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· Rebecca Moon
Woman’s post asking if she is wrong for serving her Asian mother-in-law a mac and cheese dinner goes viral
A Reddit user posted to the subreddit /AmItheAssh*le on April 26 explaining that her Asian mother-in-law and husband found it “disrespectful” that she had served them mac and cheese for dinner four weeks after she had given birth. According to the user’s post, her husband’s…
· Carl Samson
Chinese netizens challenge Great Firewall with viral video of Shanghai residents’ voices
Chinese social media users fought censors last week when they came up with creative ways to spread a video that highlighted the plight of locked-up residents in Shanghai. The six-minute video, titled “Voices of April,” featured voices of residents who found themselves in…
· Celine Pun
TikTok video showing how a conveyer belt sushi restaurant in Japan quickly calculates bills goes viral
TikTok users are impressed by the clever technology a Japanese revolving sushi restaurant uses to ring up customers instantly. With over 3.3 million views and 800 comments, a 13-second video on the platform shows staff scanning a stack of different colored plates with a handheld…
· Ryan General
Viral clip shows man apparently stopping Olympian Eileen Gu from leaving after a selfie in Beijing
A recent video shows a man seemingly trying to stop Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu from leaving after they take a selfie together. The athlete was out exercising with her mother in Beijing when the stranger asked for a photo. The clip of their encounter, which has since gone…
· Bryan Ke
Inner Mongolia teacher goes viral for donning Ultraman costume in video to surprise his students
A teacher from Ordos city in Inner Mongolia is being praised online and called a “dream maker” for creating a video in which he transforms into Ultraman because his students are fans of the popular Japanese children’s show. The video, which he shared with his class of 3- and…
· Rebecca Moon
California bride goes viral for wearing $47 Shein dress at her ‘minimal’ wedding
A couple in California held a low-cost wedding at which the bride wore a $47 wedding dress from Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein to keep it “as minimal as possible.” Kiara and Joel Brokenbrough picked a free location near a motorway in California and did not provide…
· Michelle De Pacina
Filipino Georgia Tech students go viral with a modernized folk dance performance set to Lil Nas X song
The Filipino Student Association of the Georgia Institute of Technology went viral on social media for their “Gen Z” rendition of the traditional Philippine folk dance “Tinikling.” The group’s performance, which was uploaded to Facebook on April 18, has garnered more than 6…
· Rebecca Moon
Chinese girl’s letter asking for good ride-hailing reviews for her ‘chubby’ driver father goes viral
A 9-year-old girl in China wrote a letter begging for passengers to give her father, a ride-hailing driver, good reviews. Hanhan explained in her letter that she was diagnosed in 2021 with organic encephalopathy, a brain disorder. Her single father, Chen Zaixing, struggled to…
· Bryan Ke
‘Do you like some peanuts?’: Viral TikToker attempts to teach students ‘how to speak like an American’
Viral TikToker Mryang_English’s is back with more “How to speak/sound like an American” videos, much to the delight of fans. In a video posted on Wednesday, the TikToker, who has 40 million likes and 2.9 million followers, teaches his student how to say, “I like a coke and a…
· Jane Nam
Viral video shows Ukrainian soldier ‘saved’ from bullet by his Samsung smartphone
In a now-viral video, a Ukrainian soldier can be seen pulling out his Samsung Galaxy smartphone to reveal a large bullet lodged in it. The phone supposedly saved him from being shot. In the clip, the soldier can be seen in the trenches with his full military gear on. He suddenly…
· Celine Pun
Thailand nominates mango sticky rice for UNESCO heritage list after the dessert’s viral Coachella moment
After performing “Mirror Mirror” and “Sud Pang” at Coachella, Thai rapper Danupa “Milli” Kanateerakul ate mango sticky rice, a traditional Thai dessert, while still on stage. A now-viral clip of her eating the dessert has sparked an interest in mango sticky rice online, with a…
· Jane Nam
Video of Shanghai residents screaming out their windows during strict COVID lockdown goes viral
A video recorded in Shanghai has gone viral for showing residents screaming out of their windows after over a week of total COVID-19 lockdown. Author and radio host Patrick Madrid posted the video on Twitter on April 8, claiming it was sent to him the day before by his friend’s…
· Michelle De Pacina
YouTube channel belonging to Malaysian rapper behind viral song mocking Chinese nationalists is hacked
Malaysian rapper Namewee, known for his political stances against the Chinese Communist Party, took to his official Instagram account to report that his YouTube channel was hacked. He assumed the hacker to be Russian, as the hacker had changed the rapper’s name to a derogatory…
· Carl Samson
Japanese daughter and father duo go viral with their cosplay
A Japanese father and daughter have gone viral on social media after posting photos of themselves in cosplay. The daughter, Fumi, is already a popular content creator, but this is the first time her father joined her for an edgy photoshoot series. The duo portrayed themselves as…
· Bryan Ke
Video of 3-year-old boy using a stool to care for his dad, who is in a vegetative state, goes viral
A video of a son helping his father went viral on Chinese social media after the 3-year-old boy’s mother, Liu Na, posted it on Douyin on March 27. Liu said that while she was on her lunch break, she checked in on her husband Ding Yong, who has been in a vegetative state since…
· Ryan General
‘God has not blessed us’: Indian boy’s response to a reporter about schools over temples goes viral
A boy in India has earned praise online for his candid response to a local reporter asking why he valued attending school over temple. The 13-year-old boy from the city of Varanasi spoke about the merits of schools, noting, “When we study, then we’ll get a job.” When the…
· Carl Samson
Taiwan’s foreign ministry makes viral ‘West Taiwan’ meme out of Drake meme
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) recently posted a meme that depicted mainland China as “West Taiwan” on its Facebook page. The now-viral meme is based on another popular meme featuring Drake in the music video for his song “Hotline Bling.” The joke appears to be a…
· Daniel Anderson
‘Could I decide I was an Asian man?’: Sen. Ted Cruz’s question during SCOTUS nominee hearing goes viral
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked Pres. Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, “Could I decide I was an Asian man?” as part of his line of questioning regarding an upcoming Supreme Court case regarding affirmative action in college admissions. The questions were a part of…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘These retail for only $1,640’: TikTok video of Louis Vuitton chopsticks goes viral
A TikTok video showcasing Louis Vuitton’s set of chopsticks that costs $1,640 USD recently went viral on social media. TikTok user @thejeffreyhuang shared his purchase of the four gold-colored chopsticks set, which comes in a Monogram canvas case, on March 18. The video has…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘We need to copy these things’: Viral video of Asian household appliances mesmerizes Twitter
A video showcasing Asian household appliances has gone viral on Twitter with over 4.7 million views. “Asians have different appliances than the rest of the world. We need to copy these things, they are so useful,” he tweeted. Viewers were left satisfied and mesmerized by the…