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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…
· Carl Samson
Blonde Woman Found Randomly Strolling Around Bangkok Naked
An unidentified blonde woman easily caught the public’s attention when she was found naked while walking along a popular tourist spot in Bangkok on Tuesday. The woman in Khao San Road was caught by police on a nearby bridge where she was quickly covered with a sarong. She was…
· Khier Casino
Brunei’s Hot Single Prince Could Be the Internet’s Next Royal Heart-throb
Prince Harry of Wales is about to be off the market after declaring his love for actress Meghan Markle, but that’s where Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei comes in. The fourth son of the Sultan of Brunei is an active social media user with more than 362,000 followers and counting on…
· Ryan General
Thai Vets Save Sea Turtle By Extracting Almost 1,000 Coins From Its Stomach
A team of Thai veterinarians worked tirelessly for almost seven hours, including a four-hour operation, to rescue a 25-year-old female turtle from eventual death by removing hundreds of coins from her stomach. Five doctors worked with the staff from Chulalongkorn University to…
· Khier Casino
Japanese Actress Warns Women of Dangerous Disorder She Thought Was Just Weight Gain
Culumi Nakada wrote a blog post last May, titled “Every Girl Should Read This. I Beg You”, which included a photo of her swollen stomach in an effort to raise awareness about endometriosis and ovarian cysts. The 25-year-old model, actress, and DJ from Japan had noticed the…
· Ryan General
Bitcoin Is Now Worth More Than Gold Because of China
Bitcoin is now officially more valuable than gold and experts are saying it’s mostly China’s fault. On Friday, the price for the cryptocurrency soared to a record high, with a single bitcoin amounting to $1,280, Fortune reported. One bitcoin now costs $1,250 as of press time.…
· Ranier Maningding
Why ‘Get Out’, a Movie About Anti-Black Racism, Had an Asian Character
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. Designed as a two-for-one special, “Get Out” was both a brilliant horror film with terrifying…
· Carl Samson
How a Poor Delivery Man Just Became China’s Third Richest Man
The third richest man in China, trailing behind Dalian Wanda’s Wang Jianlin and Alibaba’s Jack Ma, has made quite a name for himself after getting his start from illegal business activities. Wang Wei is the founder of SF Express, a company that came to be known as “China’s…
· King Malleta
Indonesian Domestic Helper Discovers Her Kidney Was Stolen After Three Years
An Indonesian woman came to the hospital to have a checkup but ended up shocked after the doctor said one of her organs was missing. According to The Jakarta Post, 25-year-old Sri Rabitah (not pictured) claimed that she only found out earlier this year that her kidney was stolen…
· Ryan General
China Is Dominating the World In Owning the Fastest Supercomputers
China has announced the construction of a next-gen supercomputer that they claim would be 10 times faster than the current most powerful computer in the world — which is also Chinese. National Super Computer Tianjin Center director of application Meng Xiangfei said that the…
· Khier Casino
U.S. Immigration is Now Raiding Asian Restaurants in Mississippi
Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents executed criminal search warrants at eight Asian restaurants in the cities of Jackson, Flowood, Pearl and Meridian in Mississippi on Wednesday morning. The majority of restaurants raided were part of the Ichiban chain, agency…
· Ryan General
Meet Japan’s Version of Trump-Loving ‘Alt-Right’ Internet Trolls
In the era of the so-called weaponized social media, internet trolls have taken form as a widely used political tool used by the influential parties in different parts of the world to push their agenda. Interestingly, observers are now pointing to the origin of these online…
· Ryan General
China’s President Vows to Lead the World Because Trump Isn’t Stepping Up
Is it China’s time to be the global leader? As Trump’s administration is taking steps back from its global leadership role to focus on its “America First” policy, Beijing is now declaring that it’s ready to take its place.
· Editorial Staff
Facebook of the ‘LOL Assassin’ Reveals Days Leading Up to Kim Jong-Nam’s Murder
The suspected accomplice in the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport has been revealed to be a Vietnamese woman named Doan Thi Huong. In the CCTV footage released by Malaysian police, Doan, 28, is the woman wearing the “LOL” shirt that…
· Ryan General
Meet the Harvard Graduate Who’s Heir to the World’s Biggest Jewelry Empire
A multi-billion dollar Hong Kong conglomerate is facing a shift in leadership that would place a 36-year-old Harvard graduate in the captain’s chair. Having served as the Executive Vice-chairman and Joint General Manager of New World Development, China’s largest foreign direct…
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