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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…
· Carl Samson
South Korean President Park Geun-hye Has Been Impeached
Following a saga of scandalous allegations, South Korean president Park Geun-hye has been impeached by the majority of the country’s parliament on Friday afternoon. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will assume interim presidential powers. Lawmakers voted 234 in favor of and 56…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Villagers Brutally Slaughter Endangered Sea Turtle For Food
An endangered giant sea turtle was brutally butchered and sold to villagers in China’s Guangdong Province. The leatherback reptile sold like hot cakes in just two hours. Pictures and footage of the gruesome scene have spread on social media.
· Ryan General
Chinese Chemistry Teacher Sold $600,000 of Meth Every Month to the U.S. and Europe
A chemistry professor was recently found making $600,000 per month by doing a “Walter White” in China, producing and selling methamphetamine abroad. The “Chinese Heisenberg”, identified only by his surname Zhang, was recently convicted on charges of of manufacturing, smuggling,…
· Ryan General
Chinese Woman Watches Her $430,000 Bentley Roll Straight into a Wall
A woman in China watched helplessly as her 3 million yuan ($430,000) Bentley rolled off by itself, crashing straight into a parking lot wall in southwest China’s Chongqing. The disheartening scene, which was caught on a dash cam footage from a car inside the parking lot, showed…
· Khier Casino
China Has a New Plan to Cut Off People’s Internet If There’s a Crisis
China has drafted a bill that would give police the power to disconnect people from the Internet in times of natural disasters, public health crises or social unrest, according to the Ministry of Public Security. “If necessary, police authorities at the county level and above…
· Carl Samson
Moms in Tibet May Soon Get One of the Longest Paid Maternity Leaves in the World
To care for their newborns, Tibetan mothers may soon be able to leave work for an entire year and still get paid. This is the aim of the law passed by the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, the Legal Daily reported (via SCMP).
· Carl Samson
14-Year-Old Girl Burns 79% of Her Body Trying to Save Her Father From a Burning House
In an attempt to save her father from their burning house, a 14-year-old Chinese girl named Jiajia burned almost every part of her body. The unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday at the family’s abode in Chongqing, The Straits Times reported.
· Marsha Aizumi
Mother is Reduced to Tears After Reading Son’s Essay About His Transgender Brother
As the mother of a transgender son, I often wonder how my younger straight son truly felt as our family was navigating through some of our most challenging years. When you have the combination of one child who is struggling, parents who are struggling and another child who is…