Word: chen
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...Chen Jing was one of the lucky ones. The 56-year-old retiree, who lives in Shanghai, dabbles a bit in local stocks, exchanging investment tips with what she calls her "mah-jongg friends," a group that gets together each week to play and chat. Just before the Chinese New Year holiday last month, one of her friends spoke ominously of rumors that China's government was planning a crackdown on stock speculation, including a possible tax on capital gains. Over the past 18 months, Chen's small portfolio had almost doubled in value as the Shanghai market shot straight...
...Founded last year by Paris A. Spies-Gans ’09 and Anna M. Chen ’09, the group has made itself known on campus through events like this one—this was the second in OUR HUAM’s “Nights” series. The first was “Night at the Fogg Museum” and the third, “Night at the Sackler Museum,” is scheduled...
...performance acts—including appearances by the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Quintet and a spandex-clad courtyard performance by the Crimson Dance Team—was inspired by OUR HUAM’s goal of “bringing all the different arts together,” according to Chen. Spies-Gans also cited their desire to “push the bounds of what is considered a museum” as being at the heart of the event’s relaxed atmosphere. The usual hush of the galleries was replaced with the strum of sophomore Jonathan M. Jackson...
...twenty-minute tours, on topics ranging from “The Artist as a Social Being” to the especially popular “Sexy Ladies: the Female Nude,” were frequently interactive. According to Chen, they were intended to offer an exchange of ideas with docents passing on knowledge and, most importantly, providing an outlet for students to “connect with new people through...
...Chen Jing was one of the lucky ones. The 56-year-old retiree, who lives in Shanghai, dabbles a bit in local stocks, exchanging investment tips with what she calls her "mah jong friends," a group that gets together each week to play and chat. Just before the Chinese New Year holiday last month, one of her friends spoke ominously of rumors that China's government was planning a crackdown on stock speculation, including a possible tax on capital gains. Over the past 18 months, Chen's small portfolio had almost doubled in value as the Shanghai market shot straight...