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· Ryan General
Chinese Authors Answer: ‘Why Do White Guys Marry Ugly Chinese Girls?’
A number of perplexed Chinese have long been wondering why Westerners tend to always date the less attractive Chinese women. The topic “Why do laowai (foreigner) marry ugly Chinese girls?”, while it sounds silly for many as we’ve often been told that “beauty is in the eye of the…
· Ryan General
Korean Author is Tired of Being Told to ‘Improve’ Herself So She Can Find a Man
During her early 20’s, Korean author Lee Jin-song was constantly told by people around her on how she can “improve” herself so she can do better in the dating scene. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Lee recalled how tips telling her how to look and act in certain ways came…
· Editorial Staff
Shiba Inu is Upset He’s Not Allowed on the Subway, Gets Carried Out by Authorities
One determined Shiba Inu determined to live his life-long dream of riding the subway was sadly foiled in his plot when he was so close to finally riding the subway. The shiba walked into the the Kitaoji Station in Kyoto, Japan trailing alongside two humans going through the…
· Editorial Staff
Man Reveals How Scam Artists Hack Amazon to Become ‘Best Selling’ Authors
Brent Underwood made headlines last month after uploading a photo of his foot to Amazon Books to prove how easy it is to become an Amazon “bestselling” author. He executed the stunt after he became fed up with individuals putting up obscure content on Amazon in order to get the…
· Ryan General
Author Randomly Decides to Check Her Junk Mail, Wins $150,000
You might want to skim over your junk email next time before you click “delete all” as you might miss out on some surprises. Australian author Helen Garner would have missed out on a huge cash prize if she hadn’t gone through her spam messages, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.…
· Editorial Staff
Homeless Man Becomes Bestselling Author After Writing a Book About Being Homeless
A Parisian beggar is now a bestselling author after his book detailing his life as a homeless man sold nearly 50,000 copies.
· Editorial Staff
Adorable Minions Try Selling Bananas in China, Gets Stopped by Authorities
Images of Minions (from the movie “Despicable Me”) selling bananas on the streets of Beijing, China, recently went viral on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. Netizens’ hearts were melted by the sheer adorableness of the photos. “Big-eyed adorable Minions pulled over on the…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Author Reveals the Real Difference Between ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Real Wall Street
John LeFevre, the British-born former banker behind Goldman Sachs Elevator, has just substantiated for those outside the insular world of investment banking that the behavior on Wall Street is spot on with how the movie “Wolf of Wall Street” portrayed it. One discrepancy between…
· Benny Luo
Bestselling Author Tim Ferriss Reveals How to Master Any New Skill in Record Time
Tim Ferriss’ entrepreneurial journey began when he founded BrainQuicken in 2001. It was his first company and focused on selling nutritional supplements online. He ended up selling it to a private equity firm in 2010. In between that timeframe, he wrote his first bestselling…
· Max Chang
This Woman’s Innovative ‘Resumé’ Thoroughly Impressed Airbnb’s CEO
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and sending emails to the company — until…
· Ryan General
Minor Disagreement Turns into 100-Person Brawl at Chinese Trade School
A simple argument between two classmates escalated into a massive street brawl involving more than a hundred students at a vocational school in Quijing, China on Friday afternoon. The sudden eruption of violence was caught on film and was uploaded online to Chinese social media.…
· Carl Samson
U.S. Department of Labor Sues Palantir for Discriminating Asian Job Applicants
The U.S. government has accused a tech firm of discriminating Asian job applicants from software engineering positions. In a suit filed on Monday, the Department of Labor went up against Palantir Technologies, accusing the latter of placing Asians at a disadvantage in hiring…
· Laura Dang
Eerie Photos Reveal What Fukushima Looks Like 4 Years After the Nuclear Disaster
One photographer had the opportunity to get a rare look inside the abandoned radioactive towns of Fukushima, Japan four years after two natural disasters triggered a meltdown at the nuclear plant. Arkadiusz Podniesiński, 44, is a Polish photographer and filmmaker who received…
· Ryan General
Chinese Student Loses Nearly $155,000 in Simple Phone Scam
A Chinese University of Hong Kong student lost nearly $155,000 after being duped into transferring her money via a simple phone scam. The 18-year-old student from mainland China, identified only by her last name Zhang, told police that she got a call from a man claiming to be a…
· Ryan General
German Scammer Who Begged For Money to Party Gets Deported From Indonesia
A German con artist who has scammed people across Asia by pretending to be a beggar to get money so he can party has been nabbed in Indonesia and deported accordingly. Benjamin Holsts, a professional beggar-troll, has traveled to different Asian cities begging for money on the…
· Ryan General
Thai Teacher Accidentally Lets a Convicted Rapist Take a Fifth Grader Home
Parents of a young rape victim are now seeking justice after the apparent neglect of a schoolteacher led to a terrible crime. A school in Thailand is now at a the center of a controversy for allegedly allowing a rapist take an 11-year-old student out of the school premises.
· Ryan General
Thai University Under Fire After Photos Surface of Students Dressed as Adolf Hitler and Chinese Red Guards
Students of Silpakorn University in Thailand came under fire from local activists and netizens after photos of them wearing costumes of Adolf Hitler, Nazi uniforms and the Chinese Red Guards surfaced online. The cosplaying students, revealed to be from the school’s Faculty of…
· Ryan General
Thai Police Bust 15-Year-Old Transgender For Running Facebook Prostitution Ring
Thai police recently busted an online prostitution ring run by a 15-year-old transgender girl in the city of Udon Thani on Tuesday. The Thai transgender teen was caught setting up underage girls for sex dates through a Facebook page called “Girls Looking For Work.” Local…
· Chenyu Zheng
6 Jaw-Dropping Airbnb Homes to Experience the Authentic and Historic China
Airbnb has let me explore cities in new and magical ways, even in my own country. I am in constant search of renovated Chinese heritage houses that preserve the old yet add a new touch of life. Staying at the 6 artist and architect’s homes below in Guilin, Yangshuo, Dali, Mt…
· Ryan General
HK Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend, Offers to Drive Him Home, Stabs Him Again on the Way
A married man from Hong Kong almost bled to death after his student nurse ex-girlfriend allegedly stabbed him multiple times at her place, drove him to his home, but then stabbed him again on the way. Cheng Pak-yiu, a 37-year-old married salesman in the Sheung Shui area of Hong…