A 20-year-old mainland Chinese student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) went on trial ... denying a charge of sending a letter threatening to murder, after allegedly posting messages online last April threatening to kill 10 people ...

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The court was shown Du's cautioned video interview with police, in which he called himself an "incel" – involuntarily celibate – and described a plan to randomly stab 30 women and 30 men on campus on the semester's opening day, including "making sure 10 women die, because they deserve it." He told officers: "I read about the term 'incel' online. It matched my life, so I came up with the plan, but I never carried it out."

Du, who came to Hong Kong in 2023 to s.tudy computer science and artificial intelligence at HKUST, said he believed women were to blame for his remaining single at 20 and had not thought through how he would carry out the attack. He denied buying or possessing a knife, and said the posts, made on a Discord channel he moderated, stemmed from a moment of mental strain rather than genuine intent.

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Suspect: Asian (maybe Korean)
Victim: Korean

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DbhHpY_E73M9Ae7EBJBu0AATAbalwzTP/view

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This just in

I'm all for AMWF but this is just weird imo. I'm 90% sure it's just engagement bait at this point.

https://madison365.com/wisconsins-22-most-influential-asian-american-leaders-for-2026-part-1/

Saw a post here complaining about the low visibility of Asian men in the stands watching the World Cup, but why would you want Asian men to feature more in the stands as audiences not on the pitch? Women will always get filmed more because it's a "Baddie cam" (in the pre-Woke era at least, mens football tournaments used to feature hot women fans).

1. Height is not a big factor in soccer or F1. Always see Asians say they aren't tall enough but this isn't NBA or NFL, Spain is one of the shortest European countries and Argentina is also one of the shortest countries where their average player is 1.7m+ but they have no problem beating taller opponents because being shorter makes them more agile as dribblers.

2. Asians claiming every single Asian man they know is a nerd who studies 24/7 to be IT workers or scientists. Such stereotypes are untrue and don't help Asians at all, everyone who has attended school knows there are hyperactive kids who aren't cut out for studying and become chefs, mechanics, deliverymen, manual labourers. In Asia kids who are bad in school are forced to attend tuition or cram school (Korean hagwon) instead of learning sports, music, art which is a waste given that professional sport pays better than a lot of office jobs especially if you're mediocre in your studies and need extensive tuition that costs your parents a ton of money. AI is also going to replace a lot of office jobs but it won't threaten professional sportspeople since nobody wants to see robots play tennis, football, or race cars.

1. Football doesn't require complicated infrastructure or extensive financial support from parents, in fact many of the best players started from street football or futsal (indoor soccer) e.g. Lamine Yamal, Ronaldo, Neymar, Iniesta, Messi, Maradona, Pele, Zidane, Ronaldinho. In places like France, England, Spain a lot of kids play at urban football cages, in South America many kids start in 5-a-side indoor futsal before transiting to football, in Africa they play in any random field. Top players like Pele have recounted practicing with beanbags when he couldn't afford a ball, so it's a sport where there's no financial barrier to join unlike golf, tennis, archery, figure skating. There's also no height requirement unlike NBA or NFL.

4. Asian countries focusing on niche events like Table tennis, Weightlifting, Baseball, Diving, Gymnastics, Figure Skating, Badminton does not help to dispel Asian stereotypes. On forums like china_irl, the analysis on why China is bad at football/soccer comes down to: China doesn't like contact sports, parents prefer kids to play indoors and stay fair so basketball, table tennis, badminton is popular. I often see Asians recommend Weightlifting since it's non-competitive. Ultimately, football/soccer is super popular in Asia as a sport and suits Asian physiques (more than tennis, NBA, NFL) but a lot of people find it too hard to get good at? There's nothing inherently more difficult about soccer compared to gymnastics or diving which require extreme training regimes too. Football's origins are the same as golf, table tennis and badminton but Asians have convinced themselves that they are more suited to badminton and pingpong because "Asians have faster reflexes" but look at Messi, Maradona, Mbappe and a lot of Argentina or Spain's stars. They aren't tall either, many are extremely agile due to that and they also excel due to their fast reflexes. Asians are known for their flexibility thus are no less agile, why should Asians think they are more suited to pingpong, not soccer?

Simply put, reaching a World Cup final on the pitch would do a lot more for Asian men's desirability and visibility than having cameras show Asian men cheering on USA or Canada in the stands. It won't affect the number of scientists or IT grads either, kids who aren't academically inclined according to their grades should be encouraged to pick up sports by age 12 and apply themselves.

Rena Nguyen, a 20-year-old Vietnamese American BYU student, died in 2021 after suffering abuse from her white boyfriend, Caleb Rees.

I Used To Only Date White Men. When My Ex Cheated With Another Asian Woman, I Had A Stunning Realization. - Melinda Li (HuffPost)

Even now in July 2026, Asian men still face the 'labelled as an INCEL' wall when attempting to link the issues of Asian interracial topic to a grander white supremacy scheme. My goal has always been trying to convey the message that Asians, regardless of gender, ARE NOT SEEN nor TREATED as HUMAN BEINGS, the under the surface stuff. I'm pretty much blue in the face now trying to go beyond the label of being 'the jealous Asian man.' Perhaps if it comes from an Asian woman, people might take it seriously.

Whats up yall its ya boy dynobeats. I just dropped a 10-track album I wrote, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered completely alone out of my home studio in NYC.

The title is No Spoon which has multiple meanings yall can figure out

As an Asian artist in hip hop the genre isnt built for us naturally, Ive been studying hip hop for over 18 years now and my Ive finally built a lane that is truly my own unique sound.

Managed to run up my listeners from 0 to 25k built entirely independently.

No label or team just pure NYC hustle

NO SPOON is out now on all platforms. Would genuinely appreciate the community giving it a listen.

Search Dyno on Spotify or: https://open.spotify.com/album/7kWcGCuizFg4R8AZ8bF1Zd?si=X0RhEmZrTvGYNvliymZ8cw

A Japanese name, Japanese settings and Japanese culture but sure the character is white not Japanese. White people think they can be better Japanese than Asian people.

Hey guys,

Ive been feeling pretty down lately and could use some positive vibes. Looking for genuine experiences where East Asian American girls have been solid allies for you whether it was calling out racism, helping with career stuff, supporting you in dating, or even better straight up defending you against other self hating Asian women.

Appreciate it if yall share. Been needing some feel good ones lately. Thanks in advance.

I remind myself of the idiom, "Be-careful what you wish for, you might get it," because we never truly know what the Chinese government will do in the future with their growing economic dominance. However, for now, I am cheering for China on this one topic, the manipulation of the diamond trade. How is China doing it? Checkout this videos for the answer: The Diamond Scam is Finally Collapsing.

I have always been cheering for the destruction of the western diamond monopoly since I became aware of the manipulation of the diamond trade, and China is bring that down. Sub Saharan African has been in turmoils is due to the fighting to control the natural resource own and operated by the legacy of the colonial powers, and the diamond trade is big part of that, or rather, the Blood Diamond Trade or Conflict Diamond Trade.

A quick summary of how white supremacy control the diamond trade:

• A British guy by the name of Cecil Rhodes, founded De Beers, came up with the idea to buy all the diamond mines everywhere he and his backers can get their hands on.
• He then control the flow of diamonds into the market. For 100 years, the price of diamond wasn't related to it's natural rarity but through control/artificial rarity.
• There were independent diamond producers during Cecil Rhodes' time, but De Beers slowly drove its competitors by planned flooding diamond into the market.
• After WW2, in the late 1940s, De Beers launched the diamond are forever ad campaign that convinced the entire world of the FAKE value of diamonds.
• Fast forward to NOW, China is producing 64% of the lab-grown diamonds, and as of writing this, the value of the diamond industry dropped by 90%. The irony is China didn't start out to bring down the jewelry market but rather to make their own diamond for industrial use because, well, western sanctions. They got so good at making diamond that the high quality jewelry diamond was a byproduct of their diamond industrial infrastructure build up.
  

I’m talking about people like Jensen Huang and Alexander Wang who seem very driven by the idea of “wanting to keep America first” against China. Like white people would never do all this for an Asian country against their parents homeland in a million years

Ive been to a few asian subs and tried to post some of them, and some posts that put that same culture in a positve light gets deleted or removed by the mods. then someone told me those subs are actually run by non asians who are very critical of that said culture, like wtf.

and these are not even small subs, these are huge subs, and if i didnt know better, if i would google a question about this culture, i would most likely believe or trust the info in this sub bcause its so big and sometimes has the exact name of the culture in the sub name...

which subreddit on this platform is trustworthy then?

Hi guys. Lotus Rising back again. We’re trying to be consistent and hope people can make it. We’re gonna continue to have conversations around mental health in the AAPI community.

If you’re curious and wanna learn more go ahead and check out our insta and just to support also.
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My daughter, a child of multiple cultures, needs a carefully chosen name in a city where racial difference is not seamlessly accepted

Hong Kong’s Births Registry gives new parents 42 days to name their child before imposing a fine. This might seem enough, but when you are navigating new motherhood, learning to keep a tiny human alive while your body heals, time becomes both endless and insufficient. It took me nearly all that time to settle on two names, not from indecision, but from the weight of history.

Months before my daughter arrived, I had chosen for her a Chinese name meaning “dwell in peace”. The name came from a psalm, for the inexplicable peace I found during pregnancy despite life’s circumstances. For her English name, I waited to meet her first.

In Hong Kong, parents tend to put down names in both English and Chinese on the birth certificate, a reflection of our city’s official languages. Most local parents either romanise their child’s Chinese name using Jyutping, or choose a Western name – a colonial practice that still echoes through our classrooms and offices. Fortunately, my stepfather insisted on keeping my childhood name, Mimi, arguing that it readily bridges both worlds and thus sparing me an identity struggle.

But my daughter’s name called for deeper consideration. Her heritage – a tapestry of Han Chinese, Hui and Yoruba – would shape her identity in a city where racial difference often encounters visible and invisible boundaries.

She arrived after three intense hours of labour, with flushed skin, deep brown eyes and a crown of straight black hair. On her first day, spent in the neonatal intensive care unit, I had time to st.udy her features. When I finally held her, I knew with absolute certainty she was perfect exactly as she was.

“She looks just like you!” was the most common remark from friends. ...

By day 40, nature had other plans. Her straight hair transformed into soft coils, her skin warmed into a deeper glow ... Aunties and uncles would stop us on our walks, cooing over her Cabbage Patch doll’s curls and dubbing her Min Din Gung Zyu or “Princess Myanmar” (a Cantonese pun meaning she will never need a perm).

With the attention came the questions, ranging from curious to cutting. “Where is she from?” “What is her nationality?” “Is her dad a foreigner?” “Why is she so dark?”

I answered patiently at first that “she is a Hongkonger”, but it was not the answer they were looking for. “Yes, but where is she really from?”

I learned to deflect questions by asking them to take a guess instead. This often worked like magic, but it could also trigger endless guessing games. Once, a waiter nearly pulled up Google Maps mid-conversation.

Even our local GP attributed her early walking to “those genes.” I bit my tongue. Not all Chinese babies are frail and not all black babies are athletes. The comment stung, but it wasn’t malicious – just the quiet bias of a society that still sorts people by appearance.

With the birth certificate deadline looming, ...

... it dawned on me that the identity of a child of multiple cultures should not be diluted and cannot be defined by a Western name. Hong Kong bills itself as “Asia’s World City”, yet anyone who doesn’t look East Asian is forever seen as a foreigner even if they have lived here for decades and speak better Cantonese than many of us. I don’t know if Hong Kong will learn to appreciate diversity one day but I don’t want my daughter to spend her life explaining herself or have her identity diluted with a convenient Western name.

So I chose a Yoruba name meaning “gift from God”. ... tell the story of a child from a diverse cultural background who is grounded in peace and was given to her mama as a divine gift.

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As a mother, I dream of a Hong Kong that will see my child for her vibrant spirit and talents rather than her curls and colour. I dream of a Hong Kong that will see her as a girl who belongs here wholly and unapologetically.

...

And lastly, some advice for our inquisitive aunties and uncles: rather than get curious about someone’s nationality, try to notice what makes a person special without making assumptions about their abilities and career options based on their race.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-math-professor-charged-wife-airline-meteorologist-found-shot-dead-cops

A thug has brutally attacked two women at separate businesses in the latest bout of violence to mar Melbourne’s city centre, with police now hunting for the offender.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/melbourne-crime-manhunt-underway-as-graphic-footage-emerges-of-man-assaulting-two-women-near-chinatown/news-story/736d25254b7660df4e60eab9879b1120?amp

Shocking footage has emerged of a man’s savage attack on two female staff members at separate massage parlours in Melbourne’s CBD.

The footage, which was posted to social media, shows a man in a red hood and black jumper approach a woman in what appears to be her office about 4.20pm on Thursday, July 9.

Unprompted, the man punches the worker in the face, prompting her to flee the room holding her jaw.

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A man accused of brutal attacks on women in two city massage parlours has made a bizarre court appearance.

Half-naked in a white forensic suit, Morrison Schrader, 32, was seen mumbling to himself and making hand gestures, including a pistol sign, as he was beamed into Melbourne Magistrates’ Court from prison on Friday.

At times, his bare chest and underwear were exposed as he paced around the room — at one point sitting on the floor and disappearing from view altogether.

The footage shows Mr Schrader allegedly stomping on her body as she lies there defenceless. 

The footage was circulated on local WeChat groups, which urged that the man be quickly arrested.

“This behaviour is completely unacceptable. No one – especially women working in service roles – should ever have to fear being punched in the head at their place of work,” the post read.

Mr Schrader is facing various assault offences.

On Friday the court heard he had refused a forensicare assessment and would need to be brought back before the court in person on Saturday.

No details of his alleged offending or personal circumstances were aired.

However the court heard he was “not in any fit state” to give instructions in his case on Friday.

Mr Schrader has been long-term homeless in Melbourne and interstate.

There are records of him living in Byron Bay and surrounds.

It’s understood he has a history of mental ill health.

separate incident 2024;

A Byron Bay man exposed and played with himself numerous times at Main Beach in front of women and children.

Morrison Schrader appeared in custody at Lismore Local Court on Thursday donning prison greens.

The 29-year-old kept his head down as he pleaded guilty to exposing himself in a public place.

Schrader took off his clothes until he was down to his blue briefs before he entered the ocean, continuing to stare at the women nearby.

“(He) stood knee-deep in the water and pulled his briefs down exposing his (genitalia),” police state.

“(Schrader) played with his fully exposed (genitalia) for about a minute before pulling his brief back up.

“The witnesses stated (his genitalia) was erect and he was staring at the women nearby.”

There were also children nearby, police state.

Two women told police they felt “disturbed” and “disgusted” by Schrader’s behaviour and reported him to lifeguards before leaving the beach.

Schrader left the beach and returned moments later acting the same way. 

“(He) continued this behaviour four or five times before grabbing his clothes and leaving,” police documents state.

Police were called and shown a picture of Schrader, taken by a witness, before they found him on Jonson St. He was arrested and questioned about his behaviour.

Police found Schrader just off the Main Beach on Jonson St and arrested him.

Schrader said: “Yeah I had my d--k out, I was washing the d--k cheese of it”. He also told officers he was homeless.

Schrader was taken to Byron Bay Police Station where he made full admissions to his behaviour and told officers he was cleaning his genitalia.

Officers state he had no ties to Byron Bay and had a history of similar behaviour.

Schrader was previously given a place order restriction to not enter Byron Bay and breached it six times in 2021, police facts state.

I recently rewatched The Joy Luck Club after seeing some good discussions about it here. With rumors of a sequel going around, I figured it was a good time to share my thoughts. The movie is still powerful. It does an amazing job showing mother daughter relationships, generational trauma, and the immigrant experience. The actresses absolutely carry it.

That being said, some parts have aged in ways that feel off, especially how it handles Chinese men versus white men. I dont want to take away from the films strengths, but I think its worth talking about.

The biggest issue for a lot of people has always been the way Chinese men are shown. They come across as mostly one dimensional. Controlling, sexist, or just plain bad. On the other hand, the white guys like Ted get portrayed more sympathetically. Even when they mess up, they still seem charming.

Look at the scene with Ted and Rose. She basically says what drew her to him were all the things that made him different from the Chinese boys she dated. His confidence, the way he asked for what he wanted, even his looks. And it specifically points out that his parents came from New York, not China. Ted also stands up for her against his racist family. Meanwhile the Chinese husbands in the movie are mostly just villains with almost no redeeming qualities.

The Harold character feels especially off. I read that he was supposed to be white in some versions but they changed him to Chinese and gave him this exaggerated look that reminds me of old stereotypes. It makes you wonder why that wasnt pushed back on.

I get that this is a story centered on the women and their pain. It doesnt have to show every man in a good light. But when youre critiquing misogyny and old cultural attitudes, it feels one sided to make nearly all the Chinese men evil while the white men get a softer treatment. It ends up looking less like cultural critique and more like something else.

Overall I still really like the movie for what it meant to Asian American storytelling. I just hope if they make a sequel they handle the characters with more balance and avoid these biased portrayals of Asian men.

What do you all think? Especially if you just rewatched it or read the book. Id love to hear other perspectives.