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September 2, 2023 0

September 2023 Service Changes On the MBTA

As we start a new month, go back to school, and soon welcome a new season, more changes to public transit are coming to city commuters. In an effort to keep our readers informed, Sampan will publish regular updates. September service changes will happen on the Red Line Braintree Branch for MBTA crews to perform critical rail and tie replacement work. Accessible shuttle bus service will replace Red Line trains between North Quincy and Braintree Stations on the following dates: […]

September 2, 2023 0

India’s Chandrayaan-3: First to Land on Moon’s South Pole Region

by Jeff Millman

On August 23rd, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 had landed safely near the moon’s South Pole. The announcement came five weeks after the craft had been launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. The landing is highly significant for the country. India is only the fourth country to land on the moon, following the former Soviet Union, the United States, and China. They are also the first country to land […]

September 2, 2023 0

Igniting Promise and Hope: Boston’s SPARK Council

by Christopher John Stephens

For many of us, Labor Day marks the unofficial beginning of the year. Whether we’re many years from having finished high school or college, and whether or not we have children of our own we need to help prepare for the new school year, the promise of starting fresh is as much in the air as the gradual changing from summer to fall. The sun will rise later in the morning, new schedules will start surfacing for everything from day […]

September 1, 2023 0

Asian Americans Respond to the Data Equity Bill

by Daniel Steinberg

In most data and major statistics, heterogeneous minority populations are often represented as monoliths, single groups all falling under a single racial umbrella. College acceptance, employment, income, and wealth statistics all confine the diverse groups of Asian or Latin ethnic origin to blanket categories such as “AAPI” or “LatinX.” More than just losing cultural individuality, real disparities surface within Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, or Filipino Americans (among other Asian groups) when it comes to education and health outcomes, median income, […]

September 1, 2023 0

‘Realm of Appearances’ at MFA Gives Window Into Brief Life of Artist Matthew Wong

by Harmony Witte

The Matthew Wong retrospective, The Realm of Appearances is on display now at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It is a moving exhibit with around 40 examples of the self-taught contemporary artist’s work. The retrospective spans the 6 short years of Wong’s career as an outsider artist after he began to paint and draw steadily until he took his life at the age of 35 in 2019. In the exhibit are some rare examples of his early work and a […]

August 19, 2023 0

Letter from Mayor Wu’s Chinatown Liaison

by Chulan Huang

Hello Sampan readers! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer. It’s hard to believe that we’re already almost at the end of August. I’m personally looking forward to the fall, which is my favorite season in Boston. The weather is starting to cool down, the leaves are changing color, and there are always so many great things to do in the city. Oh and of course, I am all too excited to celebrate the August Moon Festival! In […]

August 19, 2023 0

What August Moon Means to Me:

by Sampan Staff

Three Community Leaders Reflect on the Summer Celebration Editor note: It’s that time of the year, where the August Moon Festival serves as a reminder for all of us that the greatest riches are within our grasp. We cherish friends, embrace family, give grateful thanks, and offer humble prayers for a bountiful future. The August Moon Festival is a rich tradition that harkens back to simpler times while also adapting to changing environments and our constantly evolving sometimes difficult days. […]

August 19, 2023 0

An Interview with For the Beauty of the Earth: Solutions to Net Zero Energy author Frank C. Pao

by Christopher John Stephens

Frank C. Pao has spent more than twenty years as a leader in the fields of energy and technology. The stated mission of his organization Climate X Change is to focus on achieving an equitable zero-emissions economy through means of an advanced state policy. Sampan recently had the opportunity to ask Mr. Pao about this delicate balance between the urgency of saving the planet while dealing with the sometimes volatile and unpredictable nature of the human condition. SAMPAN: One of the more interesting and refreshing elements of your new […]

August 19, 2023 0

Founder, Chef of Quincy’s First Japanese Restaurant Reflect on ‘Dream’ Come True

by DongDong Yang

In 1998, Quincy saw the opening of its first Japanese restaurant – Fuji, marking the start of JP Fuji Group’s unprecedented growth and success in Boston’s competitive restaurant scene. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Sampan met with Jimmy Liang, the founder and his partner and Executive Head Chef of Sushi, Ming Cao. Jimmy shared how he was first introduced to the art of sushi. “At 14,” he said, “I met my Sensei (teacher) who taught me sushi-making for a […]

August 18, 2023 0

Organizers Give Update on Chinatown Master Plan

by Christopher John Stephens

The Chinatown Master Plan was first developed in 1990 to respond to residential concerns about competing demands for affordable housing and institutional expansion in Chinatown. As we reach nearly three and a half years since the start of COVID, and the release of the 2020 version of the report, Sampan convened a discussion with Chinatown Community Land Trust Executive Director Lydia Lowe, Pao Arts Center Director Cynthia Woo, and Asian Community Development Corporation Executive Director Angie Liou to discuss successes, […]

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