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· Bryan Ke
Bear Rescued By Monks in Myanmar Has Operation to Remove 7 Pounds of Tongue
Nyan htoo, a bear rescued by monks in Myanmar, is now recovering after going through a 4-hour operation to remove 3 kilograms (around 7 pounds) of his tongue due to a mysterious illness, according to the veterinarians who operated on him. Nyan htoo — meaning “bright” — and his…
· Bryan Ke
Over 80 Children Saved in Sex Traffic Sting Operation With the FBI, Thai and Filipino Officers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 120 suspected child sex traffickers in partnership with officers from other Asian countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines as well as Canada and the United Kingdom. In the operation codenamed “Cross Country XI,”…
· Heather Johnson Yu
6 Men Arrested in Texas with $2.3 Million of Marijuana in Neighborhood Grow Operation
Six people have been arrested and $2.3 million dollars in marijuana seized from grow house operations in Fort Bend and Harris counties, Texas, according to KHOU. The three people arrested in Fort Bend County, Trong Vo, 35, James Lai Nguyen, 27, and James Huy Nguyen, 37, were all…
· Bryan Ke
Whitewashed Chinese Restaurant Opera Cancelled After Severe Backlash from Asian Community
After severe backlash, the opera “The Golden Dragon” has been canceled, as Hackney Empire pulls the show from its East London October 31 premiere. The theater released a statement on Thursday that disavows any involvement of Hackney Empire to the production of “The Golden…
· 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
12-year-old Boy Quits School to Care For Dying Mom and Raise Money For Treatment
Gu Guang Zhao, a 12-year-old boy from Henan, China, quit attending his school earlier in October to help his severely ill mother at home and to raise money for her kidney transplant. After learning that his 40-year-old mother is slowly dying due to kidney failure, Gu wrote to…
· Ryan General
Serial Killer Caught in Japan With 9 Severed Heads in Ice Chests
Local authorities in Japan who were investigating a case of a missing woman recently uncovered a gruesome scene at an apartment complex in Zama, south of Tokyo. During a police operation, dismembered bodies of eight women and one man were found inside the apartment of…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Officials Arrest North Korean Assassins Allegedly Out to Kill Kim Jong-Un’s Nephew
Two of the seven North Korean assassins who are involved in the alleged plot to take out Kim Jong-Nam’s son, Kim Han Sol, were arrested by Chinese officials in Beijing, China, South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported on Monday. The alleged assassination plot was prevented…
· Ryan General
Surrogate Mom Gives Birth to Chinese Baby and Biological Baby in Rare Occurrence
After discovering that one of the twin boys she gave birth to last year for a Chinese couple was her own biological child, a surrogate mother from California had to undergo a grueling ordeal just to be reunited with her son. According to the New York Post, 31-year-old Jessica…
· Ryan General
Alibaba Co-Founder Joseph Tsai to Buy 49% of the Brooklyn Nets
Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai is reportedly in talks to purchase a 49% stake in the Brooklyn Nets. Based on the said agreement, the Taiwanese-Canadian mogul will also have the option to purchase a controlling interest in the NBA organization in four years. Should Tsai decides…
· Bryan Ke
Someone Paid $5,000 For Two Persimmons at a Vegetable Market in Japan
Two high-end persimmons that were harvested from central Japan were recently sold during the season’s first auction for the whopping price of 540,000 yen (roughly U.S. $4,735). These persimmons, which had been cultivated by the Gifu prefectural government for over 10 years…
· Carl Samson
Over 100 Cambodian Immigrants Arrested in Latest ICE Deportation Crackdown
Officers of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested more than 100 Cambodian nationals with deportation orders throughout the country in recent weeks. Advocates claimed that some of the people who were taken into custody had been living in California’s…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong Doctor Leaves Liver Transplant Patient Cut Open For Hours to Go to Another Hospital
A surgeon at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong reportedly left his liver transplant patient who was already cut open on the operating table for another patient at a different hospital, returning three hours later to finish what he started. Dr. Kelvin Ng Kwok-Chai, a private…
· Ryan General
Family Gets Trapped on Steep Section of China’s Great Wall For 13 Hours Before Rescue
A Chinese family recently spent 13 grueling hours trapped on a steep ridge in one of the most dangerous parts of the Great Wall before they were saved by rescuers. The family of three reportedly went hiking in the Jiankou section of the popular tourist destination, and…
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