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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…
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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…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Hong Kong Banker Who Quit His Job to Save Refugees in the Middle East
Have you ever thought of giving up your career to enter not just uncharted territory, but one equally teeming with dangers? That’s exactly what crossed Jason Yip’s mind. Few years back, the frontline Red Cross worker was an investment banker in Hong Kong, his home city.
· Ryan General
Rich Chinese People Are Being Blamed For Making Seattle Homes Insanely Expensive
Homes in certain West Coast real estate markets have become increasingly expensive in recent months, and observers are linking it to the influx of money coming from China. It is no secret that Chinese businesses have been flooding the global market with billions of dollars in…
· Ryan General
Chinese Hospital Accidentally Infects 5 Patients with HIV
Five individuals now have HIV, no thanks to a hospital staff who accidentally infected them with the deadly virus at a high-end traditional Chinese medicine hospital in the Zhejiang capital of Hangzhou. According to local health authorities, a hospital technician at the Zhejiang…
· Ryan General
Hmong Community Outraged After Police Dog Brutally Bites 81-Year-Old Grandma
An 81-year-old Hmong grandmother from Minnesota was working in her backyard last Sunday when she was suddenly attacked by a police dog and bitten on the arm. Now, Hmong community leaders in the city are demanding an investigation from the mayor and the Coon Rapids Police…
· Ryan General
Police Stop The Monkey King and His Friends on Their Journey to the West
A bus filled with mystical creatures, driven by no less than the “Monkey King” himself, was recently held up by authorities at a routine checkpoint in China. Officers stationed at the checkpoint in Jiyuan, Henan province were caught by surprise on Tuesday upon seeing the…
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Disturbed Man Throws Lit Molotov into Hong Kong Metro Train
A man has been arrested for reportedly throwing a molotov cocktail on a packed MTR train during rush hour at Tsim She Tsui station in Hong Kong on Friday, leaving at least 18 people wounded. The fire broke out at around 7 p.m. local time on a train traveling from Admiralty to…
· Ryan General
Suspected Dog Rapist Caught After Brutal Discovery in Hong Kong
A suspected dog molester from Hong Kong is now prohibited from getting in contact with any dog following an assault he allegedly committed on a female stray dog. The suspect, a 58-year-old construction worker named Chung Lin-fai, is now awaiting trial for the crime reportedly…