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John Cena unintentionally inserted himself in China and Taiwan’s political tug-of-war. Cena is in the middle of the Fast & Furious 9 whirlwind promotional tour ,which landed him in Taiwan recently. While talking about the movie during a local broadcast, he stated that Taiwan was the “first country to watch the film.” Referring to Taiwan as a country angered the Chinese […]
Police in New York City are on the lookout for a suspect who was caught on camera attacking an Asian woman with a hammer on a Manhattan street. The suspect reportedly approached two women on the street and told them to take off their masks before swinging the weapon, striking a 31-year-old victim, and fleeing on foot. […]
A Taiwanese man was forced to part with his PlayStation 5 last month after his wife discovered that he had lied to her about it being an air purifier, Taiwan News reports. This heartbreaking story comes courtesy of Jin Wu, who turned out to be the lucky recipient of Sony’s next-gen console. Wu detailed his interaction on […]
A woman in Taiwan was captured on camera earlier this month stripping naked inside a gym after workers told her she was not allowed to bring her cat, according to Daily Dot. The unidentified woman would frequently visit the World Gym—located in the Tamsui district of New Taipei City—with her cat, and receive pushback from […]
The pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand are looking to leverage their fight against China by boycotting Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan. The controversy was sparked when the film’s lead actress Liu Yifei showed support for the Hong Kong police and condemned the region’s protesters via the Chinese social media site Weibo in August 2019. “I also support Hong Kong […]
Three luxury fashion houses—Versace, Coach, and Givenchy—have issued apologies to Chinese consumers after t-shirts released by the respective brands allegedly undermined China’s territorial claims over Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. Over the weekend, Versace apologized for a t-shirt that listed Hong Kong and Macau as independent countries rather than semi-autonomous, special administrative regions of China. Yang Mi, an […]
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