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· Carl Samson
China is Launching a National System That Publicly Shames People Who Don’t Pay Off Bank Loans
China is creating a system that publicly shames people who default on their bank loans. Developed by the Supreme People’s Court, the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Communist Party’s Publicity Department, the system targeting laolai or “deadbeat borrowers” will be…
· Bryan Ke
U.S. Government Finally Lets Vietnamese Stem Cell Donor Save Dying Sister from Cancer
After months of trying to persuade the U.S. government, officials finally approved the entry of a Vietnamese stem cell donor who could potentially save the life of a dying mother from cancer in Orange County, California. Thuy Nguyen, Helen Huynh’s sister and the only person who…
· Bryan Ke
Vietnamese Stem Cell Donor Denied Entry to the U.S. to Save Dying Sister from Cancer
A stem cell donor who was set to help save a dying Orange County, California mother from leukemia was barred from entering the United States. Helen Huynh is a Vietnamese mother living with her family in Garden Grove, California, where doctors at UCI Medical Center believe that…
· Ryan General
China’s Newest Missile System Can Shoot Down Projectiles Going ’10 Times Faster Than a Bullet’
China recently claims to have developed a sophisticated missile interceptor system that can stop incoming projectiles flying at hypersonic speeds. People’s Liberation Army’s top defense contractor China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. announced in a recent report that it…
· Editorial Staff
China May Ban K-Pop and K-Dramas Over South Korea’s Missile Defense System
Following South Korea and the United States’ decision to deploy the former’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), China, worried about the system’s proximity, is reportedly planning to restrict/ban Korean entertainment for an indefinite period. In response to North…
· Editorial Staff
Vaping Alters Your Immune System Genes Six Times More Than Regular Smoking, Study Finds
In a new study on vaping, scientists discovered that the habit alters the immune system even more than regular cigarette smoking. E-cigarettes affect significantly more genes necessary for upper airway defense than conventional cigarettes — and we are talking about hundreds. The…
· Editorial Staff
China is Now Using the World’s Most Hated Verification System to Buy Train Tickets
If you thought websites making you type in indecipherable phrases through their CAPTCHA tests was frustrating, you’re lucky you’re not a China Railway ticket buyer. The national railway operator of the People’s Republic of China is employing a new verification system for booking…
· Max Chang
New Study Reveals Systemic Racism Towards Asians in Silicon Valley
Google, Yahoo and other tech giants are more likely to hire Asians as computer programmers than to promote them to management and executive positions, according to new research. The study was conducted by Ascend, a group focused on Asian business issues. They analyzed data filed…
· Editorial Staff
Professor Advocates a Simple Yet Radical Change to the College System That Everyone Will Love
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Benny Luo
Jason Calacanis: On Investing in Startups and Fixing The YouTube Ecosystem [INTERVIEW]
Anyone who follows the tech industry most likely have come across the name Jason Calacanis. In terms of being an entrepreneur, it’s safe to say that this man has gone through literally all the ups and downs of starting a business. After building a business valued at $70 million…
· Bryan Ke
Devastating Study Reveals 9 Million People, Mostly in Asia, Die Every Year Because of Pollution
A recent study on global pollution has shockingly revealed that 9 million people, or about one in six, will die of complications related to poor air quality and contaminated water each year. The recent findings, published last week by the Lancet Journal, are the result of a two…
· Ranier Maningding
How America Ruined Japan’s Ancient Tradition of Growing and Smoking Weed
If you blaze in Japan and get caught, you could face up to 7 years in prison off a rip from some shitty weed. But Japan wasn’t always so incredibly anti-weed, man. In fact, Japan used to be a nation that wore weed proudly on their shoulders — literally. Historically, hemp was…
· Kyle Encina
Japan Has a $130 Fork That Eliminates the Sound of Noodle Slurping
Japan has come up with a way to eliminate the sound of noodle slurping by creating a hi-tech fork that works with a smartphone to mask the food noises. While numerous Japanese citizens prefer to keep their noodle-slurping habits, instant noodle company Nissin has created…
· Carl Samson
11-Year-Old Girl Becomes ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ For Inventing Sensor to Detect Lead in Water
Gitanjali Rao from Lone Tree, Colorado, won The Discovery Education’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge this year for her sensor that detects lead in water better than current methods. Rao, 11, was proclaimed “America’s Top Young Scientist” on Oct. 17 and will take home $25,000 for…
· Ryan General
Elementary Schools in China are Making Students Learn Golf to Teach Good Manners
After being partially banned in the country for being a “sport for millionaires”, China is now making golf required in schools, reportedly in an effort to teach good behavior among children. In 2015, members of the Chinese Communist Party were prohibited from “obtaining, holding…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Nursing Textbook Pulled After Stereotyping How Asians, Other Racial Groups Deal With Pain
A nursing textbook has been pulled from shelves after a student posted a page depicting woefully inaccurate stereotypes about different racial groups. The book, published by Pearson, featured a table on “Cultural Differences in Response to Pain”, which asserted various minority…
· Ryan General
Asians Storm Supermarket in Australia for Cheap Baby Formula to Resell to China
Shoppers who have been buying baby formula cans in bulk at supermarkets in Australia with the intention of selling them online to China for a profit were recently captured on video, generating some backlash online. A shopper named Hannah Dixon filmed the moment in a Coles store…
· Bryan Ke
Badass Japanese Store Clerk Stops Robbery Using Wooden Kendo Sword
Equipped with his bokuto or bokken — a wooden training sword used in kendo — and a strong will to protect his store, a Japanese clerk prevented a potential robbery in a very badass way. The incident took place at the Shimojima Minami branch of Circle Kin in Shizuoka, Japan.…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Food Startup Helps High School Students Grow Their Own Meat
A Japanese food startup is leading the cultured meat movement by letting high school students make them. Check out Integriculture, the brainchild of chemist Yuki Hanyu.
· Carl Samson
8 Asian Rivers Responsible for Polluting 95% of the Worlds Oceans with Plastic, Study Finds
There are only 10 rivers responsible for polluting the world’s oceans with up to four million tons of plastic annually, according to a newly-published study. These rivers — eight of which are in Asia — account to 88-95% of the global plastic load into the sea.
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