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· King Malleta

Chinese Patient Plays With Her Phone During Operation to Help With Anxiety

Mobile phones are typically not allowed inside operating rooms, but a Chinese hospital made an exception for a 69-year-old patient to relieve her anxiety. A patient from China with a surname Zhu went to a hospital in Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province to address the varicose veins on…

· Ryan General

Father Begs Strangers to Beat Him To Raise Money For Son’s Eye Operation

A Chinese father, desperate for money, has a heart-rending plea to passersby on a street in Beijing: they may hit him on his buttocks in exchange for 10 yuan ($1.45), so he can accumulate enough money to pay for his son’s operation. Wearing only his boxers, the dad can be found…

· Ryan General

Bangladeshi ‘Tree Man’ Gets Hope After Multiple Operations

The ‘Tree man’ of Bangladesh may finally be cured of his mysterious condition after undergoing a massive operation involving a series of surgeries, doctors claim. Abul Bajandar developed huge bark-like warts on his hands, arms and other parts of the body due to the extremely…

· Carl Samson

68-Year-Old Man Undergoes 7 Operations After Getting Rare Flesh-Eating Disease in Taiwan

The beautiful memory of one vacation to Taiwan turned into a nightmare when a 68-year-old Singaporean man acquired a flesh-eating disease as a souvenir. The man, named Huang, spent 19 days at the hospital where he underwent seven operations that included blood transfusions and…

· Ryan General

Man Sings the Chinese Opera Version of an Adele Song — Breaks the Chinese Internet

Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was a huge global hit back in 2011. Five years later, the song is making a comeback in China, but in a slightly more epic version. Mixing Chinese opera with the distinct twist of the dialect of Ningxiang County (northeastern part of Hunan), a…

· Editorial Staff

Uber Surrenders Operations in China to Didi Chuxing for $1 Billion

The two dominant ride-hailing app rivals in China have joined forces to create an even more formidable company. Didi Chuxing, a domestic ride-hailing service leader in China, is acquiring Uber’s operations in China. According to sources who told Bloomberg, the company’s…

· Ryan General

This 12-Year-Old Chinese Opera Genius Just Got Admitted into College

A talented Chinese student is about to skip several years of schooling ahead of her classmates after passing a college entrance exam while still enrolled in primary school. Fifth grader Huang Sihan took an independent entrance exam for Anhui Professional College of Art and aced…

· Bryan Ke

Trump Accepts Singapore’s Offer to Help Texas Hurricane Victims with Helicopters

The Singapore government has deployed helicopters to Texas as part of the country’s offer to help the United States with its relief operation for the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey. On Tuesday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on his Facebook page that…

· Ryan General

Alleged Chinese Spy Sentenced in First Ever Case of Sharing Nuclear Secrets With China

The fate of the 66-year-old engineer who was found to be working as a spy for the Chinese government will be decided on Wednesday as he faces sentencing in the first prosecution of such kind in the United States. Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho has confessed earlier this year to…

· Ryan General

Canadian Cops on Bicycles Nab One of America’s Most Wanted Fugitives

A pair of bike riding cops in Canada arrested an “armed and dangerous” Laotian man on August 23, who was on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement list of 10 most wanted fugitives. According to authorities, 35-year-old alleged drug lord Katay-Khaophone Sychantha has been…

· Ryan General

Pharmacist Busted For Allegedly Stealing $15 Million from Medicaid For Plastic Surgery

A pharmacist in New York’s Chinatown was recently arrested by local police for allegedly stealing $15 millions of dollars from Medicaid. On Thursday, the pharmacist, identified as Hin Wong, faced grand-larceny and other charges in Manhattan Criminal Court, where she pleaded not…

· Carl Samson

Macau’s Weather Bureau Investigated For Delaying Typhoon Warning to Save Casinos Money

An investigation on Macau’s weather bureau over its management of last week’s deadly Typhoon Hato has been launched following reports that its failure to raise storm warnings on time was influenced by consideration of financial impact on the city’s gambling industry. Typhoon…

· Ryan General

Taiwanese Flight Attendants Go Viral For Looking Like a Pop Idol Group

A Taiwanese airline company has recently gained attention online not only for its exemplary facilities or service but also for its gorgeous crew of flight attendants. EVA Air, which has consistently been named by World Airline Awards to be among the world’s best airlines, is…

· Carl Samson

Former Gangster is Now the Badass CEO of a $3 Million Diving Business in Singapore

At 13, Jacki Ng was part of a local gang in Singapore, leading him through a life of petty crime and fighting, which later led to his expulsion from secondary school. “I was always a child who was a bit different. I was neither conventional, nor rule-abiding,” Ng, who now heads…

· Bryan Ke

Malaysian Man’s Tinder Bio is Dead on Arrival Just Like Us

A 20-year-old Malaysian man is winning the hearts of many Tinder users with his hilarious pun and dark profile bio. Malaysian college student, Darren Go, wasn’t very lucky in his quest to find a match on Tinder.

· Ryan General

Asian American Restaurant Employee Fatally Shot and Robbed in Georgia

An Asian American restaurant employee was fatally shot and then robbed by his attacker as he lay on the ground bleeding in Macon, Georgia. A local officer found 38-year-old Jian Fang Wang with gunshot wounds while lying in the parking lot of Hot Wings Plus at 3497 Pio Nono Ave.…

· Kyle Encina

Legendary Rock Icon Yoshiki Becomes First Japanese Man on Cover of Vogue Japan

Legendary musician Yoshiki’s presence on the cover of Vogue Japan is the first time in its 18 year history that the publication has ever featured a Japanese man. I was still bleeding from surgery at the time, but it was worth it. Thanx everyone.Xx 表紙 ” @voguejapan First Japanese…

· Carl Samson

New Movie Reveals the Fate of Chinese Passengers Who Survived the Titanic

A new film shedding light on the untold stories of Chinese passengers who survived the Titanic is scheduled for release in 2018. The upcoming documentary “The Six” will present the stories of six Chinese men during and after the ship’s sinking in April 1912.

· Ryan General

Chinese Couple Finds Hidden Cameras Inside Smoke Detectors at Airbnb in Taiwan

Another case of a peeping Airbnb host was discovered by shocked guests, this time in Taiwan. A Chinese couple staying at an Airbnb accommodation in Kaohsiung, Taiwan found two hidden cameras in their rooms back in February, according to AsiaOne.

· Carl Samson

Singaporean Ad Sparks Debate After Equating Data Deprivation With Hunger and Poverty

A Singaporean ad is attracting mixed reactions throughout social media for assuming that data deprivation is practically similar to starvation. In a recent marketing campaign, local mobile operator Circles.Life launched posters akin to UN visuals that highlight faces and facts…

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