Thousands gathered for Boston Chinatown’s annual Lunar New Year festival on Sunday Jan. 29, as colorful processions of performers filled the streets and storefronts of the neighborhood. Local officials...
It’s an unsavory history, not often dwelled upon in Western history books. In the 1800s, international traders – many from Boston – sold opium to the Chinese in exchange for tea, silk and porcelain.
For...
Golden Globe history was made on Wednesday by M.M. Keeravani with his song “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu (South Indian language) movie RRR (“Rise Roar, Revolt.”) The film won the award for “Best...
"The Chinese Lady," a play staged in the Central Square Theatre in Cambridge in November 2022, tells the story of Afong Moy, one of the earliest known Chinese female immigrants to the United States.
The...
Moving away from home is never easy. For those students who celebrate, cultural and religious festivals can serve as a reminder of the fact that you live on the other side of the world from your people....
As the city of Boston begins to emerge from a pandemic that has devastated its service industry, some restaurants will never be seen again. Others, though, have come roaring back, innovating and exciting...
With Spanish songs played in the Cabot Center, Northeastern’s Latinx Student Cultural Center celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a volleyball match on Oct. 1. Volleyball is a hugely popular sport...
As the city of Boston begins to emerge from a pandemic that has devastated its service industry, some restaurants will never be seen again. Others, though, have come roaring back, innovating and exciting...
Global Observer Contributor Xinyun (Jessie) Wang spent the summer of 2022 travelling around the United States. As a Chinese international student, this was an amazing experience of cultural exploration....
Sebastian Grace, Editor of the Global Observer, reflects in this personal memoir piece on his first visit to Elland Road, the home ground of his boyhood football club, Leeds United.
Leeds United....
“The Ghost of Keelung,” a new bilingual radio play, will be performed live on Saturday, June 25, at 6 p.m. at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston.
The show is a time-traversing...
Tie-dyeing, a technique for creating modern T-Shirt looks, is already well-known around the world. Thinking of rock ‘n’ roll and the hippy counterculture of the 1960s &1970s, nowadays, it has been...
