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· Ryan General
China recently claims to have developed a sophisticated missile interceptor system that can stop incoming projectiles flying at hypersonic speeds. People’s Liberation Army’s top defense contractor China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. announced in a recent report that it…
· Editorial Staff
Following South Korea and the United States’ decision to deploy the former’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), China, worried about the system’s proximity, is reportedly planning to restrict/ban Korean entertainment for an indefinite period. In response to North…
· Editorial Staff
In a new study on vaping, scientists discovered that the habit alters the immune system even more than regular cigarette smoking. E-cigarettes affect significantly more genes necessary for upper airway defense than conventional cigarettes — and we are talking about hundreds. The…
· Editorial Staff
If you thought websites making you type in indecipherable phrases through their CAPTCHA tests was frustrating, you’re lucky you’re not a China Railway ticket buyer. The national railway operator of the People’s Republic of China is employing a new verification system for booking…
· Max Chang
Google, Yahoo and other tech giants are more likely to hire Asians as computer programmers than to promote them to management and executive positions, according to new research. The study was conducted by Ascend, a group focused on Asian business issues. They analyzed data filed…
· Editorial Staff
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Benny Luo
Anyone who follows the tech industry most likely have come across the name Jason Calacanis. In terms of being an entrepreneur, it’s safe to say that this man has gone through literally all the ups and downs of starting a business. After building a business valued at $70 million…
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In honor of the 29th Summer Universiade Games, Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, transformed the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) subway cars into realistic simulations of sport venues. To spread hype over the 2017 games, which will take place from August 19 to August 30, Taipei’s subway…
· Carl Samson
Winnie the Pooh, the tubby bear from A.A. Milne’s children’s books, has become the latest target of China’s Great Firewall. Censors started deleting online content mentioning Winnie the Pooh over the weekend. Attempts to post the character’s name in Chinese returned the message…
· Ryan General
A helpless Indian woman from Katalwi, Punjab received a brutal beating from her two male in-laws, allegedly, for giving birth to a girl. According to Daily Mail, the attack on 35-year-old Meena Kashyap was also due to a dowry dispute.
· Carl Samson
The aesthetic value of Chinese school uniforms has long been the subject of debate among students and the public. In a 2015 survey run by Sina, a whopping 44.6% dismissed them as ugly, while 45.1% — just slightly higher — voted that good looks are really more about physical…
· Editorial Staff
Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize winner, champion of human rights and democracy, and Chinese political prisoner has died at the age of of 61 from terminal liver cancer. The activist and university professor, who was jailed for 11 years on charges of subversion and considered by the…
· Ryan General
Four willing students in China have signed up to stay within a self-sustaining ecosystem inside two bunkers that simulate life inside a “space station” for 200 days. Sealed from the outside world, the participating students from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and…
· Khier Casino
In an interview in Mandarin Chinese with ESPN reporter Coral Lu, Jeremy Lin reflected on how people of Asian descent are “underestimated” in the U.S. “In the U.S., a lot of (people) — doesn’t matter if it’s basketball players or people in other professions — they look at Chinese…
· Ryan General
A biotech company in China has successfully cloned a dog via gene editing. Beijing-based SinoGene announced last week that it created an adorable beagle puppy named Longlong in a lab, making China the world’s first country to clone a dog using the new technique.
· Ryan General
Centuries-old temples in Japan have an ingenious way of keeping intruders from breaking in and stealing their prized treasures — floors that actually sing like birds. Designed to make a chirping sound when walked upon with the most silent steps, the type of flooring system is…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Has United Airlines learned nothing? According to Hawaii News Now, a teacher from Hawaii was forced to hold her toddler throughout the entirety of their three and a half hour flight even though she had purchased a ticket for him. The reason? United Airlines had given away his…
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Tokai Television Broadcasting came out with a series of commercials focusing on what it’s like to live as part of the LGBT community in Japan, which is making progress for same-sex couples. The first two men in the video below, who wished to remain anonymous, have been together…
· Carl Samson
The United States has blocked all financial ties with a Chinese bank suspected of aiding North Korea’s nuclear program. The move against the Bank of Dandong was announced by the Treasury Department on Thursday, maintaining that the firm will not access the American financial…
· Carl Samson
A substance deemed hazardous by California has been found in a whopping 91% of canned goods bought from Asian food stores across the state. Researchers from the Center of Environmental Health in Oakland purchased the goods from Asian stores in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego…
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