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Chinese-American Author Mocked at Texas High School, Calls Students Out Online
Highland Park High School administrators have issued an apology to best-selling author Jamie Ford after the student assembly suddenly burst into applause while he spoke about Japanese internment camps. Ford, author of “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” visited the high…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Authorities Allegedly Force Man to Get Vasectomy For Having Too Many Kids
A wounded father in China claims he was assaulted and forced into sterilization by local authorities. Hu Zhenggao described the incident over Weibo on Saturday, AsiaOne reported. He said it happened during the Chinese New Year when he returned to Luokan, his hometown in…
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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…
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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.…
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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.
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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
400 People Discovered Living in Cramped Basement of Luxury Apartment in Beijing
A community of illegal dwellers living in an underground slum was recently discovered beneath a high-end apartment block in Beijing. Residents of the apartment units in Julong Gardens were shocked to discover that around 400 people had taken shelter in the basement of the…
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‘Street Magician’ in China Arrested For Using Tricks to Grab Women’s Breasts
A “street magician” who performs tricks as a means to grope women’s breasts in China was recently arrested by Chinese authorities. His accomplice, a cameraman who aids him on his perverted quest to abuse clueless women, was also taken into police custody.
· David Yi
What Happened When I Saw My Korean Father Cry
This post was originally published on verygoodlight.com “What will my legacy be when I die?”
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Meet the Woman Behind Wonder Woman’s Badass Theme Song
“Wonder Woman”, which absolutely smashed box office expectations earlier this month, is undeniably one of the most badass movies of this year. But aside from the incredible Amazon-like victory of the story and crew who made it possible, most will particularly remember Wonder…
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70% of Companies in China Found Violating Air Pollution Standards
More than 70% of the companies recently investigated by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection failed to meet the government’s emission standards and regulations. A total of 13,785 companies in 28 different cities across the Jing-Jin-Ji area (Beijing, Tianjin and…