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· 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
Tragic 56-Car Pile-Up on Chinese Expressway Kills 17
A terrible road accident involving a massive 56-car pile-up on an expressway in China took the lives of 17 people and injured 37 more on Monday. The tragic mishap, which occurred on the icy roads of Shanxi connecting Beijing and Kunming, saw a number of vehicles scattered after…
· Khier Casino
20,000 Walmart Workers in China Organize One of the Country’s Biggest Strikes Using WeChat
Over 20,000 Walmart employees across China are striking in protest over better pay and working conditions. Eli Friedman, a labor scholar at Cornell University, told the New York Times in an interview that the Walmart movement was “probably the most substantive example of…
· Ryan General
Deported U.S. Adoptee’s Korean Birth Mom Studied English For Her Son’s Arrival
Adam Crapser was just 3-years-old when he was adopted by American parents and flown from South Korea to the United States only to be deported back to his birthplace thirty-eight years later. Weeks before he made his trip to South Korea on Thursday, the 41-year-old immigrant was…
· Khier Casino
Austrian Police Just Busted a Huge Chinese Prostitution Ring
Austrian law enforcement authorities have busted an organized crime group from China and arrested seven people for making 150 Chinese women work as prostitutes in brothels. However, it is believed that up to 300 women may have been trafficked by the same group.
· Editorial Staff
Disturbing Photos Reveal How the U.S. Treated Japanese-Americans During WWII
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. rounded up roughly 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry (62% of whom were U.S. citizens) and forced them into internment camps. The executive order was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. Before…
· Ryan General
$130 Snapchat Spectacles Are Now Going For Up to $4,500 on eBay
With its ingenious marketing campaign, Snapchat’s camera glasses, or ‘Spectacles’, is poised to become a massive hit. It has become so popular, in fact, that hawkers have been able to sell the fashionable gadget online for 20 to 40 times its original price. Snap Inc., as the…
· Editorial Staff
Trump Supporter Cites Japanese Internment Camps as ‘Precedent’ for Muslim Registry
Carl Higbie is a former Navy Seal author who currently leads the pro-Trump Great America PAC. Earlier this evening, he went on Fox News Wednesday to talk about the Muslim registry proposed by Donald Trump. During his appearance with Megyn Kelly, Higbie said that he didn’t…
· Ryan General
Japan Fully Repairs Massive Sinkhole in Fukuoka in Just 48 Hours
It took the city of Fukuoka, Japan just 48 hours to repair the 30-meter sinkhole that opened up in its center on Tuesday last week. When the ground caved in, electricity was temporarily cut off in the area. While there were no cases of injuries reported, phone signals, gas and…