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January 20, 2023 0

Food and Memories at Lunar New Year Time

China: Family Reunion Delight Sumiao Chen is the Founder and Co-owner of Sumiao Hunan Kitchen in Kendal Square Cambridge MA. In this role, she has successfully led the development and implementation of its strategic vision as well as management of operation in the last three years. Sumiao was born and raised in Changsha, Hunan, China. She comes from a family of artisans; her father was a famous local painter and calligrapher and her mother was a singer and has owned a […]

January 7, 2023 0

Crossing the Digital Divide: Helping the Elderly Navigate 21st Century Technology

by DongDong Yang

For many of us, it seems like only yesterday that we faced the fears of a Y2K society. What would happen when all the ones and zeroes of our devices flipped over into a new century? Would our worst fears be realized? Would we find ourselves catapulted into a world where computers crashed and all data that comprised our lives vanished forever? Nothing so drastic happened, but those of us who came of age without the current ease of […]

January 7, 2023 0

What Everyone Should Know About Vaccines

by Jeff Millman

Take a look at a timeline graph of polio or measles cases over the past 100 years and you’ll notice a striking trend – right around the mid-20th century, the zig-zagging peaks representing the number of infected persons suddenly crash to zero, and the line from there on out is nearly flat. These moments on the graphs correlate with the introduction of vaccines targeting those particular diseases. Vaccines are up there with the automobile and the computer on lists of […]

January 7, 2023 0

Expanding the Right to Vote to 16-17 year olds in Boston: A Hot Button Topic for Young and Old

by Sasha Lianski

From the beginning of America, voting has been a fundamental right which many Americans have fought for and some have died for. It’s what establishes America as a “true” democratic country. Our right to vote is given to us by the 26th amendment of the constitution. However, in the past, there have been many discussions about whether constitutional amendments could be changed, and if cities and states had the power to bring these changes. The answers to these questions keep […]

January 7, 2023 0

Opinion: New Rowhouse Protection Areas Can Help Stabilize Chinatown

by guest

Over the last 60 years, the buildings in Chinatown and the people who live and work there, have undergone massive changes. The Boston Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) relaunched its lapsed PLAN: Downtown in November with an added focus on post-pandemic revitalization and stands to bring yet another wave of changes. The plan will culminate in new zoning guidelines governing land use, allowable heights, and density, and will encourage mixed use development and a more predictable system of trading larger […]

January 7, 2023 0

I’m Living Through Zero-Covid in Shanghai. Here’s the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

by Jing Zhao

Before you read this, I just want to clarify one thing: I can only speak from my own experience. That may be different from what’s happening to the rest of my fellow Chinese, but in one way or another, it may also share some similarities with the rest. The week after the official rescinding of China’s Zero-Covid policy, my boss booked a trip for everyone in my department to spend a few days in a villa in the middle of […]

January 7, 2023 0

Immigrants are Getting the Job Done in America

by Sonia Cavazos

The pandemic has impacted many aspects of the US economy. We are struggling with some huge labor shortages. Studies have clearly identified the lack of immigrant workers as a major drain on the labor force. Immigrants have been contributing significantly to the US long before and since Covid in every field, but they are projected to be even more valuable as U.S. born workers move into retirement ages in the next few years and as other US born workers continue […]

January 6, 2023 0

The Slowdown of Our Global Population: Social, Political, and Economic Anxieties

by Jeff Millman

In November of 2022 the world hit 8 billion people. It only took about 12 years for the population to grow from 7 to 8 billion, matching the rapid growth of the past 50 years, but this may be the last time it grows so quickly. Global population growth is slowing, and the UN estimates that it will take 15 years for another billion humans to be born, then 18 years for the next billion, then a slow 32 years […]

January 6, 2023 0

Janet Wu Looks Back on her Award-Winning Career as a Television Political News Reporter

by Christopher John Stephens

The landscape of Asian representation on Boston local television news was certainly different in the 1970s and early 1980s. Stalwarts like Chet Curtis, Jack Williams, John Henning, and Tom Ellis were the faces that brought viewers news of snowstorms, busing and City Hall shenanigans in their stentorian tones and square-shouldered masculinity. Janet Wu’s appearance on the Boston media scene, first as a GBH State House reporter from 1978-1983 and then at WCVB from 1983 until her retirement in December 2022, […]

December 26, 2022 0

The 2022 Tax Season is Here

by Sampan Staff

As we celebrate the holidays and welcome the New Year, it is time to start thinking about your 2022 tax returns which are due on April 18th, 2023. Listed below are the income thresholds for filing a tax return 2022: Single and under age 65: $12,950 Single and age 65 or older: $14,700 Married filing jointly and both spouses are under age 65: $25,900 Married filing jointly and one spouse is age 65 or older: $27,300 Married filing jointly […]

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