bostonese.com / 双语网

Tag: Politics

  • Fox News Fires Bob Beckel, Co-host of The Five

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    San Jose, August 5, 2015, — As Fox News Channel hosts the first major debate of 10 Republican candidates of the 2016 Presidential election this week, Bob Beckel, the controversial co-host of The Five, will not be on air to share the spotlight. Fox News channel fired Bob Beckel back in late June 2015 after repeated protests by Chinese American groups for the “Chinaman” racial slur Beckel unleashed on air in July last year. Beckel hasn’t been on air since February 2015 due to health reasons.
    2013-bob_beckel
    (more…)

  • Rejected by Nine US Universities, Top Asian Student Forced to Study Abroad

    By Eric Wu, bostonese.com

    Boston, August 3, 2015, — If you are one of the top students of your high school class, and many of your classmates with lower GPAs and SAT scores got accepted to the same universities that you have also applied for, you would think your chances of being admitted should be pretty good. Too bad, you have been rejected by all the nine US　universities you have applied, and the only option left is to study at a foreign college when the new school year starts.
    2015_Asian_Students
    Two Asian students on a college campus(file photo).
    (more…)

  • Japan’s Commitment to Pacifist Constitution Questioned 70 Years after Potsdam Declaration

    Beijing, July 26, 2015, /cntv.cn/ — Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Potsdam Declaration, a document issued by China, the United States and Britain on July 26, 1945 in demand of Japan’s unconditional surrender, and was accepted by Japan in the 1945 Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signed on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
    1945_Potsdam_Conf
    (more…)

  • Lindy Li’s Campaign for US Congress Enjoys Early Fundraising Success

    By Eric Wu, bostonese.com

    Philadelphia, July 24, 2015, — Lindy Li updated her Lindy Li for U.S. Congress Facebook page to thank her supporter for their contributions on July 17. “Starting in late May, together we raised $128,235 in about just 5 weeks. A total of 488 donors contributed to our campaign, with some giving just a few dollars, though these generous souls gave all they could. We raised this amount without the help of any consultants or political operatives — indeed, all of this was because of you, a grassroots effort through and through. And this was just the warm-up round,” wrote Ms. Li.
    2915_Lindy_July_Campaign
    Lindy Li (2nd from left, back row) with her supports at a campaign event in July 2015 (from Facebook).
    (more…)

  • CYPN Hosts Seminar by Councilor Wu

    Interested in local politics? As an Asian American have you wondered what it takes to make an political impact? Wait no further! On August 14 CYPN invites you to join our seminar with Michelle Wu, the most successful Asian American politician in Boston. Right after graduation from Harvard Law School in 2012, Michelle got elected the following year at the age of 28. She is the first Chinese American and first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City Council, as well as the youngest current member.
    mmexport1437577892793~2
    (more…)

  • Hillarynomics = Socialism?

    By Sun Chenghao, assistant research fellow, Institute of American Studies at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

    Hillary Clinton is seeking the Democrat Party’s nomination for US President in 2016. She unveiled her economic plan on July 13 at the New School in New York City. To the surprise of no one, there was nothing impressive in the speech. Nevertheless despite stumbling on the campaign trail, she could still win the White House. Yet, she will just be the female version of Obama, making promises of ‘hope and change,’ but never delivering on them. She is claiming that if elected, she would resolve the rising income inequality gap, which millions of Americans care about, although she lives in a huge mansion and her neighbors are Wall Street bankers. Clinton called it, the “defining economic challenge of our time”. A report released by the Brookings Institution in March 2015 concluded that from 2002 to 2013, the incomes of most households in the U.S. stagnated or declined. The median U.S. household earned $51,939 in 2013, 9 percent drop from $56,900 in 1999. Yes, the income inequality gap has widened under a Democrat Party president in the White House.
    2014_Hillary_Talk
    (more…)

  • First in the Nation — MA Home Care Workers to Win $15/hour Starting Wage

    Boston, June 26, 2015, — Tears of joy streaked the faces of cheering home care workers assembled in their Dorchester union hall on Thursday afternoon as a decades-long struggle for recognition and a living wage culminated in a historic moment of celebration.
    2015_1199SEIU_Min_Wage_Hike
    (more…)

  • The Supreme Court Upholds Critical Part of the Affordable Care Act

    (Note: White House released the following Fact Sheet after the Supreme Court upheld critical part of the Affordable Care Act on June 25, 2015.)

    After nearly a century of work, after decades of trying, after a year of sustained debate, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010. Since then, health reform has become the law of the land and after more than five years under the law, it has been woven into the fabric of an improved American health care system, on which Americans can rely throughout life. And it’s probably impacting your life in ways you do not realize. Young adults can stay on their family’s plan. People losing jobs, changing jobs, or breaking out on their own no longer have to worry about whether they can get health insurance. Having a pre-existing condition or being a woman no longer means you pay for more coverage. And, affordability has improved – from insurance that is there for you when you need it to discounts on prescription drugs in Medicare.
    2015_WH_Hugs_ACA_Ruling
    President Barack Obama hugs Kristie Canegallo, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Vice President Joe Biden hugs Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as they celebrate the Supreme Court ruling on Affordable Care Act subsidies in the Oval Office, June 25, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
    (more…)

  • Boston and Over 450 Cities Around the World Rally Against Monsanto and GMO

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 24, 2015, — Protests against Monsanto and GMO erupted around the globe in over 450 cities around the world yesterday. Protests in Boston demanded clear labeling of genetically modified (GMO) food, which is the standard practice in many European countries. “OMG, GMO! We don’t want you poisonous seeds,” shouted protesters against World’s largest GMO seed producer Monsanto.
    2015_Boston_NoGMO_Rally
    (more…)

  • Hongbing Tang on Ballot in Today’s Boxboro Town Election

    By Eric Wu, bostonese.com

    Boxboro, Mass., May 18, 2015, — The Annual Town Election is being held today at Boxboro Town Hall, 29 Middle Road. Eight candidates are on this year’s ballot, including Chinese American candidate for planning board Ms. Hongbing Tang in this quiet bedroom town at the intersection of I-495 and route 2.
    2015_Hongbin_Tang
    Hongbing Tang, candidate for planning board, in today’s Boxboro town election(file photo).
    (more…)