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Twitter Is Loving the Rob Ford Crack-Smoking Debacle

After months of speculation -- and days after police confirmed the existence of a long-rumored incriminating video -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford finally admitted at a press conference Tuesday to having smoked crack cocaine, "probably a year ago,"...

Published Tue, Nov 05 2013 9:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Drugs & Crime, Canada

Here's Proof That Trading With Beijing Is Screwing American Workers

Many Americans already believe, intuitively, that cheap imports from China threaten manufacturing jobs in the United States. But while there's plenty of anecdotal evidence to support this -- stories of factories closing and companies relocating -...

Published Tue, Nov 05 2013 9:04 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, China, Economics, Trade

China's Animated Sex Ed Videos Just Went Viral, And For a Good Reason

A collection of sex education videos have just gone, ahem, viral on the Chinese Internet. Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On Oct. 29, a three-person team calling itself the "Nutcracker Studio" released...

Published Tue, Nov 05 2013 6:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Internet

Morning Brief: Congolese M23 Rebellion Ends

Congolese M23 Rebellion Ends Top News: The nearly two-year-long M23 rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to an abrupt end today. Early this morning, Congolese officials announced that they had forced M23 rebels from their last havens, flushing...

Published Tue, Nov 05 2013 4:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Why Does the Pentagon Love Toasting You Like a Bagel So Much?

In a shopping channel-worthy video released late last month, an excited Lance Corporal Clayton Filipowicz sets off with a huge, goofy smile to "figure out what it takes to get toasted like a bagel," or, in other words, to test out the Pentagon's...

Published Mon, Nov 04 2013 10:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Military

China's State Press Calls U.S. Exceptionalism a Museum Relic

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Stop being a bully, and start respecting the rules of the global village. That's the takeaway from a Nov. 1 editorial in Communist Party mouthpiece The People's Daily, which castigates the United States...

Published Mon, Nov 04 2013 10:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Media, Intelligence, International Organizations

India Swears Its Redundant, Mega-Priced Mars Probe Is Totally Worth It

India's space scientists must be tired, by now, of defending their cosmic ambitions. Though the nation has made a valiant effort to recast itself as a pioneer of space exploration in recent years, it can't seem to get around criticisms of how...

Published Mon, Nov 04 2013 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, China, South Asia, Development, Economics, India

Kim Jong Un Has Met With Dennis Rodman Twice, Leaders of Countries -- Never

On Oct. 28, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj arrived in Pyongyang for a four day trip, the first known visit of a head of state to North Korea since Kim Jong Un took power in December 2011. But while Elbegdorj spent his days "meeting various...

Published Mon, Nov 04 2013 6:29 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Morsy Denounces Court in Murder Trial: 'I am Egypt's legitimate president.'

Morsy Denounces Court in Murder Trial: 'I am Egypt's legitimate president.' Top News: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy appeared before a court in Cairo on murder charges and immediately rejected its authority, the latest confrontation in the...

Published Mon, Nov 04 2013 6:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How 'The Walking Dead' Prepares China for the Zombie Apocalypse

It's spreading. The fourth season of The Walking Dead , a U.S. cable television hit about how to survive a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world, has found a massive audience in China. Since launching Dec. 2012 on Youku, China's YouTube, it's...

Published Sat, Nov 02 2013 10:11 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Taliban Leader Killed -- for the Fifth Time

Four missiles fired from a drone came crashing down on a car in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan recently, reportedly killing Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban. Mehsud was a feared and brutal leader: Under his watch, the Pakistani...

Published Fri, Nov 01 2013 1:34 PM by FP Passport

Taiwanese Official Calls for Moment of Silence After Earthquake Kills Giant Rubber Duck

Florentijn Hofman's Giant Rubber Ducky has stirred both emotions and controversy during its tour of Asia this year. While the massive inflatable bath toy has enchanted tens of thousands of viewers, it's also made children cry in Hong Kong, faced...

Published Fri, Nov 01 2013 9:58 AM by FP Passport

Cuddle Simulators, Girlfriend Coats, and Wine for Cats: Is Japan the Future of Human Loneliness?

A Guardian article about Japanese young people no longer being interested in sex and relationships has generated a lot of blogosphere criticism over the past week and a half, primarily about Western media exoticizing "weird" Japanese culture...

Published Fri, Nov 01 2013 6:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Japan, East Asia, Culture

Morning Brief: NSA Surveillance Went 'Too Far' Says Kerry as Snowden Agrees to Help German Investigation

NSA Surveillance Went 'Too Far' Says Kerry as Snowden Agrees to Help German Investigation Top News: Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reportedly told a German member of parliament that he would cooperate in a German investigation of the U.S...

Published Fri, Nov 01 2013 5:09 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Whatever Happened to Asian Hopping Zombies?

If you, like me, were born in the 1980s, and if you, like me, had a grandparent who was into Hong Kong cinema, you might have vague memories of this guy: The above is a Chinese hopping zombie, or hopping vampire, as he is also commonly known, though really...

Published Thu, Oct 31 2013 11:46 AM by FP Passport

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Twitter Is Loving the Rob Ford Crack-Smoking Debacle

Here's Proof That Trading With Beijing Is Screwing American Workers

China's Animated Sex Ed Videos Just Went Viral, And For a Good Reason

Morning Brief: Congolese M23 Rebellion Ends

Why Does the Pentagon Love Toasting You Like a Bagel So Much?

China's State Press Calls U.S. Exceptionalism a Museum Relic

India Swears Its Redundant, Mega-Priced Mars Probe Is Totally Worth It

Kim Jong Un Has Met With Dennis Rodman Twice, Leaders of Countries -- Never

Morning Brief: Morsy Denounces Court in Murder Trial: 'I am Egypt's legitimate president.'

How 'The Walking Dead' Prepares China for the Zombie Apocalypse

Taliban Leader Killed -- for the Fifth Time

Taiwanese Official Calls for Moment of Silence After Earthquake Kills Giant Rubber Duck

Cuddle Simulators, Girlfriend Coats, and Wine for Cats: Is Japan the Future of Human Loneliness?

Morning Brief: NSA Surveillance Went 'Too Far' Says Kerry as Snowden Agrees to Help German Investigation

Whatever Happened to Asian Hopping Zombies?