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· Ryan General
Billionaire Buys Full-Page Ad to Say He Broke Up With His Girlfriend and Gave Her $258 Million
Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau decided to place full page advertisements in the local media just to announce that he has already split from his girlfriend back in 2014. In his ad, Lau revealed his break-up with longtime partner, Yvonne Lui, 37, from two years back.
· Editorial Staff
Indian Politician Angers Entire Country After Spending $74 Million on Daughter’s Wedding
Businessman and politician Gali Janardhana Reddy has sparked outrage in poverty-stricken India after throwing a $74 million wedding for his daughter, Brahmani. With gold-plated invitations fitted with LED screens and performances from Bollywood stars, critics have described the…
· Ryan General
Baller Chinese Tech Company Surprises Employees With $220 Million Worth of Shares For Its Birthday
China’s Tencent Holdings, one of the world’s largest Internet companies, celebrated its 18th anniversary by giving its employees more than $220 million worth of company shares. The company, which was founded on November 11, 1998, broke the news on its official WeChat account on…
· Ryan General
More Chinese Millionaires Are Coming to America, Survey Finds
A significant number of wealthy Chinese people are planning to purchase foreign properties in the next few years, a survey found. According to the report by the researchers from Hurun Research Institute and Visas Consulting Group, around 60% of China’s richest individuals have…
· Carl Samson
China Now Has 1.34 Million Multimillionaires
There are 1.34 million multimillionaires in China as of May 2016, according to a newly-published report. That’s an increase of 130,000 (10.7%) over the past year, Asia News Network reported.
· 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…
· Carl Samson
A ‘Dancing Aunties’ App Just Snagged $15 Million in Funding
An app designed to get older women dancing just bagged $15 million in Series B Funding. The app, called Tangdou Guangchangwu (Public Square Dancing), sees a huge market of about 100 million dancers in China. According to People’s Daily, many of these dancers are middle-aged to…
· Ryan General
Simon Pegg Will Strip Naked if He Gets 1 Million Weibo Followers
In a bid to accumulate a million followers on the Chinese social media site Weibo, British comedian/filmmaker Simon Pegg says he is willing to go all out. In a recent post on the popular site, he promised to post a nude pic once his followers hit the 1 million mark. Now nearing…
· Ryan General
Chinese Basketball Star Yi Jianlian Suddenly Asks Lakers to Drop Him From $1.4 Million Contract
Chinese basketball star Yi Jianlian’s return to the NBA via the Los Angeles Lakers has come to an abrupt halt even before the regular season even started. Yi had reportedly asked the Lakers management to free him from the $1.4 million-minimum contract he signed back in August.…
· Carl Samson
Hongkonger Will Most Likely Get the Death Penalty After $93 Million Drug Bust in China
One Hong Kong citizen along with more than 10 other suspects could face the death penalty after Chinese authorities seized over two tons of methamphetamine. Police in south China’s Guangdong province seized 2,010 kg of the drug following a tip-off. Shutting down two production…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the the 23-Year-Old Who Turned $4,300 into a $1 Million Using Instagram
One 23-year-old is rolling in cash after making $2.5 million in her first year selling “waist trainer” corsets as an online business. When Iyia Liu, a student at the University of Auckland, saw the opportunity to revive her ambitions and the struggling online boutique business…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Businessman Suspected of Drug Dealing Hid $205 Million in His Mexico Mansion
A Chinese-born Mexican businessman accused of drug trafficking has been extradited to Mexico after nearly a decade after his arrest in the United States. Zhenli Ye Gon, 53, was arrested in the U.S. in July 2007 after police found piles of cash hidden throughout his Mexico City…
· Ryan General
Chinese Fiancée Discovers $2 Million Pre-Wedding Gift From Future Husband is Fake
A soon-to-be-wife in China has discovered that the 13 million yuan ($1.9 million) financial document her future husband gave her as a pre-wedding gift was actually fake. When the 40-year-old girlfriend named Zhuang reportedly tried to cash in the deposit certificate she received…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Construction Worker Gains One Million Followers for Jaw-Dropping Fitness Routines
A Chinese construction worker has attracted more than one million followers on social media thanks to his jaw-dropping fitness routines. After leaving school, Shi Shenwei joined his uncle’s construction crew as a skinny boy. He was previously addicted to online games.
· Laura Dang
Meet the Vietnamese Immigrants Who Created a Multi-Million Dollar Banh Mi Sandwich Empire
Lee’s Sandwiches, the multi-million dollar Vietnamese banh mi sandwich empire, began as a modest food truck run by a family that arrived in America with little to nothing. Chieu Le, the founder of Lee’s Sandwiches and the eldest of nine children, was in his second year of law…
· Ryan General
Massive Multi-Million Dollar U.S. Tax Scam Uncovered in Indian Call Center
Local authorities in India have uncovered a massive call center scam where several Americans were conned out of millions of dollars by Indian scammers posing as tax officers. The scam reportedly duped victims into paying alleged unpaid taxes, according to the Associated Press.…
· Ryan General
Thai School Kids Help Burn $3.5 Million Worth of Marijuana to Learn About Drugs
Some Thai elementary school students got a taste of “high” school when one lesson had them burning marijuana. The provincial government of Bueng Karn in Thailand invited several elementary kids to participate in the ceremonial burning of police-confiscated marijuana. The event…
· Carl Samson
Malaysian Millionaire Caught Collecting Trash While No One’s Looking
Jeffrey Cheah, one of Malaysia’s richest men who’s just shy of being a billionaire, was reportedly spotted collecting trash in what looked like a team patrol. In a Facebook post, Gary Chong recounted the sight he saw during a walk:
· Ryan General
China’s ‘Red Princess’ Bao Bao Wan to Sell $13 Million Penthouse After Staying Just Two Nights
China’s fashionista ‘Red Princess’ Bao Bao Wan is now selling a recently purchased, two-story, three-bedroom penthouse in Sydney, Australia after reportedly spending only two nights inside it. Bought in December last year for a cool $10.5 million, the luxurious home in The…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Tourists Spent $74 Million EACH DAY in the U.S. Last Year
Last year, Chinese tourists that visited the United States dumped a total of $26.9 billion according to a report by Xinhua, China’s state-run media. This means that Chinese tourists spent on average $73.7 million each day of 2015 with nearly a third of that from shopping alone.…
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