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· Carl Samson
Writer Angela Kang Promoted to Showrunner for ‘The Walking Dead’
AMC has renewed “The Walking Dead” for a ninth season with Angela Kang as the new showrunner. Kang has been writing for the show since 2011. She has written around 20 episodes, including “Judge, Jury, Executioner,” “Coda,” “Still” and “The Cell.”
· Carl Samson
A Chinese Company Just Bought 100% of Grindr
A Chinese gaming company has acquired all of Grindr, its founder Joel Simkhai announced last week. Kunlun Group Limited, a mobile gaming company based in Beijing, purchased 61.5% of the popular male dating app in 2016 for $93 million. The remaining stake cost $152 million,…
· Leanna Chan
Why Chinese Relatives Fat Shame You at Every Family Gathering
If you’re an American-born Chinese like me, you dreaded greeting your relatives at holiday parties. It’s not because you dislike them, but because without hesitation or batting an eyelash, they would all comment about how fat you’ve gotten (fat shame, anyone?). To a Westerner…
· Eliza Romero
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Makes Being Asian Look Fun For The First Time
Nobody ever tells stories about attractive, young, modern, fashionable, and progressive-thinking Asians. It’s always tragedy, martial arts revenge stories and “immigrant porn”. So my initial impression after reading “Crazy Rich Asians” was that it was a story that had nothing to…
· Heather Johnson Yu
10 Fit AF Asian Guys You Need To Start Following On Instagram
2017 sucked. For everyone. But that horrible year is almost over and 2018 is just around the corner. Thank God.
· Bryan Ke
Google Engineer Found Dead Floating Half-Naked in Silicon Valley, Parents Demand Answers
Authorities are investigating the mysterious death of Chuchu Ma, the 23-year-old Google engineer who was discovered floating half naked along the San Francisco Bay Trail in Sunnyvale, California on Dec. 7. Ma’s body was accidentally found face down in a drainage canal in…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Indian Comedian Gains 24,000 Instagram Followers With the Pettiest Post of All Time
Meet Sahib Singh. Singh is an aspiring comedian who loves nothing more than to make people laugh.
· Ryan General
Teen Russian Model Who Died Working in Shanghai Was Not Poisoned
New information contradicting earlier reports about the cause of 14-year-old Russian model Vlada Dzyuba’s death while on a modeling tour in Shanghai last month has surfaced, according to local police. A post shared by HF and CF (@supermodels.ir) on Nov 4, 2017 at 1:10pm PDT
· Kyle Encina
American College Student Amazes China By Singing in Mandarin On National TV
A 21-year-old American expressed his love for Chinese culture and history by passionately singing “Chinese Dream, My Dream” on China’s national television. American expat Dylan Austin Walker earned himself a wave of applause from both the judges and the audience in attendance at…
· Editorial Staff
Once Homeless Harvard Student Could Become Cambridge’s Youngest Council Member
Meet Nadya Okamoto — a badass 19-year-old sophomore currently attending Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Okamoto was only a freshman in high school when she founded PERIOD, a non-profit organization that has successfully distributed feminine hygiene products to women…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Man Who Murdered Chinese University of Utah Student for His Car Captured
Austin Boutain, the Colorado man who fatally shot University of Utah student ChenWei Guo, was arrested by police officers on Tuesday, according to CNN. He was spotted by a librarian inside a Salt Lake City Public Library who recognized him and alerted officials shortly after 1…
· Khier Casino
Chinese Student in Utah Fatally Shot in Carjacking, Suspect Still at Large
ChenWei Guo, a Chinese student at the University of Utah, was shot dead in a carjacking near the school on Monday, prompting a lockdown as a search for the suspected gunman continues. University of Utah Police Chief Dale Brophy said authorities are searching for Austin Boutain,…
· Ryan General
Food Truck Named ‘Poke Me Long Time’ Criticized for Racist and Sexist Name
“Poke Me Long Time” is a food truck in Austin, Texas that has reportedly been raising eyebrows for its name that some have found to be insensitive and even borderline racist. The store’s name, which plays upon the infamous phrase used degradingly for Vietnamese sex workers in…
· Bryan Ke
Whole Foods is Putting Tomato on Rice and Calling it Tuna Sushi
Whole Foods Market, an Amazon-owned grocery chain, is planning to release a plant-based sushi for vegetarians, vegans and omnivores on November 1. The new product will be added to sushi bars in the New York and Los Angeles markets, Quartz reported. It was first created by Ocean…
· Ryan General
Police Arrest Alleged American Pedophile Who Fled to Thailand to Work as a Teacher
Local authorities in Thailand have arrested a suspected pedophile from the United States who, with the use of fake IDs, found a job as an English teacher at schools in the countryside. The fugitive, identified as 26-year-old Jackson Matthew Hall from Alabama, was apprehended on…
· Rubayet Lasker
How Asian Communities Erase and Diminish the Lives of Bengalis
Nobody cares about Bangladeshis — our stories, our experiences, or our history. Obviously White people have never cared, but other people of color, Asians, even South Asians toss us aside like stray animals. I have worked to reject that. I have spent my life rejecting that. I…
· Carl Samson
Frozen Tuna From Asia With Hepatitis A Recalled in California and Texas
A massive recall of frozen tuna imported from Vietnam and the Philippines is underway in California and Texas after being linked with Hepatitis A. The products, distributed by Hilo Fish Company, include yellowfin tuna steaks from Sustainable Seafood Company in Can Lam Khanh Hoa…
· Jessica Xiao
6 Things You’re Telling Me When You Say I’m A ‘Bad Asian’
Originally published on Everyday Feminism I’m currently jobless.
· Khier Casino
Two Arrested For Trafficking 16 Chinese Women From China to Work as Prostitutes
Police have arrested Ling Yu in New York and Hang Zheng in Austin, Texas after the two were accused of trafficking at least 16 women from China to the U.S. for prostitution. In September 2016, the McLennan County Sheriff office’s Criminal Investigation Division began looking…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Critically Acclaimed Video Game ‘Prey’ Has an Asian Character as the Protagonist
On May 5th, 2017, Bethesda released “Prey“ for the XBox, PS4, and PC to the excitement of video game fans everywhere. The beloved title was officially unveiled at last year’s E3 as a revival of the fan-favorite series that had been on hiatus for over a decade. Bethesda and…