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· Carl Samson
Chinese Actress Dies From Cancer After Choosing Traditional Chinese Medicine Over Chemoptherapy
After battling cancer, Chinese actress Xu Ting died on September 7 after choosing traditional Chinese medicine over chemotherapy. The 26-year-old announced in July that she was diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer affecting the immune system. The unfortunate event has led…
· Carl Samson
Veterinary Hospital in Michigan Now Uses Chinese Herbal Medicine to Treat Dogs With Cancer
A veterinary hospital in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is using traditional Chinese herbal medicine (TCHM) to treat dogs suffering from splenic hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive type of spleen cancer. The use of the alternative medicine is part of a clinical study that started in…
· Jenny Shay
How Eastern Medicine Discourages Asians From Seeking Mental Healthcare
A couple months ago, my doctor diagnosed me with moderate anxiety. I suspected that this was the case for many years, so the diagnosis came as somewhat of a relief. My panic attacks, rumination, and waves of low self-esteem can finally be defined, explained, and understood.…
· Benny Luo
He Was Bullied as a Kid For Being Chinese, Now He’s the Black Power Ranger
Although I am straight, any idiot can see that Ludi Lin is an absolute heartthrob. Lets list everything out that makes Lin awesome. He’s: Ridiculously good looking JACKED AF A Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu fighter Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin Lastly, he’s the motha f***ing BLACK…
· Ryan General
Chinese Hospital Accidentally Infects 5 Patients with HIV
Five individuals now have HIV, no thanks to a hospital staff who accidentally infected them with the deadly virus at a high-end traditional Chinese medicine hospital in the Zhejiang capital of Hangzhou. According to local health authorities, a hospital technician at the Zhejiang…
· Carl Samson
Netizens Shocked By Video of Traditional Chinese Treatment Puncturing A Man’s Forehead
A video of a man being punctured in the head has shocked netizens as soon as it hit the web. It is, in every sense, a modern bloodletting.
· Carl Samson
Chinese Doctor Saves Passenger’s Life on Flight Using a Toothpick
A Chinese doctor is credited for saving the life of one plane passenger by using toothpicks. Dr. Tian Yu was boarding flight CA1478 with Air China on September 23 when he heard the crew calling for doctors. As it turned out, a fellow passenger was having seizures.
· Kyle Encina
Man Caught Trying to Board Train With 50 Venomous Snakes in China
Chinese authorities apprehended a man, believed to be in his 50s, who wanted to take the train to Guangzhou while carrying 50 live snakes that were in a bag wrapped in a towel inside his briefcase. On Sunday, security guards at a train station in Zhejiang Province were startled…
· Ryan General
Dutch Photographer Captures The Lives of Cats and Dogs Living in Hong Kong’s Street Markets
Dutch photographer Marcel Heijnen earned thousands of fans and followers on social media last year when he focused his camera lenses on Hong Kong’s shop cats and compiled the images into a book. The highly successful “Hong Kong Shop Cats”, which includes haikus and calligraphy…
· Bryan Ke
Acupuncture for Cats and Dogs is Trending in China
Chinese pet owners are now turning to acupuncture to help their furry friends deal with injuries or help with therapy. Some owners believe that the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) will cure their pet’s ailments or even help them ease their suffering. But the question remains:…
· Kyle Encina
Taiwanese Student Earns Over $6,000 a Month Farming Cockroaches
A Taiwanese university student started farming cockroaches as pet food which he now turns into a thriving business that makes thousands of dollars. The student, identified as Tong, started buying cockroaches merely as a source of food for his pet. The 20-year-old eventually…
· Carl Samson
‘Crazy’ Man Embarks on 235-Day Run From Germany to China to Bring Countries Closer
A 44-year-old German fitness enthusiast has set out on a long run from Hamburg to Shanghai to “break down prejudice” against China. Kai Markus left Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg’s newly-opened concert hall, on March 12 to start his 12,000-kilometer (7,456-mile) journey. He believes…
· Khier Casino
Vietnamese Police Find Five Frozen Tigers in Man’s Freezer
Police in Vietnam have stumbled upon five frozen and disemboweled tigers from a man’s freezer in the province of Nghe An on Tuesday. Tiger organs and bones are used for traditional medicine in Vietnam, where burgeoning local markets illegally sell animal parts, including ivory,…
· Ryan General
China Has a Delicacy Where Eggs Are Boiled in Virgin Boys’ Pee
One “exotic” delicacy prepared by the citizens of Dongyang in Zhejiang province can easily be one of China’s most unusual traditions. During springtime, residents of this bustling community of almost a million people enjoy eating eggs that are specially boiled and simmered for…
· Ryan General
What Fox News Just Did to the Asian Community is Unforgivable
In what could be one of the most ethnically-insensitive four and a half minutes of modern cable television, a segment on the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” visited Chinatown in New York for on-the-street interviews. The interviewer, Jesse Watters, spewed ignorance-driven…
· Editorial Staff
Elderly Asian Man Gives ‘Spiritual Massages’ By Rubbing Womens’ Breasts and Groin
An old Asian man is getting a lot of criticism for his questionable “spiritual massages” that involves kneading women’s breasts and private parts while at public spaces in New York. In a number of his videos, the elderly masseuse, Luo Dong, approaches women at parks, beaches or…
· Editorial Staff
Scalpers in China Sell Tickets to Be Treated at the Hospital for Hundreds of Dollars
If you thought scalpers selling overpriced tickets to concerts and sports games in the United States were bad, China’s hospital scalper situation should downright horrify you. Since most big hospitals in the country require patients to purchase registration tickets to be seen…
· Editorial Staff
The Majority of People in China are Unhappy With Their Sex Lives
A recent survey reveals that a greater part of the Chinese population have dissatisfying sex lives. According to China Daily, a national survey conducted by the Chinese Medical Association’s Society of Andrology and the China Sexology Association and released on Sunday found…
· Laura Dang
Broke 12-Year-Old Boy in China Forced to Look for a Job to Help His Sick Mom
A brave 12-year-old boy in the Guizhou province of China is struggling to support his ill mother, who is diagnosed as having a rare neuromuscular disease. Peng Zhiwei, who was born in the town of Machaping in Guizhou, has been supporting his mother by himself since the death of…
· Waylae Gregoire
I Spent $50 to Blow Hot Steam Up My Ass So You Wouldn’t Have To
We step into this dark room with four chairs that smells roughly of the herbs my Chinese grandmother might keep in her medicine cabinet. In my head, I felt sort of like Steve-O before a “Jackass” stunt — I turned to face a non-existent camera and said in my head, “My name’s…