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Asian American Author Orders the Saddest Caesar Salad of All Time, Twitter Erupts
A tweet by New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng went viral when she posted a photo of an underwhelming salad that she was served at a hotel in New Orleans. Ng, the author of “Everything I Never Told You,” accompanied the picture with the caption, “This is not what I…
· Carl Samson
Helpless Students Watch School Authorities Smash Their Confiscated Electronics
Students of one vocational school in China had to accept the fact that their electronics are gone forever — as they watched them get brutally smashed by school officials. The school, located outside of Chengdu, literally axed banned electronic appliances found in the students’…
· Ryan General
Chinese Authorities Seize 10 Million Fake Feminine Hygeine Pads
Two suspects were arrested in China for allegedly manufacturing over 10 million fake female sanitary pads. The potentially unsafe counterfeit feminine hygiene products, which are packaged using popular commercial brand names, are produced very cheaply but sold at normal prices…
· 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
Pollution is So Bad in China, the Government Warns Against Playing in the Snow
Beijing residents who have been looking forward to doing some fun activities in the snow will have to postpone their plans as local authorities have issued a warning to stay away from the city’s “very dirty snow.” The Chinese winter season’s first snow of the year fell on…
· Ryan General
Incredible Dog in Singapore Has a Special Power That Helps Diabetic Patients
Butter is a 10-year-old mixed breed canine who has recently learned one special trick: monitoring his diabetic owner’s blood sugar levels. After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last June, Singaporean Stella Chew discovered that she can train her pet to be a diabetic alert…
· Ryan General
Endangered Sea Turtle found ‘Sliced in Half’ on Singaporean Beach
The lifeless body of an endangered sea turtle, which appeared to have been “sliced into half” by a very sharp object, was found washed ashore a beach in Singapore on New Year’s Day. Singaporean real estate managing director Chandran V.R. discovered the carcass of the poor…
· Carl Samson
What Africans Think of the Chinese
What do Africans think of the Chinese? It’s a valid question given China’s expansion on the continent. In a recent report, the pan-African, non-partisan research network Afrobarometer revealed findings of surveys taken in 2014 and 2015 from almost 54,000 respondents in 36…
· Carl Samson
Why Pregnant Chinese Women Keep Coming to the U.S. to Give Birth
Despite ongoing crack downs, pregnant Chinese women continue to fly to the U.S. to ensure American citizenship for their babies. For these mothers, the chance to give their children “better lives” outweighs the repercussions of getting caught.
· Ryan General
Singapore is Going to Start Tracking Their Citizens With Eye Scans in 2017
Singapore is bringing to life a sci-fi security staple as part of the country’s citizen registry system beginning in 2017. Starting January 1, all permanent Singapore residents will be required to have their irides scanned so they can be used as an identifier for individuals,…
· Ryan General
Lowlives Dump 100 Tons of Garbage Near Shanghai Water Source
As if suffering from a terrible air pollution is not enough, Shanghai residents have now been placed under a serious threat of a poisoned water source. Just a week before Christmas, Chinese authorities discovered 100 tons of garbage carelessly dumped near a vital Shanghai…