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· Bryan Ke
47 Chinese Citizens Arrested After Cops Raid $80 Million Marijuana Operation in Washington
Law enforcement arrested 47 Chinese nationals in Seattle and confiscated massive amount of cannabis plants believed to have a street value of $80 million. The three-county crackdown on illegal marijuana plantation lasted between last Tuesday and Friday, and is now being…
· Kyle Encina
Woman Jumps To Her Death to Avoid Arrest in Sting Operation at Asian Massage Parlor
A prostitute in New York opted to jump to her death amid a sting operation as colleagues explained that she told them she’d rather “kill herself” than get arrested again. A 38-year-old prostitute known by locals as “C.C” was sent to Booth Memorial Hospital after she jumped off…
· 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
Hong Kong YouTuber Regrets Getting 30 Cosmetic Surgeries to Please Toxic Boyfriend
Despite only being 22 years old, Berry Ng, a YouTube personality from Hong Kong, has already gone through over 30 plastic surgery procedures that began five years ago when she was still dating her ex-boyfriend. According to Ng, while speaking in a video, she recounted how she…
· Ryan General
Chinese Teen Cancer Patient Begs Parents to Stop Her Treatments Because They Can’t Afford It
A 14-year-old terminally ill Chinese girl has begged her parents to give up on her after they used up all their savings for her cancer treatment. Li Xiaoqing, who was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer called hepatoblastoma in 2014, reportedly told parents: “Please give…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Disney’s Pick for Mulan is Literally the Worst Actress in China, According to China
On November 28, Disney announced that Liu YiFei had been chosen to play the titular lead in Mulan in the live-action remake of the beloved classic originally released in 1998. And while her casting is a welcome change of pace from Hollywood’s standard modus operandi of…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Man Who ‘Found’ Bound and Gagged Woman’s Body Watched Asian Bondage Porn Day Before Her Brutal ‘Suicide’
As Rebecca Zahau’s family moves forward with a civil suit, information has resurfaced surrounding her death in 2011 implicating the man who found her body, Adam Shacknai, as a possible suspect. According to the official report, Shacknai told authorities that he had discovered…
· Ryan General
New Philadelphia Bill Could Literally Get Asian Store Owners Shot
A councilwoman in Philadelphia is somehow bothered that local shopowners are setting up plexiglass to protect their businesses. City Councilwoman Cindy Bass is pushing for her so-called “stop and go” bill that would force local business owners within the city to take down…
· Bryan Ke
Thai Vendor Bullied For Her Looks Gets Extreme Makeover on TV Show
A 21-year-old som tam (green papaya salad) vendor from Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, got the makeover of a lifetime on “Let Me In Thailand”, a Thai version of the popular Korean plastic surgery television show. Wanida Wantakamphu was the second Thai to go through the operation…
· Ryan General
Japanese Cosmetics Firm Under Fire For Racist Poster Against Chinese Customers
A cosmetics company in Japan has issued an apology regarding a sign one of its stores recently posted that indicated Chinese people were prohibited from entering. Written in Japanese, the offending sign placed in an unspecified Pola store window read: “Entry by Chinese people…
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