The killings were grisly confirmation, Oklahoma officials say, of a growing threat in the state: marijuana farms illegally run by out-of-state and foreign entities that manage to circumvent state and federal law.
Moreover, the state’s narcotics agency says it is seeing a rising number of Chinese nationals owning and operating these facilities.
And while the gruesome slayings have shaken Asian-Americans across the country, community leaders say many young and desperate Chinese in cities like New York are lured to Oklahoma by the promise of quick money. Read More...
Japanese koi are typically thought of as expensive ornamental fish rather than food, so a Malaysian woman caused quite a stir on social media when she shared pictures of her dead pet koi being turned into a soup.Amanda Omeychua first posted the photos on a Facebook group with more than 2 million members called “Masak Apa Tak Jadi Hari Ni”, which roughly translates as “Cooking Fails Of The Day”.
The montage of six pictures showed almost two dozen dead fish laid out on a floor, with Omeychua explaining in a comment that they had died from a lack of oxygen after a tap was left on to refill their pond. Read More...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend next month’s Fortune Global Forum – a gathering of world business leaders in Guangzhou – as expected, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
While it was never officially announced that Xi would appear at the three-day forum, which begins on December 6, expectations have been high in the Pearl River Delta city that he would give a speech at the event. When it was held in Chengdu, Sichuan in 2013, Xi sent a letter of congratulations. Read More...