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  • Last Press Conference by China’s Foreign Ministry of 2016 Focuses on Syria, US-Russia-China Relations

    (The following is transcript of China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s regular press conference in Beijing on December 30, 2016)

    Q: According to media reports, the Syrian government and the opposition signed three documents yesterday, namely a nationwide ceasefire deal, a list of control mechanisms to ensure the ceasefire and a statement to begin peace talks. The Syrian military declared that the ceasefire will be officially starting from the zero hour of December 30 local time. What is China’s comment?

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  • Michelle Wu: Get Out The Vote!

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    By Michelle Wu, Boston City Council President

    A reminder to make a plan to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8!
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  • Trump Rushed off Stage as Suspected Attacker Arrested

    Nov. 5, 2016, DONALD Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents at a rally in Reno after noticing an audience member coming towards him in the crowd.
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  • 26-City “Aerial Campaign” for Trump Comes to Boston on Oct 29

    Boston, Oct. 28, 2016, — Don’t be surprised if you see a big banner in the sky tomorrow in the greater Boston area. On Saturday, October 29, Chinese Americans for Trump will bring their nation-wide aerial campaign to Boston. Planes towing banners stating “Chinese Americans for Trump” will symbolize the support of more than one million Chinese Americans living across America for presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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    Similar banner in the sky of Florida recently.
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  • Acupuncture Day Held at the Massachusetts State House

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov 26, 2016, — The Acupuncture Day event was held at Nurse’s Hall at the State House on Beacon Hill today. Dozens of govenment officials, acupuncturists, patients and members of the Massachusetts Society of Chinese Medicine (MSCM) attended this event.
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  • Why Asian Americans Should Vote, and Vote Wisely?

    (Yukong Zhao, a Chinese-American bilingual author, is the president of Asian American Coalition for Education. He recently founded yukongpost.com to promote critical thinking and balanced perspectives. bostonese.com is the only media outlet that Mr. Zhao granted permission to publish both English and Chinese versions of this important article on 2016 presidential election.)

    By Yukong Zhao, Guest Columnist, bostonese.com

    In this 2016 presidential election, many ethnic groups are featured in Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s campaign speeches and highlighted in various media analyses. Predominantly, these are white working-class voters, white educated women, Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans. Who is absent? Once again, Asian-Americans and the issues important to them are missing.
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    Mr. Zhao was interviewed for this article on Wall Street Journal in June 2015.
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  • History of White Supremacy and Donald Trump

    By Mark Liu

    With the election of the next U.S. President coming November 8th, voters will be faced with an important decision about the direction of our country. While there has been much coverage in the Chinese newspapers of the two main candidates, Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party, there has not been enough attention paid to the extremely anti-immigrant and racist views of Donald Trump and their roots.
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  • Video: Renters Day of Action March in Boston

    By Ming Zhou, bostonese.com

    Sept. 23, 2016, Boston, — As part of National Renter’s Day of Action in 50 cities around the country, hundreds of protesters marched from the Greater Boston Real Estate Board in downtown Boston to the Reggie Wong Park on Kneeland Street in Chinatown.
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    Members of Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) gather in downtown Boston at start of the march.
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  • The Chinatown Community Land Trust: A Tool to Sustain Community

    By Michael Liu

    Spet. 22, 2016, — Community Land Trusts have spread across the U.S. to sustain the type of land and buildings that most of its residents need.

    As the wealthy move into particular areas and drive up prices for land and housing, longtime residents often get pushed out of their neighborhoods. With the influx of luxury housing into Chinatown since 2000, longtime row house owners with limited resources for needed repairs are selling to new investors for top dollar, and low-income tenants are evicted in favor of higher-paying renters. Today’s prices—more than a million dollars for a brick row house in disrepair—are driven by the wild rise and fall of  the market more than the actual condition of the building.
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    Board members of CCLT at a meeting of Chinatown Residents Association earlier this year. (photo by Xinming Li, bostonese.com)
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  • Art Project Home Town Counteracts Extensive Urban Developments in Boston Chinatown

    HOME TOWN: RE-PRESENTING BOSTON’S CHINATOWN AS PLACE OF PEOPLE – THEN AND NOW
    Sept. 10 – Oct. 2, 2016
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