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· Max Chang
Alibaba is Getting Sued For Allegedly Letting Users Sell Fake Luxury Products
A group of luxury brands have filed a lawsuit against Alibaba for allowing users to sell counterfeit products on their site. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court by Kering, a holdings company that counts Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni and Gucci among its owned…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Companies Keep Invading Other Countries With Expensive Employee Vacations
Obnoxious matching jumpsuits? Check. Plenty of double-thumbs-up pics? Check. Have more employees than the active military manpower of Ireland? Check. You are now ready for a multi-million dollar Chinese employee vacation.
· Laura Dang
Study Reveals That Cell Phone Addiction Is Destroying Chinese Families
What does romance look like today?
· Max Chang
Flight Attendants Go Through Military Training to Control Crazy Chinese Passengers
If for any reason you get into a fight in China, you’ll probably want a Chinese flight attendant on your side because, odds are, they know some pretty sweet fighting moves. Some Chinese flight attendants actually go to an airline college that trains them not only in airline…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Kidnapped Fashion Heiress Speaks Out After Family Pays $3.6 Million Ransom
A kidnapped Hong Kong heiress was released unharmed earlier this week after her family paid a HKD $28 million ($3.61 million) ransom. Queenie Rosita Law, the granddaughter of Law Ting-Pong, the late founder of the Bossini clothing empire who left roughly HKD $1 billion (roughly…
· Sebastian Dillon
Rich Chinese Mom Throws $160,000 Fashion Show For 2-Year-Old Toddler
As we all pretty much know by now, rich Chinese people have too much damn money and not enough ways to spend it. One rich Chinese mom in Shanxi decided to bank a ridiculous amount of money on the memory span of her 2-year-old toddler by throwing her a fashion show she’s sure to…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
‘Starving’ Models Protest After Being Banned From Autoshow for Being Too Sexy
For years, skimpily dressed female models in stilettos and plunging necklines were ubiquitous at Chinese car shows and one of their biggest draws. Some might even say they made the auto shows enticing. Not so anymore. Professional models at car shows around China, like the…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese App Used to Hire Thugs to Beat People up Gets Taken Down
A Chinese mobile phone app called “Didi Da Ren” has been removed from Chinese app stores because people were using it to arrange assaults from hired thugs. According to Want China Times, users would post listings seeking a thug to hire — with ideal candidates being gym coaches,…
· Jacob Wagner
Chinese Segway Knock-off Company Buys Out Real Segway Company
Chinese startup Ninebot, a transportation robotics firm, has bought out Segway Inc., the American maker of the world’s most recognizable mall-cop scooter, for an undisclosed amount of money.
· Alan Van
Chinese Father Offers $1 Rides to Strangers to Pay for Son’s Leukemia Treatment
What would you do if a loved one was dangerously ill but there wasn’t enough money to treat them? How far would you go? A man from the capital city of China’s Anhui province hit the streets to beg for money after his sick son’s leukemia treatment became too expensive to keep up.…
· Benny Luo
$10,000 in Three Weeks: An Interview With China’s ‘Queen of Poker’
In recent years, the popularity of poker in Asia has exploded. One of the more accomplished players who’s made a name for herself is Celina Lin, known as “China’s Queen of Poker.” Originally from Shanghai, China, the 32-year-old Lin has quite the winning track record in her…
· Sarah Lesnar
Survey Reveals What Makes a Chinese Mother-in-Law Really Love You
Winning over a Chinese mother-in-law might just be one of the hardest things to do in life, but a new survey has shed some light on what makes the in-laws warm up to you — and it’s mostly good news for guys. Chinese consulting firm Horizon conducted a study that included 4,656…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A 20-Year-Old Man Nearly Starved to Death After His Sugar Daddy Locked Him in His Apartment
A young Chongqing male nearly died this week after being locked up in the apartment of his sugar daddy, a 40-something male, China News reports. According to Yubei Police Station, Liu, who has only been identified by his surname, was locked in a room in a rented apartment…
· Jacob Wagner
Tourists From This Country Spent a Whopping $163 Billion Overseas in 2014
Yes, that’s a billion with a “B.” According to a report by Xinhua, tourists from China spent around $1 trillion yuan (roughly $163 billion) overseas last year. That figure exceeded the $155 billion estimation by the China Tourism Academy. Gao Hucheng, China’s Commerce Minister…
· Waylae Gregoire
Meet the Woman Teaching Manners and Etiquette to China’s Elite
Last month, we highlighted a short series by GQ titled The Bling Dynasty that covered China’s blossoming culture of the newly rich and the hurdles their society faces with so many instant millionaires and billionaires popping up everywhere. One of those challenges has to do with…
· Max Chang
A 29-Year-Old Man Who Refused Free Business School Now Makes Over $8 Million a Year Selling Sheep
Lu Yanzhe, out of Liaoning, China, was like any other academically smart student who excelled in school. He not only graduated from one of China’s most elite universities, but was also offered a full-ride scholarship to a business school in the U.S. Instead of taking the deal,…
· Alan Van
Wife Forces Husband to Kneel Outside For Hours After He Didn’t Hand Over His Paycheck in Time
Breaking news: Chinese wives are on an epic rampage, Chinese men’s penises to never recover. In yet another case of a Chinese man being castrated in the name of love (or psychosis) for a woman, a husband was forced to kneel outside of his wife’s apartment for hours after not…
· Max Chang
Spoiled Chinese Kid Wanders Aimlessly Begging for Money After Parents Cut Him Off
Few things are more pathetic than spoiled children struggling to make it on their own, but somewhere in Chongqing, China, a 23-year-old kid (not a man) named Chen Dong is crying on doorsteps “sad-eyed and defeated,” asking everyone from bank tellers to police officers to lend…
· Editorial Staff
Society is Wrong About People Who Work From Home
Telecommuting is one of millennials’ and techies’ favorite job perks, but it’s been traditionally viewed as a way to dodge workplace responsibilities in order to lounge around at home (paging Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer). A new study, however, finds that people who work from home may…
· Alan Van
This 8-Year-Old Boy Skips Breakfast Everyday to Buy Lottery Tickets So That His Sick Father May Live
“Happiness is a state of mind” may be a cliche, but damned if it isn’t true. Our happiness is strongly tied to our thankfulness, and no matter what you’re going through, after reading this story, you will find something to have gratitude for.