April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Day: February 20, 2020

Local farm advocates for funding state Health Incentive Program

Chinese American shoppers buy bok choy from Siena Farms’ stand at Copley Square. Additional SNAP benefits for fresh produce will be unavailable Feb. 23, as state funding is unavailable until May 15. (Image courtesy of Anna Tse.) Chris Kurth has run Siena Farms for the last 20 years. The farm grows organic vegetables on about 45 acres of land, selling them at three farmers market locations in Boston. Kurth grows vegetables for Asian customers, such as daikon radish and bok […]

Filmmaker Valerie Soe talks about documentary ‘Love Boat’ and young Taiwanese American love

Taiwanese American filmmaker Valerie Soe spoke about her documentary “Love Boat: Taiwan” with ArtsEmerson’s Susan Chinsen Feb. 14 at the Paramount Center. (Image courtesy of Yanxuan Li.) Taiwanese American filmmaker Valerie Soe attended a screening of her documentary Feb. 14 at the ArtsEmerson Paramount Center. “Love Boat: Taiwan” depicts a half-century-long study tour program, organized by Taiwan’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission and the China Youth Corps. Launched in 1967, “love boat” brought more than 1,000 Taiwanese and Chinese American youth […]

Playwrights Kit Yan and Melissa Li share six decades of stories of Boston’s Chinatown

Kit Yan and Melissa Li performed songs from their pop-rock musical “Interstate” Feb. 5 at the Pao Arts Center. The two are developing a work on Boston’s Chinatown as a collaboration between Company One Theatre and the Pao Arts Center. (Image courtesy of Ling-Mei Wong.) A multigenerational multicultural group of community citizens gathered Feb. 5 at the Pao Arts Center. Some arrived hungry, but after good food, music and company, many left with their tummies and hearts full. They gathered […]

Boston officials provide coronavirus updates, emphasize low risk to Chinatown residents

A coronavirus community meeting took place Feb. 7 at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School. (From left) An attendee, Boston Public Health Commission medical director Dr. Jennifer Lo, Boston Chief of Health and Human Service, Marty Martinez and District 2 Councilor Ed Flynn answered questions. (Image courtesy of Ivy Huang.) Boston officials held a community meeting Feb. 7 with residents about the coronavirus or COVID-2019 in Chinatown at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School. Dozens of residents asked about risk and were […]

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