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· Ryan General
Father Begs Strangers to Beat Him To Raise Money For Son’s Eye Operation
A Chinese father, desperate for money, has a heart-rending plea to passersby on a street in Beijing: they may hit him on his buttocks in exchange for 10 yuan ($1.45), so he can accumulate enough money to pay for his son’s operation. Wearing only his boxers, the dad can be found…
· Ryan General
Bangladeshi ‘Tree Man’ Gets Hope After Multiple Operations
The ‘Tree man’ of Bangladesh may finally be cured of his mysterious condition after undergoing a massive operation involving a series of surgeries, doctors claim. Abul Bajandar developed huge bark-like warts on his hands, arms and other parts of the body due to the extremely…
· Carl Samson
68-Year-Old Man Undergoes 7 Operations After Getting Rare Flesh-Eating Disease in Taiwan
The beautiful memory of one vacation to Taiwan turned into a nightmare when a 68-year-old Singaporean man acquired a flesh-eating disease as a souvenir. The man, named Huang, spent 19 days at the hospital where he underwent seven operations that included blood transfusions and…
· Ryan General
Man Sings the Chinese Opera Version of an Adele Song — Breaks the Chinese Internet
Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was a huge global hit back in 2011. Five years later, the song is making a comeback in China, but in a slightly more epic version. Mixing Chinese opera with the distinct twist of the dialect of Ningxiang County (northeastern part of Hunan), a…
· Editorial Staff
Uber Surrenders Operations in China to Didi Chuxing for $1 Billion
The two dominant ride-hailing app rivals in China have joined forces to create an even more formidable company. Didi Chuxing, a domestic ride-hailing service leader in China, is acquiring Uber’s operations in China. According to sources who told Bloomberg, the company’s…
· Ryan General
This 12-Year-Old Chinese Opera Genius Just Got Admitted into College
A talented Chinese student is about to skip several years of schooling ahead of her classmates after passing a college entrance exam while still enrolled in primary school. Fifth grader Huang Sihan took an independent entrance exam for Anhui Professional College of Art and aced…
· Khier Casino
Donald Trump’s Granddaughter Sings in Mandarin for Chinese New Year
Ivanka Trump and her daughter Arabella rang in the Chinese New Year at Beijing’s embassy in Washington on Wednesday night. The businesswoman’s 5-year-old daughter accompanied her mother to meet with China’s ambassador to the U.S., Cui Tiankai.
· Carl Samson
Uber Shuts Down in Taiwan After Raking $35 Million in Fines in Just One Month
Uber has suspended its operations in Taiwan after accumulating NTD $1.1 billion ($35 million) in fines. The amount built up within a month after a new law that bans unlicensed taxi services took effect. As per local reports, the ride-hailing company was caught for over 48…
· Khier Casino
Russian Students May Have to Learn Mandarin For College Entrance Exams By 2020
Russia’s Federal Service for the Supervision of Education and Science plans to make Mandarin Chinese a mandatory foreign language in state testing across the nation by the year 2020. In 2018, 9th graders in Russia will be given the option of taking Chinese on their final exams…
· Ryan General
Chinese Billionaire Reported Missing in Hong Kong Now ‘Safe’ in Mainland China
After being reported missing from his Four Seasons apartment in Hong Kong, Chinese-born billionaire Xiao Jianhua is now reportedly “safe” and currently in police custody in mainland China “helping” with state investigations. Initial reports say Xiao was forcibly taken from his…
· Carl Samson
Facebook is Trying Extremely Hard to Get into China and China is Like ‘Nah’
Facebook has been trying to make a comeback in China following an earlier ban that ceased its operations. Unfortunately, it seems to face complicated circumstances every time an opportunity to return comes. Alongside Twitter, Facebook was blocked in 2009 when the Chinese…
· Khier Casino
Flying From the U.S. to Asia Could Soon Be Cheap AF
Time to pack your bags as Malaysian carrier AirAsia X received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority to travel to the U.S., making it the first Asian low-cost carrier to do so. The approval allows the long-haul airline to offer flights to several destinations in the U.S.,…
· Ryan General
Expert Explains Why Korean Dramas Are So Addictive
Korean dramas have become even more popular these days as more audiences outside Asia are caught in the now-global Korean wave. DramaFever, a favorite website among K-Drama fans, streams a reported average of 800 million minutes of content per month. Data analytics company…
· Carl Samson
Chinese School Lets Students ‘Borrow Scores’ For Better Grades to Reduce Stress
A school in eastern China has set up what other academic institutions may never have or even imagine: a fully-operational “grades bank.” Nanjing Number One High School established the system back in November as a way of helping students reduce stress. Parents who were banking…
· Khier Casino
India is Tired of Polluting the World With Plastic, Finally Takes Action
The National Green Tribunal in India has passed a law banning the use of all forms of disposable plastic including cutlery, bags and cups in the National Capital Territory area of Delhi. The ban, which came into effect at the beginning of January, was introduced after complaints…
· Ryan General
Chinese Woman Claims Her Best Friend Disfigured Her Beautiful Face Out of Jealousy
A young Chinese woman from Guizhou Province claims she spent thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to look beautiful, only to have her face allegedly disfigured by her own best friend. According to the victim, identified only as Tian, she was attacked by her friend of five…
· Ryan General
Korean Teen Who Hates Looking Asian Has Plastic Surgery to Look Like Kylie Jenner
While plastic surgery is way too common in South Korea, there are still parents who prefer their kids to stay away from going under the knife. In such a culture, it can quite frustrating for a mom when her daughter becomes addicted to the procedure. Such is the case of a mother…
· Ryan General
Japanese Hotel Chain CEO Under Fire For Saying the Nanking Massacre was ‘Imaginary’
Did the Nanking Massacre happen? For one Japanese hotel chain CEO, the killing of thousands of Chinese civilians by the Japanese troops in 1937 is just “imaginary.” APA Group president Toshio Motoya wrote a book about it, which he placed in his hotel’s guestrooms. The land…
· Ryan General
Shocking Condition of Starving Sun Bears in Indonesian Zoo Sparks Outrage
Shocking images of malnourished sun bears inside a dirty cage in an Indonesian zoo have sparked massive outrage on social media, igniting multiple petitions from concerned groups to pressure the local government to close the zoo and save the animals. Animal welfare group…
· Ryan General
Paralyzed Stroke Victim Crawls to Phone With His Chin, Calls 911 With His Tongue
Home alone on the evening of January 6, 29-year-old Andrew Cho suddenly collapsed and noticed that he was paralyzed from the neck down. Horrified, the Korean-Canadian summoned all of his willpower to crawl to his phone using only his chin and then dial 911 with his tongue. “It…
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