The Bahamas Win 2nd CBA Jamaica Dragon Boat Festival Caribbean Cup | TVJ Sports
Bahamas were comprehensive Caribbean Cup champions at the second staging of the Chinese Benevolent Association Jamaica Dragon Boat Festival held in Port Royal with over 50 races contested. Teams from the more experienced Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago competed against the Jamaican teams for the Caribbean Cup. Bahamas with a superior time of one minute zero 6.24 won the championship race over Trinidad and Tobago one minute 11.59 while Jamaica was a third in one minute 15.07. After the event the captain of the Bahamas team said: “Great event down here in Jamaica. We enjoyed seeing the Jamaican team up with us [in the Bhamas earlier] and so we decided to come see them. It's been a great event and we hope to be back next year”. The highest placed Jamaican team in the open category Division A were the Chinese embassy in Jamaica who were third behind winners Bahama Boys and Girls while the Vanguards of Trinidad and Tobago were second. The Vanguards won the mixed category Division A while JDF Wave Riders who were joint overall winners last year had to settle for second. The other Division A final, the women's category, went to Hydra of Port Royal Blazers and the Generals. That race featured only Jamaican teams. Going forward, Dalton Yap, President of the Festival said: “We’re looking forward to have international teams, from North America - Florida and also Canada - and maybe even as far as away from New Zealand”.
Edited transcript from TVJ Sports.
What the Stilwell Family Still Remembers About China
…At the 2026 Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) Annual Meeting, co-hosted by University of California Irvine’s Long U.S.–China Institute in Southern California on May 23, 2026, Susan Mai Easterbrook Cole — the great-granddaughter of General Joseph Stilwell — delivered remarks reflecting on her family’s multi-generational relationship with China and on the wartime legacy of the China-Burma-India Theater….
General Stilwell was an American military officer, but to describe him only in that way would miss what defined him most. He served during World War II as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek and as Commander of U.S. Forces in the China Burma India Theater. His responsibilities were immense – militarily, diplomatically, and personally.
Yet what distinguished him was not rank or authority, but character.
He believed deeply in honor, integrity, humility, and service. He studied China long before the war, becoming fluent in Mandarin, lived in Chinese communities, and formed friendships that shaped his worldview. China was not, to him, an abstract ally. It was a place of people he respected, trusted, and believed in.Throughout his diaries, letters, and speeches, one theme appears again and again: his profound respect and admiration for the Chinese people….
Each time I return to China, I am struck by two things.
First, the remarkable transformation—cities rising, technology advancing, ideas flourishing.
And second, something unchanged:
The warmth, kindness, and generosity of the Chinese people.
It is easy to see why my great grandfather admired the Chinese people so deeply. His respect was earned, and it has endured. He has left us an important legacy that has been passed down now through five generations….
US-China Education Trust Summer 2026 Newsletter
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The Questions China Asked Its College-Bound Students This Year
One of the major events in China over the past week was the gaokao, the country’s national college entrance examination, which has just concluded after four days. Readers familiar with China may know that the country has a long tradition of selecting talent through examinations, dating back to the imperial era. At the time, the written word and the classical canon formed the core of the examination, and candidates were already required to compose essays in response to prescribed topics.
Today’s gaokao covers a much broader range of subjects across the humanities and sciences, but essay writing remains an important part of the Chinese-language exam. Each year, the essay prompts also become a subject of lively public discussion. In today’s edition, I would like to introduce this year’s prompts, which I think offer an interesting window into the concerns, ideas and changing rhythms of Chinese society.
A brief note on how the papers are organized: the two essay prompts used in the national Chinese-language papers in 2026 — known as National Paper I and National Paper II — were both centrally prepared by the Ministry of Education’s National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA). Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, meanwhile, set their own exam papers.
Beyond scale: how China's new megaproject enhances world's busiest inland waterway
On June 8, China broke ground on a new waterway project at the Three Gorges-Gezhouba navigation complex on the Yangtze River, the world’s third-longest river, designed to boost capacity along this major waterway.
For 21 consecutive years, thanks to the Three Gorges Dam, the river has firmly held the top spot globally in terms of inland freight volume. Now, with shipping demand on the rise, this “golden waterway” is set for another considerable upgrade, one that points toward a more sophisticated, modern approach.
The Bridge Builder - USHCA's Monthly Newsletter
USHCA's 2026 Future Ag Leaders Delegation arrived in China over the weekend!
This delegation brings together a diverse cohort of 16 student leaders representing 13 U.S. states and a broad cross-section of higher education institutions across the country. Delegates hail from 12 colleges and universities, including land-grant universities, community colleges, public institutions, and private universities, representing multiple educational pathways and academic disciplines within agriculture.
Former Chinese senior economic official urges broader opening of services sector
Former senior official at China’s top economic policy coordination body argues that the services sector should become the next area of reform-led opening up, calling for wider foreign access in telecoms, education, healthcare, and finance.
Yin Yanlin is a former deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen
Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to support its eastern Fujian Province in exploring new approaches for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
In March this year, Fujian released what it described as the first batch of milestone achievements in the construction of the cross-Strait integrated development demonstration zone. Among the achievements highlighted by the Fujian government was progress toward creating “same-city living circles” between Xiamen and Kinmen, and between Fuzhou and Matsu.
Having visited both Xiamen, the port city in Fujian, and Kinmen, a Taiwan-administered island group lying just off the mainland coast, I wanted to take a closer look at how integration between the two places has developed over the past three years.
A social media post by London Mayor Sadiq Khan calling his city and Singapore global powerhouses has ignited scrutiny of both places, with critics arguing that they are worlds apart.
Khan, who was in Singapore this week, posted a picture of himself standing in front of the Marina Bay skyline on Sunday with the caption: “This is what it looks like when two global powerhouses unite. Delighted to be here to bang the drum for London and supercharge the strong ties between our countries.”
Social media users were quick to point out the differences, particularly when it came to law and order. While some called Singapore too authoritarian and strict, others pointed out that London’s crime rates made it unsafe.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been ranked among the top 20 in a global league table – the first time two of the city’s universities have achieved this simultaneously – with CUHK making significant gains in its reputation among employers.
The UK-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) also pointed out on Thursday that Hong Kong had Asia’s most improved higher education system for the second consecutive year, with seven of its previously ranked universities improving, two maintaining their positions, and none declining.
QS said Hong Kong universities were among the most improved institutions in the world this year after achieving significant gains in their research performance and reputation among employers.
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