By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Chicago, Sept 7, 2014, — UIUC Old Corns defeated Chicago Purple Warhead 3:0 in the final match of Mid-America Cup soccer tournament at Oak Brooks Central Park on Sunday afternoon. It’s the first time that a championship team having two woman players, according to organizer Mr. C.M. Lei of Mid America Chinese Recreation Organization (MACRO).
UIUC Old Corns celebrates winning the Mid-America Cup(provided to bostonese.com by C.M. Lei).
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By Eric Wu, bostonese.com
Boston, Sept. 3, 2015, — By the end of the World Championships held by American Taekwondo Association in Little Rock, Arkansas, Kathryn Tian from Los Angeles had won championships in three competitions, including the women’s 15-to-17-year-old creative martial arts competition, competition with equipment and the ultimate boxing match. So far, she has already won 17 junior world championships, and is well on her way of realizing her dream of winning Olympic gold medal representing the USA.
Kathryn Tian wearing three gold medals of world championship in Little Rock (Provided by Yi Qian)
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By Chase Richter, Student in the Advanced Chinese Class, Boston College
I slowly looked through my childhood closet. I saw old toys, old books and childhood clothes, but I was only looking for a comfortable T-shirt. Suddenly I saw a bunch of soccer jerseys, and in that moment I remembered an important part of my childhood that I had forgotten. When I was growing up, my Dad would travel around the world, from East to West. The business trips were not that long, usually from two to three weeks. Every country that he visited he would buy a soccer jersey for me. As I looked at these jerseys, I realized they represented my father’s eternal support.
My father and I at a rugby game last summer.
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By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, June 13, 2015, — Boston is packed by Boston Pride paraders, Red Sox Fans and dragon boat racers of the 36th Boston Hong Kong Dragon Festival this afternoon. Peking Alumni Association finished the time trials with the best average time of 2:43.9 among the eight teams in the Alumni group.
Peking Alumni Association dragon boat team pose for a picture(file photo).
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Beijing, June 12, 2015, (ECNS) — Can you touch your belly button with your hand by reaching around the back of your body? The challenge has become an addictive trend on the Internet as women try hard to twist their bodies to complete the feat and show how slim they are, Nanjing-based Modern Express reported.
Chinese speed skating player Zhang Hong performs touching her belly button with her hand from around the back. (Photo/Sina Weibo)
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Boston, May 26, 2015（from cntv.cn, translated by Eric Wu) — Born and grown up in MA, Kathryn Tian, a champion in karate and tae-kwon-do, moved to Studio City in South California with his father at the end of 2013. Recently, the international channel of China Central Television(CCTV) reported her experience of winning 14 world championships at age 15.
Kathryn Tian was holding her cup and standing with her coach, Christine Bannon-Rodrigues(provided by Yi Qian).
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Thank you for running the 14th Annual Harpoon 5-Miler to benefit The Angel Fund! 4,300 finishers, 300 volunteers, and hundreds of spectators helped us raise $180,600 (and counting!) for The Angel Fund, which supports critical research for Dr. Robert Brown and his team at UMASS Medical Center. This puts the 14 year total over $1,147,322!
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Running research center Runrepeat.com has completed the biggest marathon races survey, covering 2,195,588 results of global running competitions in a period from 2009 to 2014. It revealed that marathon running become more and more popular – worldwide average growth is +13.25%. Growth agents in terms of marathons popularity are women (+26.9% compared to men’s +7.9% growth of participation) and Asian countries (+92.43% from 2009 to 2014).
Chinese student Yao Baiyun ran the 118th Boston Marathon in April 2014(file photo).
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By 2013 North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament(NACIVT) Organizers
In the late 1930′s, there was not much for young Chinese laundry workers to do anything else other than work. Just about ten years earlier, the Immigration Act of 1924 had effectively shut the door on all immigration from Asia to the United States declaring that all Asians were “not eligible” for citizenship. It then went on to state that persons not eligible for citizenship were barred from entering the United States. Since Asians were not eligible for citizenship, this meant that any Asian who was not a citizen of the United States at the time the law was passed could not leave the country if he or she ever wished to return later.
Group photo of the Boston team arriving at an airport in Chicago for the NACIVT tournament in the 1960s (provided by Uncle Frank).
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Boston, Feb. 3, 2015, — Tom Brady took home the MVP, but it was former West Alabama All-American Malcolm Butler who made the play that clinched the New England Patriots win in Super Bowl XLIX. Brady agreed to give the Chevy truck awarded to him with the MVP prize to Butler during this morning’s interview on WEEI sports radio.
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