Peace, Health and Prosperity — Year of Snake Wishes

By David Li, bostonese.com This year, the Chinese New Year Day is on February 10, 2013. So, you have got a second chance to make some new year resolutions. Let’s listen to the Year of Snake wishes from Asian folks in the greater Boston area. Leland Cheung, Cambridge City Councillor Leland Cheung (middle) with supporters… Continue reading Peace, Health and Prosperity — Year of Snake Wishes

Finding Passion at Any Age – AARP Mag’s Interview with Oscar-Winning Actors Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 (PRNewswire) — In an exclusive interview with AARP The Magazine, Hollywood legends Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones discuss the often taboo subject of mid-life sexuality. It’s the theme or their new movie, the highly anticipated Hope Springs, which focuses on a couple embarking on an entertaining yet poignant adventure to… Continue reading Finding Passion at Any Age – AARP Mag’s Interview with Oscar-Winning Actors Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones

Raquel Olssen – From BU Grad To TV Star at CCTV News International

Raquel’s most emotional moments seem to be when she’s sitting on an airplane. Seated comfortably (or not so comfortably, depending on the airline) in her own allotted space, this is a time when her mind is her own. It’s a time when her thoughts stir and occur, digest and contest, review and renew. It’s also… Continue reading Raquel Olssen – From BU Grad To TV Star at CCTV News International

An Interview with Conductor Chi-Sun Chan, An Innovator in Traditional Chinese Music

By Virginia Payne (施幼菱) As one of the leading centers for music and culture in the US with more than its share of famous musical institutions, Boston has a plethora of talented musicians of national and international renown. Yet, it’s not every day that one encounters a musician with an unusual and diverse background as… Continue reading An Interview with Conductor Chi-Sun Chan, An Innovator in Traditional Chinese Music

Bridging Industry and Academia – An Interview with MIT Industrial Liaison Expert Dr. Graham Rong

By David Li, translation by Li Tan Graham Rong is the chairman of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Under his leadership, the CIO Symposium has become one of the most influential forums for the IT industry, attracting CIOs and other top executives from numerous major international corporations to this annual conference. On December 9, 2011,… Continue reading Bridging Industry and Academia – An Interview with MIT Industrial Liaison Expert Dr. Graham Rong

I’m Living My Dream – An Interview with Jason Shen on Life, Work and Purposeful Life by His Father

By Anping Shen, ED. D. Jason was born in China and went through from pre-­‐school to graduate school in the United States. During his junior year at the Newton North High School, Newton, MA, Jason was selected as a member of the USA National Man’s Junior Gymnastics Team. In 2009, Jason was a co-­‐captain of… Continue reading I’m Living My Dream – An Interview with Jason Shen on Life, Work and Purposeful Life by His Father

Headmaster of Oak Meadow Montessori School On Education Reform

By David Li, translated by Alice Liu In June 2011, I visited the Oak Meadow Montessori School which is located in the town of Littleton, MA. Although locals from the town know the school very well, they may not be familiar with the history behind it. Dr. Maria Montessori was a distinguished Italian doctor and… Continue reading Headmaster of Oak Meadow Montessori School On Education Reform

MIT Scientist Yingxi Lin on Brain and Memory Research

By David Li, bostonese.com There was another Lin working hard at Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital when Jeremy Lin was playing basketball for Harvard. In December 2011, journal Science published a long research paper titled Npas4 Regulates a Transcriptional Program in CA3 Required for Contextual Memory Formation, which revealed the key controlling factor of the Npas4… Continue reading MIT Scientist Yingxi Lin on Brain and Memory Research