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· Kimberly Nguyen
Woman Records Racists She’s Met On Omegle During the Pandemic
Sophie Wang went on Omegle to find new friends during the pandemic. Instead, she was met with racist verbal comments, asking her if she ate bats and was accused of making the coronavirus. There has been a rise in racist acts and xenophobia towards Asians and Asian Americans…
· Editorial Staff
Asian MMA Stars Unite in the Face of Racism Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global situation bringing the world to its knees, we’ve seen both the best and the worst of humankind. On one end, people have gone to great lengths to lend a helping hand to one another. We’ve donated money, Personal Protective Equipment…
· Bryan Ke
Filipino American Nurse in Long Island Passes Away While Battling Pandemic
A Filipino American nurse passed away after fighting on the front lines against the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Ali Dennis Guillermo died on April 8 in the Intensive Care Unit of the Long Island Community Hospital, where he had been working since coming to the U.S.…
· Ryan General
Jeremy Lin Pledges $1 Million for COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Efforts
Basketball star Jeremy Lin has pledged up to $1 million to help fight COVID-19 on Monday. The 31-year-old former NBA athlete, who now plays in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), is set to donate $500,000 in the pandemic relief efforts.
· Carl Samson
Cyberbullying of Asians Up by 900% Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Report
The hate toward Asians amid the COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased in physical spaces but in the vile corners of the internet too, unsurprisingly. On Twitter, hate speech toward China and the Chinese people, in particular, has reportedly surged to a whopping 900%, with…
· Bryan Ke
Sichuan Medical Team Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic to Receive 1 Year Free Hot Pot
The medical team sent from Sichuan Province to Wuhan, a city in Hubei Province, is set to receive a year’s worth of hot pot for free once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The decision was made by the Hot Pot Association of Sichuan province as a way to pay tribute to those risking…
· Bryan Ke
Deadly New Strain of Bird Flu in China Could Trigger Global Pandemic
A new strain of H7N9, commonly known and referred to as bird flu, is circulating in China, and scientists believe this could pose a threat to humans as it has the potential to trigger a global pandemic. American and Japanese researchers have tested the new bird flu strain, which…
· Maina Chen
Sex Workers to Get Part of $1 Trillion Stimulus Package in Japan
Sex workers in Japan will be offered financial aid as a part of Japan’s state of emergency 108 trillion yen (roughly $1 trillion) stimulus package. As coronavirus ravages the world, Japan initially did not include those working in the stigmatized industry. According to CNN, it…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Journalist Who Went Missing for 2 Months During Outbreak Released By Police
Li Zehua, one of the three citizen journalists who went missing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, has re-emerged and said that he was well-treated during his disappearance. The 25-year-old journalist, who is known to his followers as Kcriss, updated everyone…
· Editorial Staff
First All-Asian Virtual EDM Festival to Stream for FREE
NextShark is proud to present the JadeTopia Virtual Festival for charity hosted by EDMTunes that will stream on April 24 at 1:00 p.m. PST/4:00 p.m. EST. This is the first all-Asian online music festival to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. The lineup features EDM artists…
· Carl Samson
CDC Accused of Racism After Using Chinese Art to Connect to Disease-Carrying Bats
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come under fire after using an image of an 18th-century Chinese military badge that featured bats on the May 2020 cover of its Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal. The agency announced the cover in a now-deleted…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese-Australian Family’s Home Vandalized By Racists for Second Day in a Row
A Chinese-Australian man living in Melbourne has been targeted by vandals who left his garage door defaced with racist graffiti related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The incident happened on Monday in Knoxfield when the vandals sprayed “COVID-19 China Die” on the family’s garage…
· Carl Samson
Supreme and Takashi Murakami are Releasing a COVID-19 Shirt for Charity
Supreme has tapped Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami to help design its new Box Logo Tee which will benefit youth and families facing homelessness amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Relief Box Logo Tee, which features original artwork by Murakami, will retail…
· Bryan Ke
7-Year-Old’s Classmate Tells Her He ‘Doesn’t Like China or Chinese People’ for Causing Quarantine
A second-grade student had her first encounter with anti-Asian racism during a Zoom meeting amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The encounter was shared on April 21 by the 7-year-old student’s parents on the Facebook page Little Gray Thread.
· Editorial Staff
CBS Reporter Weijia Jiang Asks Normal Question to Trump, Gets Told to ‘Keep Your Voice Down’
Donald Trump deflected CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang’s questions on Sunday during a White House coronavirus task force briefing.
· Editorial Staff
Teen’s Racist TikTok Blames Chinese People for ‘Cooking Dogs’ and ‘Eating Bats’
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with an apology video from @thesilasjames. A TikTok user has come under fire on Twitter after posting a video painting Chinese people as consumers of bats and therefore responsible for the spread of COVID-19.
· Bryan Ke
Billionaire Owner of Brooklyn Nets Donates $1.6 Million in PPE to San Diego
NBA Brooklyn Nets’ owner and Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai donated $1.6 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the University of California, San Diego to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation, which contained 500,000 medical-grade masks and goggles…
· Bryan Ke
Closed Brooklyn Dry Cleaners Use Their Last Dollars to Give Free Face Masks to Community
Owners of La Dry Cleaners, a dry cleaning facility that shut down a month ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are now making free masks for the community. Lily La and Tony Trinh are not letting the pandemic stop them from working. They have reportedly sewn and given away more than…
· Carl Samson
Nepalese Family Finds Their Car TORCHED in Alleged ‘Hate Crime Against Asians’ in the UK
A car belonging to a retired Gurkha — a Nepalese soldier recruited into the British Army — was set on fire in what his family believes is a hate crime against Asians amid the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. The family from Kent, England scrambled out of their home after hearing…
· Bryan Ke
‘Cuppa With Kumi’ Host Reveals Anxiety, Fear of Being Targeted By Racism During COVID-19 Outbreak
Kumi Taguchi, the Australian presenter of ABC’s Instagram Live show “Cuppa with Kumi,” opened up about her fears of racism amid COVID-19 and her “lowest point” during the pandemic. The 45-year-old host HuffPost Australia on Monday that “honesty and vulnerability” were the…