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· Bryan Ke
Community Raises Over $90,000 to Help Gilroy Donut House Family Amid Pandemic
Customers of the Gilroy Donut House in Gilroy, California raised over $90,000 to help the family-owned business as they deal with the impact of COVID-19 and other health issues. The Hok family is reportedly also suffering from non-COVID related health issues, according to family…
· Ernestine Siu
She Grew Up With a Chinese Sister in India, Now She’s Desperate to Find Her Again
Meenal Patil, a radio personality for Radio One, is on a quest to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother to find her long-lost Chinese sister, Chingu. On Mother’s Day, May 10, Meenal posted an Instagram video compilation of heartwarming images of Chingu, whose real name…
· Bryan Ke
Shanghai Martial Artist Sets Guinness World Record Playing Ping Pong With Nunchaku
A martial arts coach in China set a new Guinness World Record for hitting 32 table tennis balls using only a nunchaku, a traditional weapon consisting of two sticks connected by either a chain or rope. Xie Desheng, a 28-year-old martial arts coach in the Shanghai paramilitary…
· Ryan General
California Governor Sparks Outrage After Claiming First Local Spread of COVID-19 Started at Nail Salon
Vietnamese Americans are calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom for some ignorant comments he made about nail salons. During a news conference in Garden Grove on Thursday, Newsom casually remarked that the spread of COVID-19 in California began in a nail salon, reports the…
· Editorial Staff
Beef Jerky Boss Sends Racist Email to ‘Oriental’ Client, Blames Poor English Skills
A Baker, California beef jerky company has sparked outrage on social media after a woman’s business inquiry received a racially insensitive reply. Alien Fresh Jerky, which describes itself as a family and “immigrant Latino company” on social media, was founded in 2000 by Luis…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Teen Calls Out Instagram for Policy Negligence, Starts Campaign to Make Instagram Safer
Tina Zhou, a 14-year-old student, started a petition on Change.org protesting Instagram’s seemingly initial allowance of a racist video as policy negligence. With her parents’ support and approval, Zhou highlighted a plan of action against the social media platform.
· Bryan Ke
100 Captive Thai Elephants Now Free Because of COVID-19, Walk 93 Miles Back Home
Hundreds of tamed elephants in Thailand who lived in captivity and depended on the tourism for food have been moved back to their homes as COVID-19 continues to affect the tourism industry in the country. About 2,000 elephants are reportedly at risk of starvation as their owners…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwan Night Club Stops Viral ‘Coffin Dance’ After Dancers Add Blackface, ‘Unaware’ It is Racist
A Taipei nightclub that went viral for imitating a Ghanaian pallbearers meme took down all videos and pictures of its dance troupe, Luxy Boyz, and discontinued performances after being accused of using blackface. In a statement to Taiwan News on May 4, OMNI Nightclub, located on…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Woman’s Insane Meltdown Over Hawaiians at Walmart is Too Ridiculous to Miss
One woman went wild with anger at a Walmart parking lot in Hilo, Hawaii as employees tried to get her to move her car from a standstill position on May 5.
· Carl Samson
Beauty Products CEO Goes on Racist Rant Over Vietnamese Nail Salons, Mocks Vietnamese Language
A beauty entrepreneur has sparked outrage after referring to Vietnamese salons as the “biggest enemy” in the nail business, claiming that their practices do nothing but “destroy” the industry. “I cannot support any partner that supports the Vietnamese,” said Larry Gaynor, who…
· Bryan Ke
Designer Vera Wang Appears to Have Drunk From the Fountain of Youth at 70
Bridal gown designer Vera Wang is making jaws drop for her amazingly youthful appearance.
· Ryan General
Taiwanese Club Turns Meme Into Reality While the Rest of the World is in Quarantine
A Taiwanese club is delighting its customers with servers who have taken a cue from the viral dancing pallbearers in Ghana. Earlier this year, several memes and videos of the dancing Ghanaian group of pallbearers went viral. The performance is part of a funeral service, which is…
· Khier Casino
‘You’re Infected China Boy’: Filipino Nurse Says Man Tried to Drag Him Off NYC Train
The NYPD is searching for a man who reportedly accused a Filipino nurse of having COVID-19 and attempted to drag him off the train. The incident occurred on a northbound 4 train to the Lexington Avenue-59th Street subway station around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, the NY Daily News…
· Bryan Ke
Supreme X Takashi Murakami Shirts Raise $1 Million in 2 Weeks for COVID-19 Relief
Supreme and Takashi Murakami raised more than $1 million for the COVID-19 relief thanks to the sales from its collaboration T-shirt. The duo raised $1,052,040 and donated all of the money from the Supreme X Takashi Murakami shirts to the New York-based non-profit organization…
· Maina Chen
Marathon Runner Reveals Weeks of Pain, Over $100,000 in Medical Bills to Beat COVID-19
Michael Bane was one of the first few Americans who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and contracted deadly symptoms from the virus. The 42-year-old attorney survived the 18-day internal onslaught but is not nearly done recovering. Coming from a man who says he is “relatively…
· Ryan General
Man Punched ‘40 Times’ On NYC Subway After Passenger Claims He Coughed
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from the NYPD to NextShark. The NY Daily News has since revised later versions of their article to omit the man’s race. A man was recently attacked by a fellow passenger inside an MTA subway train headed to the Bronx.
· Bryan Ke
Malaysian Girl Gets Shout Out From Rage Against the Machine Guitarist for Her Cover
A young girl from Malaysia has attracted the attention of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello for performing a heart-melting cover of “Killing in the Name.” Morello shared a clip of Ujang Ijon and his 3-year-old daughter Audrey, the Malaysian father and daughter duo,…
· Carl Samson
90% of Minority, Women-Owned Businesses May Never See Government’s Paycheck Aid
Three in four Asian-owned small businesses could fail to get a loan from the Payment Protection Program (PPP) due to the way the initiative was designed, lending experts believe. Set up by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the PPP aims to provide a direct incentive…
· Bryan Ke
Teen Raises $7,500, Donates 11,000 Masks to Texas Hospital to Fight Hate Towards Asians
A 15-year-old teen in Addison, Texas donated 11,000 masks to a local hospital using money she raised from crowdfunding and hopes the gesture helps dispel the bias against Asian Americans due to COVID-19. After noticing the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals,…
· Kimberly Nguyen
5 Asian Art Collections Available Online for Asian Pacific Heritage Month
May is officially Asian Pacific Heritage Month! While going out to immerse yourself in AAPI culture may not be an option, you can still visit these virtual museum collections. Here is just a small sampling of the vast amount of information we can learn from history:
Answer
BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
People & Works
Open
Person · Screen
Anna Sawai
Her 'Shogun' win cracked a category that had never gone to an Asian actor in 76 years of the Emmys — a ceiling break that arrived only once the industry let an Asian-led epic play in its own language.
Culture surface · Beauty
Beauty retail
Beauty retail is a culture-first entry point into the listed company behind it.
Person · Music
Dimash Qudaibergen
A Kazakh singer with a freakish multi-octave range conquered China's living rooms overnight and became Central Asia's most improbable soft-power export — a diaspora-of-one proving fandom now flows East before West.
IP · Anime
Haikyu!! films
Haikyu!! is the rare franchise that peaked commercially after its manga ended — the 2024 film cleared $100M worldwide and back-catalog sales grew ~50% post-conclusion, evidence that a well-timed theatrical event can reactivate a completed IP rather than merely close it out.
Platform · Platforms
Kakao Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment connects to Kakao and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kling AI
Kling AI connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kuaishou
Kuaishou connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kwai
Kwai connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Retail
Lifestyle retail
Lifestyle retail connects to Miniso and the broader retail story around it.
Results
Culture · brand
Uniqlo
Uniqlo connects to Fast Retailing, the company behind the stores, basics, and repeat buying habit.
Culture · routine / beauty brands
K-beauty
K-beauty connects to companies built around skincare routines, hero products, and travel retail.
Culture · platform
Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Company · Japan · TYO:7832
Bandai Namco Holdings
Bandai Namco sits behind toys, anime IP, games, and licensing that turn fandom into everyday consumer products.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · India · NSE:ZEEL
Zee Entertainment
Zee is one of India's largest media networks — the TV channels and ZEE5 streaming that carry Bollywood and regional-language entertainment to a billion viewers and the diaspora.
Company · Japan · TYO:9983
Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing matters because Uniqlo is an everyday consumer habit, not just a stock story.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035900
JYP Entertainment
JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:041510
SM Entertainment
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:122870
YG Entertainment
YG connects global K-pop attention to touring, brand deals, fan demand, and artist-centered entertainment revenue.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Fast Retailing · Fashion · TYO:9983
Your Uniqlo basics keep you coming back.
This shows up when you go back to Uniqlo for another pack of basics instead of treating the brand like a one-time fashion buy.
NetEase · Streaming · HKEX:9999
Your playlist depends on deals you never see.
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
CJ ENM · Entertainment · KOSDAQ:035760
Before the first song drops, H//PE Princess already has a global Warner deal.
A debut deal matters less than whether the group turns into repeat listening, touring, merch, and fandom across markets.
Explainer · Sanrio
Hello Kitty is not just something you buy anymore. Sanrio wants you to play inside the world.
Sanrio shows how character fandom becomes retail, licensing, collabs, parks, and global consumer demand.
Explainer · Amorepacific
K-beauty won the Amazon cart. The real prize is your second bottle.
The first sale matters less than the repeat routine. If a product sticks, the brand can keep winning on replenishment, retail placement, and cross-market demand.