Road).
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