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· Ryan General
Here’s a tip: Never tell Asian people how to eat their native food “properly” if you know nothing about it. An online foodie magazine thought it would be a great idea to create a guide on how to eat Pho, a popular Vietnamese dish, with an American chef who serves Vietnamese food…
· Editorial Staff
In one fascinating social experiment, an Australian woman named Jess puts her Mandarin skills to the test by trying to pick up Chinese guys. In a video released last January that has resurfaced again, she walks around Sydney trying to pick up Asian guys while speaking fluent…
· Editorial Staff
Asians don’t all look alike, but some actually do. To test students if they’ve been paying attention to more than just concepts and formulas in their class, one TA came up with the most brilliant exam question. Test takers in the mathematics class were presented with a multiple…
· Editorial Staff
An old Asian man is getting a lot of criticism for his questionable “spiritual massages” that involves kneading women’s breasts and private parts while at public spaces in New York. In a number of his videos, the elderly masseuse, Luo Dong, approaches women at parks, beaches or…
· Editorial Staff
In a new episode of “What Would You Do,” they decided to explore how people would react when they see racism before their eyes. Four actors are hired, one duo plays conservative white parents while the other play their daughter who is about to introduce them to her fiancé for…
· Editorial Staff
Hubert Zhao, a Chinese-American student from Orlando, Florida, filed a complaint against Cornell and Columbia University following the rejection of his application. The alleged reason: discrimination. This puts Zhao in the list of complainants who have filed complaints or…
· Editorial Staff
David Bond, the American pickup artist infamous for exploiting Asian women around the world and then teaching other men to do it for money, is back with his latest video compilation showing all the women in all the different countries he’s allegedly picked up. Armed with a GoPro…
· Editorial Staff
Hydroxycitrate, a natural fruit extract, was found to be capable of dissolving kidney stones. The finding, published in Nature, came as a result of computational, experimental and human studies.
· Editorial Staff
Twitter users are praising Kylie Jenner’s ramen recipe as the best thing ever after she shared her ingredients on her Snapchat on Friday. It’s no secret that the Kardashian clan member is a fan of ramen.
· Ryan General
Last year, two divers from the Philippines gained international attention for reasons far from what they initially hoped. John David Pahoyo and teammate John Elmerson Fabriga were both representing their home country for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games — the perfect venue to…
· Editorial Staff
Forbes’ new list of the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires for 2016 has been revealed and 33 individuals are from Asia. While little over half on the list are from the United States, the second highest number of tech billionaires are from China. 19 individuals on the list account for…
· Benny Luo
Editor’s Note (8-5-18 7:51 a.m. PST): This post has been updated. Kevin Kwan is a Singaporean novelist best known for his book “Crazy Rich Asians”, a fictional story inspired by his childhood growing up with the rich elite in Asia.
· Editorial Staff
Asian CEOs are the most confident in the world, according to the recent YPO Global Pulse survey. Confidence in the Southeast Asian region rose to 60.5%, the highest since the first quarter of 2015. This was led by the weakening of the dollar and the stabilizing slowdown in the…
· Editorial Staff
Asia can come up with some weird products, but these english shirts certainly takes the cake. Check out some of the shirts from Asia we’ve compiled that make absolutely no sense. Hopefully, they’ll give you a good laugh.
· Editorial Staff
This week, Uber made headlines after selling its Chinese operations to rival Didi Chuxing, just a few days after becoming officially legal in the country. The $1 billion deal appears like an easy purchase to relax the struggling business, but behind scenes like this are people…
· Waylae Gregoire
So apparently we wrote a “racist” headline about Chinese Olympic swimmer and perfect human specimen Ning Zetao by saying he’s giving the internet “yellow fever.” This is the headline: “Forget Zika Virus — China’s Hottest Olympic Swimmer is Giving the Internet Yellow Fever”.
· Editorial Staff
A young Asian-American woman in Washington state was recently shot by an ex-lover following a messy break-up. Last week, 19-year-old Allen Ivanov, shot his ex-girlfriend, Anna Bui, with a legally purchased AR-15 during a social gathering in Mukilteo, Washington. Ivanov also shot…
· Ryan General
China’s most expensive film to date is generating quite a buzz — but not the kind producers were hoping. The movie “The Great Wall,” is a period flick set a thousand years in the past where Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon plays a soldier in ancient China. The film, which…
· Editorial Staff
In Western culture weddings, a bride typically wears a white dress while the groom wears a tuxedo — both outfits have long stood as the most formal type of dress. But in Asia, wedding cultures and outfits can be vastly different depending on the country. Check out what we’ve…
· Laura Dang
Pokémon Go was recently released in 26 new countries this past Saturday, but it is still unavailable in Asian countries. The wildly popular augmented reality game, which was originally released in Australia, New Zealand and the United States on July 6, has become a worldwide…
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