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· Riley Schatzle
Many children and adults in China are unknowingly rocking T-shirts with expletives like “F*ck You, Pay Me” and “I am a Whore.” While slogan T-shirts have always been an item of novelty in Asia, T-shirts being sold with profane English phrases on them at a mall in Luoyang, Henan…
· Laura Dang
Hunky, shirtless male employees appears to be the hot new marketing strategy for food vendors in Taiwan. One of the first examples of the recent trend was 26-year-old Yi Tin Chen, dubbed “Tawian’s hottest bean curd seller.”
· Editorial Staff
Jeremy Long is a law student at UC Berkeley, the highest rated public university in California and one of the top colleges in the world. He’s always been studious, having received Berkeley’s prestigious full-ride Regents’ and Chancellors’ Scholarship for his undergraduate…
· Jacob Wagner
One Asian tourist has hopefully learned his lesson about disrespecting the Queen’s Guard after getting getting a rifle pulled on him for an idiotic stunt.
· Jacob Wagner
An adolescent member of the Spanish monarchy has the internet up in arms after an alleged racist rant in a Madrid amusement park directed at an Asian student who tried to tell him it wasn’t right for him to cut in line. Prince Froilán, the 16-year-old nephew of King Felipe VI of…
· Waylae Gregoire
Asian-American students, generally known for their over-achievement and stellar academic records, are now being more often shunned by top universities all over the country because there are supposedly just too many of them — too many have perfect GPAs and ridiculously high SATs,…
· Laura Dang
Imagine what it would be like to ride in a car with an Avenger, except that they’re Asian. Some lucky passengers came close to doing just that when Uber, the American ride-sharing app, launched a two-day campaign known as “Uber HeroCar” in China. The campaign came as a reaction…
· Max Chang
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…
· Max Chang
A new LinkedIn study suggests that white collar workers in Hong Kong are some of the most superficial in the world because they care more for appearances than being truthful about their job history, according to SCMP. However, they still aren’t THE most superficial workers in…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A new study published in the journal Language in Society reveals that educators at U.S. colleges with European-sounding last names tend to get better ratings from students than those with Asian-sounding last names. Used by students to evaluate their teachers, Rate My Professors…
· Max Chang
Apple has been taking fire from netizens after they released the beta version of their new set of racially diverse emojis, but Asians, in particular, aren’t happy about being depicted as yellow — literally. The innovative tech company has struggled in the past to offer any…
· Alan Van
[Updated 12-10-14 11:01 p.m. PST: Apparently, this is NOT the first time Professor Edelman has bullied a restaurant]
· Editorial Staff
If you are an entrepreneur or a business person, take note. Asian-Americans are now the biggest spenders in the U.S., which says something about our generation and could mean a great opportunity for your business.
· Editorial Staff
Justin Kan, one of the founders of live-video platform Twitch.tv — sold to Amazon for a whopping $970 million in August 2014 — recently became the victim of a hate crime. At approximately 3:38 a.m. Saturday morning, an unidentified male went to the front of Kan’s house and…
· Riley Schatzle
Johnny Ward is a regular guy from Ireland who met his stunning girlfriend while traveling the world and, despite his lack of a tech background, made himself into a millionaire using mostly only his laptop. Ward, 31, was born to a single mother in Galway, Ireland. He always…
· Laura Dang
There’s no doubt Asian people love their brand name wallets and designer handbags. Now they have more of a reason to flaunt their assets with the opening of the world’s first Gucci-themed restaurant in Shanghai. Apparently, that’s a thing now. @sustseng
· Riley Schatzle
New data released by online dating website Seeking Arrangements has revealed exactly what makes the perfect mistress, according to married men. MIT graduate and online dating expert Brandon Wade founded Seeking Arrangements in 2006 to connect wealthy male benefactors with…
· Editorial Staff
Diana Kim is a 30-year-old photographer based in O’ahu, Hawaii. She was introduced to photography at a young age by her father, who owned a photography studio. Kim told NBC News of her father:
· Riley Schatzle
In a new book, photo editor Myles Little takes a provocative approach to exploring the lifestyles of the world’s wealthiest one percent. “1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality,” crowdfunded on Kickstarter and set to be released in December, is Little’s attempt to contrast…
· Sebastian Dillon
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Alibaba who hates being rich and wishes he was poor again, is a man of many facial expressions. While the internet likes to mock the entrepreneur from time to time over his peculiar looks, Ma isn’t against poking a little fun at himself…
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