166 articles
Education
Death of Princeton student who was reported missing ruled a suicide
Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie, whose dead body was found behind a secluded campus tennis court on Oct. 20, was determined to...
Ines Shin
Crime
Texas A&M student found dead after ‘uncharacteristic’ disappearance
A Texas A&M University (TAMU) student was found dead in Austin, Texas, after being reported as missing for just over a week. Tanner Hoan...
Carl Samson
China
Chinese girl treks alone for 40 minutes to ask stranger for homework help
A 9-year-old girl from a remote village in China is making headlines for her devotion to studying, even if it means trekking alone for 40 mi...
Bryan Ke
Chinese mom sparks online discussion on sex education after finding condom inside son’s schoolbag
A mother from the Chinese province of Zhejiang sparked an online discussion about the importance of sex education after finding an unwrappe...
Ryan General
News
Is this 11-year-old boy smarter than Stephen Hawking?
Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old student in the U.K., scored the highest possible Mensa test score for people under 18, beating Stephen Hawking’s...
Michelle De Pacina
Viral video captures moment 5-year-old is slapped out of his chair by classmate’s father in China
A 5-year-old kindergartener in Nanjing, China, suffered a bruised and swollen face after being slapped by the father of his classmate on Sa...
Cincinnati man charged with hate crime for anti-Asian attack on student
Darrin Johnson, 26, was charged with federal hate crime on Wednesday in connection with an anti-Asian attack against a University of Cincin...
Asian student stabbed by alleged bully at New York high school
An 18-year-old Asian student was stabbed by a 17-year-old classmate at Proctor High School in Utica, New York, on Monday morning. Teachers...
Canada
Career criminal who struck Asian student with a pole in Vancouver walks free after bail
Mohammed Majidpour, the 35-year-old career criminal charged with assault after hurling anti-Asian slurs and striking a 19-year-old Asian wo...
Vigil held in honor of Purdue University student found murdered in his dorm room
Hundreds of Purdue University students gathered around their campus’ "Unfinished Block P" statue on Wednesday evening to honor 20...
Vancouver police identify man accused of striking Asian student with a pole
Mohammed Majidpour, 35, is now wanted Canada-wide for allegedly attacking a 19-year-old Asian woman in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 27. The...
Woman found dead in Taiwan temple carried notes warning against ‘casual communication with spirits’
A 20-year-old student, surnamed Zhong, was found dead in the women’s bathroom of a temple in Taiwan on Sept. 29. In her bag, two notes war...
Student hit in the head with pole in apparent anti-Asian attack in Vancouver
A 19-year-old Asian student was hit on the back of her head with a pole by a man on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a racially ...
22-year-old Kent State University student killed in hit-and-run crash
A 22-year-old university student was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Franklin Township, Ohio, on Monday. Colin Vinh Pho, who was a Kent Sta...
India
Teacher in India apologizes after video of him threatening to beat student over her BTS fandom goes viral
A video of a teacher in India has gone viral for showing his aggressive verbal tirade toward a BTS fan. Siddhartha Mishra, a teacher from...
Daniel Anderson
Chinese student needs 16 stitches after teacher punches him in the face for not paying attention
A physics teacher in northwest China was fired on Saturday after punching a 15-year-old student in the face for not paying attention. Foll...
Rebecca Moon
NYU student takes to social media to get Campus Safety to act on his assault case
New York University (NYU) Campus Safety has finally sent a campus-wide Safety Alert email addressing an alleged assault on an Asian student,...
Nathan Burke
Asia
Father suffers burns after 5-year-old blows up homework assigned over Lunar New Year with firecrackers
A boy in China reportedly blew up his Lunar New Year holiday homework using his grandfather’s lighter and cousin’s firecrackers on Feb. 10....
Chicago
Report: University of Chicago sees rise in anti-Black sentiment after murder of Asian student
An increase in anti-Black sentiment has reportedly been observed at the University of Chicago after the fatal shooting of a Chinese internat...
Authorities investigate Filipino American UNLV student’s death following charity boxing event
Police have launched an investigation into the death of Nathan Valencia, a junior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) who succumbe...
Videos
Chinese man who ran away because he failed college is reunited with his family after 16 years missing
A Chinese man who ran away because he failed college due to video game addiction is now back with his family after finding out they reported...
Sri Lankan grandma makes history as oldest master’s degree earner at Canada’s York University
A Sri Lankan grandma has just earned her master’s degree from a Canadian university at the age of 87. Just a number: Varatha Shanmugan...
Wisconsin man charged with hate crime in alleged attack on Asian student
A man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking an Asian student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last month. What ...
Chinese student goes viral after he stands up during opera performance to sing male lead
An opera fan was praised on Chinese social media as a “hero” for his impromptu performance during a concert featuring Cuban American operati...
Chinese Professor Rants About Daughter’s ‘Lower IQ’ Than His and His Wife’s
A professor at China’s Peking University (PKU) has sparked discussions on tiger-parenting after complaining about his daughter’s poor grades...
OC Vietnamese American Teen Gets Accepted to 16 Elite Colleges
An 18-year-old teen from Westminster, Calif., was recently accepted to 16 elite colleges, including Princeton and Harvard University. Many a...
Japanese Student Wins Over $3,000 After Suing Government Over Being Forced to Dye Brown Hair Black
After being forced by her school to dye her naturally brown hair, a Japanese high school student suffered from rashes and damaged hair. She...
Fraternity Hazing Led to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Freshman’s Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges
Weeks of fraternity hazing caused a student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to commit suicide in 2019, a recent lawsuit has al...
Chinese University Textbook Calls Homosexuality ‘Unnatural and a Psychological Disorder’
A Chinese university is facing intense backlash online for its homophobic health textbook teaching students homosexuality is “unnatural and ...
China May Ban Grad Students Caught Cheating From Getting Mortgages, Fast Internet
Chinese citizens who cheat in graduate schools — such as those who plagiarize other people’s works — might soon be unable to secure mo...
US Revokes Over 1,000 Visas From Chinese Grad Students and Researchers
The U.S. has revoked more than 1,000 visas for Chinese graduate students and research scholars after deeming them as a “high risk̶...
Asian Student Beaten, Robbed by 4 Teens on Vancouver Bus and NO ONE Helped
A South Korean student in Canada was allegedly beaten and robbed by four White teens while traveling on a bus last week. The incident, which...
Lifestyle
Falling Meatball Causes College Student to Fail Economics Exam at Home
A college student who suffered a very low score during an exam has a perfectly reasonable excuse why she failed: a meatball from her sandwic...
U.S. Planning to Expel Chinese Grad Students With Military Ties
In an apparent move to intercept suspected scientific and technological espionage, American officials are reportedly planning to expel Chine...
Chinese Students’ Association at Cal Poly SLO Zoombombed by Racists
A number of unidentified individuals allegedly crashed a Zoom meeting of the California Polytechnic State University’s Chinese Students’ Ass...
7-Year-Old’s Classmate Tells Her He ‘Doesn’t Like China or Chinese People’ for Causing Quarantine
A second-grade student had her first encounter with anti-Asian racism during a Zoom meeting amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The encounter was sh...