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.
Hongbing Tang, candidate for planning board, in today’s Boxboro town election(file photo).
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By Eric Wu, bostonese.com
Boston, April 27, 2015, — Dozens of Chinese Americans rallied in front of MA State House Sunday afternoon to protest serious charges filed against NYPD Officer Peter Liang after he accidentally shot a Black man Akai Gurley dead in a NYC housing project. Rookie Officer Liang was indicted with second degree homocide along with other serious charges on Feb. 12, 2015.
Protesters on the stairs between Boston Common and Beacon Street(photo by Eric Wu).
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, April 26, 2015, — Mayor Martin J. Walsh will host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on Monday, April 27 as the Prime Minister and Mrs. Abe pay their respects to the victims and survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. This event will take place at 7:30 AM at Marathon Sports (671 Boylston Street).
Abe delivers a speech at JFK Library Foundation Forum at WASEDA University in March 2015(file photo).
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — ProCon.org, the nation’s number one online resource for the pros and cons of the death penalty (http://deathpenalty.procon.org), announced that it has updated its website to cover the pros and cons of the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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(bostonese.com editorial）Boston, April 15, 2015, — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in a video on social networks of her decision to run for president. She is the only Democrat who announced his or her candidacy for president so far. As we celebrate the One Boston Day today, bostonese.com calls former Washington Gov. and BU Law School grad Gary Locke to run for president so that voters can have more choices. At the time of rising tension and extremism around the world, we need a strong leader like Gary Locke.
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Boston, April 7, 2015, — “Up with the wages, down with the rents!” rang the shouts of tenants and community activists as they marched into City Hall Plaza this afternoon. Led by tenants who have been forced out of their homes by speculative developers, the march began on Hudson Street in Chinatown, where protesters called on First Suffolk LLC to halt its acquisition of historic brick row houses that threatens to displace low income immigrant families. Chinatown has experienced skyrocketing real estate values following the addition of nearly 3,000 luxury units in the past 15 years.
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Picture from a housing rally in Boston Chinatown (file photo).
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 2015, — President Xi Jinping of China has initiated a series of reforms in last couple years. A meeting to discuss Xi’ reforms and the impact on China and World was held at Harvard University on March 30.
Speakers of the Reforms Under Xi Jinping meeting (file photo).
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Singapore, March 23, 2015, — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has declared a period of National Mourning from Mar 23 to 29 (Monday to Sunday).
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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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