By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Sept. 18, 2013, — At noon time on September 15, the main intersection of Boston Chinatown was packed with dozens of supporters of John Connolly, candidate for Boston Mayor. The streets were busy with shoppers as they were preparing for the August Moon Festival, which falls on Sept. 19 for 2013. It was also a perfect Autumn day for dinners.
Supporters of John Connolly take a group picture. (photo by David Li)
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(REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT XI OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING AT THE G20 SUMMIT, from THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary, G20 Summit Site St. Petersburg, Russia September 6, 2013)
9:46 A.M. MSK
PRESIDENT XI: (As interpreted.) Honorable President Obama, it’s my great pleasure to meet you again. Our meeting today reminds me of the meeting we had this past June when we met in the Annenberg Estate. In that meeting, we reached important consensus of mutual interest in our bilateral relationship. In particular, we agreed once again to building a new model of major country relationship between China and the United States.
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The White House
August 30, 2013
U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013
The United States Government assesses with high confidence that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013. We further assess that the regime used a nerve agent in the attack. These all-source assessments are based on human, signals, and geospatial intelligence as well as a significant body of open source reporting. Our classified assessments have been shared with the U.S. Congress and key international partners. To protect sources and methods, we cannot publicly release all available intelligence – but what follows is an unclassified summary of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s analysis of what took place.
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3:07 P.M. EDT, August 28, 2013
THE PRESIDENT: To the King family, who have sacrificed and inspired so much; to President Clinton; President Carter; Vice President Biden and Jill; fellow Americans.
Five decades ago today, Americans came to this honored place to lay claim to a promise made at our founding: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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(from cntv.cn)
Jinan, China, August 22, 2013, — The trial of Bo Xilai has opened at the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in East China’s Shandong province.
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Boston, August 12, 2013, — Boston mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie’s father Simeon Golar passed away on Sunday, August 11. He was 84 years old and died of natural causes at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York, with his two daughters at his side. He was a man of great stature in New York City politics during the last four decades of the 20th century, having served in various appointed positions and having sought elective office as well, during his career. He ended this illustrious career as an elected New York State Supreme Court Justice, serving on the bench for more than a decade.
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Boston, August 6, 2013, — More than 250 people from across the city filled the Quincy School auditorium in Chinatown as seven candidates of the “New Boston” persuasion courted votes at the Why We Can’t Wait mayoral candidate forum on housing and land issues sponsored by Right to the City VOTE and the Boston Tenant Coalition. Banners and protest signs hung on the stage with slogans like “Remain. Reclaim. Rebuild.” and “Public land for the public good.”
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Boston, August 6, 2013 — Michelle Wu, candidate for Boston City Council At-Large, visited thirteen neighborhoods in Boston yesterday, Monday, August 5, as she released “50 ideas for Boston Families: Pipelines to Opportunity” to mark 50 days remaining until the September 24th Preliminary Election.
Michelle Wu started Monday’s tour at 6:30 AM in South End.
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Boston, July 30, 2013 – Charlotte Golar Richie hosted a youth summit on Saturday, July 27, and discussed issues related to the criminal justice system and its impact on the city’s youth, particularly young men of color. The discussions centered on ways to be proactive in dealing with the myriad of issues impacting young men and women, from high unemployment and dropout rates to curtailing drugs and violence in the neighborhoods.
Boston Mayoral Candidate Charlotte Golar Richie tuned in, taking notes as more than fifty youth from across the city participated in a Listening Session for Youth Leaders at the Roxbury YMCA on Saturday. Some of the issues and concerns of attendees included violence, gangs, lack of vocational and educational opportunities. One of Richie’s proposed plans, as Mayor of Boston, is to establish an Office of Youth Affairs that will address the many issues confronting Boston’s young people.
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BOSTON, July 17, 2013 – About 200 Chinatown residents and their supporters marched, drummed, and sang their way through Chinatown today in a protest action called “Tour R Chinatown.” Sponsored by the Chinese Progressive Association and the Right to the City Alliance, participants called for “public land for the public good” and support for community land trusts to stabilize affordable housing in working class neighborhoods.
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