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· Ryan General
In what could be one of the most ethnically-insensitive four and a half minutes of modern cable television, a segment on the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” visited Chinatown in New York for on-the-street interviews. The interviewer, Jesse Watters, spewed ignorance-driven…
· Ryan General
With crimes targeting Asian-American communities in some parts of the U.S. at an all-time high, some residents have decided to take security in their own hands by organizing their own patrols. One such group watches over Sacramento neighborhoods, ready to respond to potential…
· Ryan General
The Philippines, a nation dubbed as one of the most gay-friendly nations in the world, has yet to enact a law protecting the LGBTQ community. For 17 years, the bill that criminalizes discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity has been constantly re-filed and…
· Editorial Staff
Last month, one Chinese mother’s posted a complaint on Facebook after allegedly being humiliated by an employee and a customer for her Chinese accent at a New York Dunkin’ Donuts. The mother, Peiyin Shih, claimed she was at a Forest Hills, New York Dunkin’ Donuts when a staff…
· Editorial Staff
If you’re a constant traveler who can’t be bothered to carry a local dictionary or just someone who wants to own a cool shirt, IconSpeak may be for you. According to their website, IconSpeak produces T-shirts 40 universal icons that can be combined with “gestures, vocals and…
· Max Chang
Marvel has stirred the anger of the Asian-American community by missing an opportunity to right a cultural misappropriation long rooted in comic book history. This week it was announced that Caucasian actor Finn Jones, who plays Loras Tyrell in the HBO series “Game of Thrones”,…
· Editorial Staff
Fast food now has a completely new meaning thanks to a bus that was converted into a mobile food market that brings fresh produce to low-income urban neighborhoods in Toronto, Canada. The Mobile Good Food Market is on a mission to deliver fresh and healthy food in neighborhoods…
· Alan Van
While Jerry Seinfeld’s latest rant won’t have many Youtubers laughing, is he only speaking a truth most of us already believe? Or is he just generationally out of touch and exhibiting a lack of forward-thinking? Speaking at an Upfront for Sony streaming service Crackle…
· Thierry Godard
In 2001 Jeremy Goldberg was a Wall Street money pusher living a comfortable life in New York. But on September 11th everything changed, the disruptive events of that morning sent Jeremy on a life changing journey with four friends across the United States. Over the course of 48…
· Chikodi Chima
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· Ryan General
An overeager Cathay Pacific ground personnel got herself into trouble after assisting a passenger with a seafood dilemma on Friday. The arriving passenger, a Cathay Pacific “diamond” member who was carrying 20 raw hairy crabs from Hong Kong, was reportedly told by Taipei…
· Ryan General
What used to be a farming community back in the 1950s, Huaxi, a village situated in the east of the city center of Jiangyin, in Jiangsu Province, has reportedly been transformed into a thriving Communist utopia that provides wealth to its residents. Founded by the former…
· Carl Samson
The idea of food for everyone sounds good, but maybe not in Shanghai just yet. Last week, residents went into a hoarding frenzy when a communal kitchen opened in the city.
· Ryan General
Chinese customers have long been using IKEA’s spacious stores like they’re some kind of an indoor, air-conditioned park with furniture. Non-buying loiterers would often be seen napping on the beds, chatting about, or just generally hanging out on the display couches. Recently, a…
· Carl Samson
Saki Kozai, once a hopeful actress, has revealed how she was tricked getting into Japan’s multi-billion-dollar porn industry. In an interview with AFP, Kozai relived her memory of being scouted on a Tokyo street when she was just 24-years-old and promised a modeling job.
· Ryan General
Social media has brought one reckless Lamborghini owner in Singapore to justice after a video of his dangerous driving went viral on Facebook. The video of the blue Lambo whizzing past two vehicles on an expressway later led to the arrest of its 45-year-old owner, local police…
· Ryan General
When Uyen Tieu discovered how very few Asian Americans vote in the United States about two months ago, she knew she had to do something. “I found out that half of Asian Americans don’t vote, and I was like, ‘Okay, that’s low,’ but then I found out that only 36 percent of…
· Ryan General
Citing government dissatisfaction, a growing number of Hongkongers would rather live elsewhere, with more than half of Hong Kong’s millennials wanting to move away from the city, a new study has revealed. According to the survey conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong,…
· Carl Samson
Asian-American netizens have shared their experiences following a journalist’s story of racism posted over the weekend. On Sunday, New York Times editor Michael Luo posted an open letter to the woman who told his family to “go back to China.”
· Carl Samson
China is set to create their first smart city, but it won’t be Shanghai or Beijing — instead, the city of Yinchuan will become the country’s most high-tech city. Situated in the north of China, Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui province, is home to 1.5 million people.
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