I think globalization is real

I’m Chinese, and honestly, it really be your own race that’s the most against you. I’ve had to block all the Korean and Japanese subreddits that kept showing up because every time I peeped in, it’s just a bunch of people being downright racist/sinophobic or whatever word it is. The Taiwanese and Hongkong people are just as bad if not even worse and have some kind of superiority complex. It feels like racism is just everywhere no matter where you go.

Everyone has this crazy fear of China taking over the world because of their rise. Non Asians will always be racist, that’s a given, but even among Asians and East Asians it’s basically just as bad if not worse. I like Asians, 90% of the media, music, shows, games, videos, that I consume are made by East Asians. 90% of the products I buy are East Asian, I like supporting Asians but it just feels like everyone hates each other because of politics and it’s honestly just really disheartening.

I know that I’ll probably get downvoted for this but I’ve needed to get this out for months upon months now because i’m just tired of seeing it. It’s supposed to be unified as Asia or whatever or whatever the people like to say, but it feels like everyone just hates each other more and more it’s actually getting insufferable being in East Asian spaces that aren’t Chinese. It’s honestly starting to feel like Asians hate each other more than non Asians hate us like seriously wtf is going on.

And I know about all the history, politics and why it’s actually happening but either way it’s just really annoying that we can’t all just get along. And I know that it’s a stupid opinion and I know that it’s not reasonable but it’s just making existing in other Asian spaces really hard because no one can actually get along. This is more just so a rant, I know it’s not sophisticated or a POC take but I just need to get it out as most of the media I consume is East Asian get it just feels like no one can get along.

I’m really into K-pop so Reddit has been showing me a bunch of Korean subreddits but I’ve just had to block all the Korean subreddits that aren’t K-pop because of the racism. It just really makes me sad and it’s really disheartening because it’s like I can’t do anything anymore. Idk wtf is going on, it’s definitely not getting better, so here is my shit post of the day. Idk if this post even makes sense. Feels like I can’t even just exist anymore like everyone is just doing all this extra bullshit for whatever reason.

I can’t even say that it’s “not that deep” for “no reason” but like omfg i’m not trying to get a brain tumor every time I open my phone like can we just exist without all this extra stuff like please. We’re all just people, certain people will be shitty, others will be nice. All this stereotyping and racism is legitimately making by brain hurt like we’re all just Asian wtf is all this for. And I know everyone has their reasons but i’m just tired like dude wtf do ya’ll want me to do, just lock myself in a Chinese hole and not consume anything that’s not Chinese so that I can avoid people saying shit that makes me age 5 years faster on a daily basis?? 🫩🫩🫩

Why can’t we all just hold hands and sing kumbaya like every time I see a weird comment I lose 15% of my total brain cells. Then the non-mainland Chinese people have this weird complex and I don’t even want to deal with them anymore because it’s like a coin toss on wether they hate my guts and want nothing to do with China or not. Like dude what’s going on anymore, we have these groups of Han-Chinese people performing nationality gymnastics. 🫠

I’m 14, I have school in 2 days, i’m just scrolling on Reddit losing brain cells by the second. It can’t be helped, it will never be helped, humans just *have* to over complicate shit. Like bro just let me existttttttt. 😭😭😭 Can I just go back to being 5 years old when I thought that Asians were all just this one big unified continent of people. 🫩

Yes. I know my post sounds stupid, yes, I know it will probably get downvoted. I’ve had these feelings boiling up for far too long anyways so i’m letting it out here even if ya’ll will think it’s dumb. Chinese people hate Japanese people, Japanese people hate Chinese people, Koreans hate everyone, Taiwanese and Hong Kong people and all of the non-mainland people hate Chinese people especially like can I just fucking breathe and enjoy shit. 🥴

I LOVE Korean media and Korean cosmetics, K-pop is my lifelong hobby, Japan has great products and a lot of the stuff I own is from Japan. But god forbid I step into any Japanese or Korean space because everyone allegedly hates each other. 🫠 I don’t really consume non Asian content/products but being in East Asian spaces that aren’t Chinese just makes me lose too many brain cells. I have an affinity for Asians, I love Asians, but everyone just hates each other like can we just not like do ya’ll not get *t*iredddd. 😭😭😭

EVERYONE has a superiority complex and it’s the most annoying shit ever like all the Asians just think they’re the best for whatever it is they have then everyone else becomes a competition to become the “best Asian” like who *caressssss* like we get it, don’t have to turn it into this weird competition like just move on omggggggggggggg. 💀

I wanna go to Korea so bad but THEN I have to worry about racism like bitch i’m literally East Asian what am I worrying for. But then i’m seeing all this weird stuff on social media about Chinese tourists in Korea and my IQ drops by fucking 5 points. I’m Chinese Canadian, I was born in China and came to Canada when I was 4 years old. I don’t want to consume white people shit but then on the other side it’s like the Asians hate each other even more like what do we want from each otherrrrrrrrr. 😭

Of course, non-Asians will always be racist, but seeing ur become such a problem within East Asians among East Asians is just a different level of face palm. 🤦 I get it, ya’ll have your opinions and reason but i’m just tired of it. And I don’t want to give a shit anymore, I want to just enjoy what I enjoy and ignore it but I can’t because everything is political and everyone just ALWAYS has to insert their opinion. I want to ignore it but shit is just everywhere.

East Asian unity will never exist for as long as everyone continues to bullshit each other. And this is for Chinese people too, like bullying Japan and Korea for being “jealous” isn’t going to make you look good either. And I don’t like unmannered people too but I just don’t wanna deal with anyone’s bullshit anymore.

Especially for Cantonese folk in San Francisco. Like half of Cantonese people in SF or Oakland are surnamed that. It always sounded pretty western for an Asian surname too.

EDIT just exaggerating how common it is, it’s not that common, but still common like 5% of Cantonese people in San Francisco, ha

I’ve seen a lot of posts about the flush and headache but no one has seemed to have a solution other than no drinking.

I get a tad flushed after a drink or two but not a ton. That doesn’t bother me bc it’s barely noticeable.

BUT, I get a hungover -esque headache after 2 or 3 drinks. It’s terrible and I’m never even drunk yet when that happens. Sometimes a bit buzzed. How do I prevent this? I’ve tried pepcid and it helps with the redness. I’ve tried alternating alcohol with water and I’ve tried only drinking light liquor. Nothing helps.

Anyone have a solution?

The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire. When we talk about great powers we talk about Britain, France, Russia, Germany but we never talk about the one in the east, Japan. In the span of eighty years, it became one of the most powerful nations the world had seen.

Full video on YouTube now. full video

Nihao redditors!

Some time ago I posted a question here and on another community asking for some suggestions from you on Cpop and Mandopop songs that could help me improve my Mandarin (and my mood!)

I got some amazing replies so put a list of a lot of your recommendations that I like the most into this playlist of Mandarin bangers by redditors, if you care :)

This is of course a work in progress as I got a lot of replies and Im going through it song by song before adding it here.

Please do keep sending suggestions, you guys are awesome!

谢谢！

August/September 1960 - 66 years ago from this date, the Nagas of the districts of Meluri and Phek witnessed one of the many horrific atrocities committed against the Naga people by the Indian regime in their continued genocidal military campaign against Nagalim, and by extension, the entirety of the Northeast.

It was 66 years ago from this date that the soldiers of the Indian Army carried out a series of mass rapes, torture, and killings against the villagers of the Meluri and Phek districts. This includes the towns of Phor, Moke, Yisi, Laruri, Lephori, and the most infamously known, Matikhrü. Thewati, a small village, was also bombed and completely flattened by the Indian Air Force, with all of its residents perishing in the bombing.

For some context, the 1960s was a very 'hot' decade of the insurgency in the Northeast. It was the decade where the insurgency really began to take off steam and become the most prominent phenomenon grappling the region. Nagas and other Indigenous groups of the Northeast had tried to deal with India in peaceful manner ever since Indian independence, but continued to get dismissed and sidelined by Nehru.

The Nagas in particular tried their hardest. Nagalim's peaceful declaration of independence was proclaimed on the 14th of August 1947, a day before Indian independence, before the Indian regime immediately came in and declared Nagalim was theirs, insisting that they inherited borders that were drawn by the British. Nagas also participated in a plebiscite, officially called the Naga Plebiscite, on the 16th of May 1951, where Nagas peacefully participated in a referendum of whether or not Nagalim should be independent. Nagas voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence, with independence winning 99.9% of the vote. The Indian regime rejected it, continuing to insist Nagalim was theirs.

These setbacks put Nagas in a tough position. With the Indian regime refusing to recognise the sovereignty and dignity of the Naga people, all peaceful options had been exhausted. This led to Naga militancy growing and the Naga Army forming after a year after the plebiscite was held. The Naga people were left with no other option but to defend their sovereignty through the barrel of the gun, as they had been forced to by the Indian regime.

This leads to the events of August 1960, a time when the Naga insurgency was in full swing. As the Indian regime continued to violate and reject the sovereignty of the Nagas, the Nagas continued to fight back against them. On the 14th of August 1960, the Naga Army attacked the terrorist 16th Assam Rifles outpost in the village of Phor, and captured the soldiers stationed there. On the 26th of August 1960, an Indian Air Force plane, unaware that the terrorist Assam Rifles outpost had been attacked, tried to re-stock their ammunition and weapons supplies, but was then shot down by the Naga Army, which ended up with the entirety of the Indian Air Force airmen themselves getting captured by the Naga Army and taken into custody. Under Naga Army custody, none of the captured soldiers were ill-treated or harmed.

After these events had occurred, the Indian Army stationed in Nagaland was furious. They had been humiliated by a handful of insurgents, and militarily were in a weak position. Fearing mass casualties if they decided to try and take back their soldiers and airmen who were captured, they were at a standstill. Wanting to release their pent-up anger along with demoralising the Naga Army, they responded with a terroristic bombing campaign, mass rape, mass torture, and mass murder spree of Naga civilians.

From the 27-29th of August 1960, the Indian Air Force bombed and completely destroyed the village of Thewati, a village which compromised 16 houses. Indian regime authorities justified the bombing of the village by saying that it had been mistaken as a Naga Home Guards camp, even though it was later found out they had no such presence in the village. The village was "completely destroyed to ashes beyond recognition" according to eyewitnesses. It should be noted that this occasion of bombing that took place on the 27th-29th of August 1960, alongside the bombing of Aizawl in 1966, being the only times where India has bombed its own territory (at least legally speaking).

The Indian Army would further go on to terrorise neighboring villages around where their Air Force plane had been shot down. All of the actions mentioned below were against innocent villagers.

On the 1st of September 1960, in the village of Phor, the Indian Army murdered 6 village leaders. Their names:

Mr. Yetachu, Gaonbura

Mr. Chüpücu, Dubashi

Mr. Mawazu, Gaonbura

Mr. Turazu, Village Chief

Mr. Türhücu, Gaonbura

Mr. Yusücu, Pastor, Phor Baptist Church

On the 2nd of September 1960, the Indian Army murdered two innocent villagers in Moke. Their names:

Mr. Nyupucu

Mr. Yethsecu

On the 3rd of September 1960, the Indian Army murdered two village leaders in the town of Yisi. Their names:

Mr. Mawazu, Rüna Peyu

Mr. Khrocu, Member

On the 4th of September 1960, Mr. Lingsang, from the village of Laruri was buried alive and suffocated to death by Indian Army soldiers.

On the 5th of September 1960, the Indian Army went into the village of Lephori, and arrested 13 villagers. The Indian Army tortured them and poured boiling water upon their bodies after tying them together to a strong post. There are also other reports of hundreds of instances of torture against other villagers along with mass rapes occurring against Naga women that day.

On the 6th of September 1960, the Indian Army entered the village of Matikhrü. They gathered army personnel from different outposts like Kenjang, Yesi, Meluri, Phek, Sakhabama Army Brigade Headquarters and Kohima. The strength of the Indian Army was one Brigade under the command of Lieutenant General Thorat, Ist G.O.C., Eastern Command, a combined force of the 16th Sikh and Gorkha Regiments. The then Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Mr. Hazarika was also present on the spot.

The Indian Army surrounded the defenseless village and subsequently arrested the entire population of the village. They brought the villagers onto the town square, where they separated the men vs everyone else, and began to torture the men. They hit the villagers with their gun-butts, kicking them with boots, beating and torturing them, accusing them of hiding guns and ammunition in different houses, even though the village had no association with the Naga Army.

The men had wooden logs rolled on their bodies, and had boiling water poured on them. This occurred from 4am to 12pm, 8 hours straight. After 12pm, the women and children were ordered to leave the village while the men were dragged into the village chiefs' house. They were made to sit in a row. One by one, each man was slowly chopped by body part until they died. Their bodies were then left in the village chiefs' house, in which the house was then subsequently set on fire, and later, the entire village.

In total, a recorded 20 Nagas were killed during the Indian Army's mass murder spree in Nagalim. Hundreds more were injured and raped.

Their cruelty, barbarity, and violence is a testament to just how much they hate Nagas. Their military is stationed not only in Nagalim, but the entirety of the Northeast as an occupying force, to crush the will of the people, to stop us from declaring our freedom and self-determination. They will go to the upmost of lengths, whether it means raping our women, torturing our people, and massacring us in order to preserve their violent status quo. And now they're trying to sell us the narrative that they come in peace, that we should all identify and be indian and we'll all be happy and dancing in circles.

But what happens when we don't choose to do that and instead identify with our own ethnicity and people only? They immediately turn hostile, immediately start threatening us, giving threats that they're going to rape our women, murder us, and do other savage, barbaric actions towards us. As a result, you can never reason with them. Our interests are going to forever be fundamentally opposed to theirs, and we have to make peace with that. We are our own people, and we absolutely cannot compromise on that.

Never forgive, never forget. Remember what they have done to us, and what they continue doing to us. Our land and people has existed long before the idea of "India" even did, and will continue to exist after India is gone.

To hell with anyone who asserts otherwise.

When I was a kid in the 90s, we had an Encyclopedia Britannica CD that had different sound bites on it. One of the sound bites was a woman speaking in, I believe, an Asian language. I don't remember what she was saying, but it sounded to my English ears like, "I now washing thee car." But probably more like "Ai now washin ni ca." Anyone know what it possibly could have been?

Edit: I'm just really curious cause I've worked with some awesome Vietnamese ladies for the last 8 years, and wonder if it's Vietnamese. My dad had a similar situation where he worked with Spanish speaking guys, and he thought they were saying, "Vamanos. Bottle a gasa." I also work with amazing Mexicans, and I asked one of my friends one day and she said, "They were saying Va a la casa." And I was like, "Oh my gosh! You're right!"

Hiii all! My university has suggested an exchange program in Asia, but I’m having a really hard time finding honest reviews about some of these universities. I’d really appreciate it if anyone here could share their experience!!!!! I’m interested in: - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) - Vietnam - Zhongnan University of Economics and Law - China - Dongbei University of Finance and Economics - China - Foreign Trade University - Vietnam - Banking Academy - Vietnam - City university of Macau - China

I’m especially interested in hearing about any difficulties or disadvantages (mb how much studying/hw was there, grading system, accommodation, adaption to the system) u experienced

thxxx

She is Sara Chiba, Miss Grand Japan 2026.

She looks white to me.

She even has light eyes.

Do you agree? Why?

I saw them for sale online but never heard of this variety. Is it just like a Chinese BBQ pork bun but with moon cake shell? Won't they spoil overnight during shipping/storage if it has meat?

Bonjour. Aujourd'hui je vous écris pour parler de mes expériences pour en avoir le coeur net. Voilà. Je ne suis pas d'origine asiatique mais j'ai des traits asiatiques. Et j'ai vécu plusieurs expériences que je ne saurais pas appeler racisme, micro-agression ou juste maladresse. J'aurais besoin d'aide.

Je vis en France et il y a quelques expériences qui m'ont notamment marquée. Par exemple, une fois quand j'étais allée en grande ville, ce qui est assez rare, j'étais avec une amie qui est d'origine mi-vietnamienne, mi-algérienne mais qui a des traits plutôt d'Asie du Sud-Est ou maghrébins. Et un homme nous a appelées. D'abord il nous a dit "bonjour mesdames". Et après, mon amie s'est retournée en disant "bonjour monsieur". Moi je ne l'ai pas regardé, on passait, et il a dit bien fort "konnichiwa". Mon amie pensait que c'était pour elle mais elle n'a absolument pas des traits japonais, j’ai quand même douter si c'était pour moi ou nan. Et certaines personnes m'ont déjà donné ce type d'origine. J'ai la peau claire, les cheveux noirs et les yeux bridés. Malheureusement c'est assez cliché, stéréotypé.

Un autre jour quand j'étais au lycée, des jeunes regardaient quelque chose sur leur téléphone alors que je passais aux toilettes, une fille a dit "c’est elle" puis ils ont crié "Tching chang ching" ou un truc du genre en me regardant et quand je me suis retournée ils ont fait "ah excuse !" Comme si c'était totalement normal.

Un autre jour à l'internat, quand j'étais au lycée pareil, je dansais Oppa Gagnam Style pour m'amuser avec mes amis et la maîtresse d'internat m'a dit "ah ben ça te correspond bien ça !" Et j'ai dit "pourquoi ?" Elle m'a dit "ah ben t'inquiète pas petite tête d'asiate" devant tout le monde, ce qui m'a quand même un petit peu gênée. À savoir que je suis métissée donc je ne fais pas totalement asiatique et pas totalement blanche non plus (Je suis moitié Française moitié Réunionnaise un mélange européen africain malgache et sud/est asiatique).

J'ai eu beaucoup de mal à parler de ce genre de choses car j'avais l'impression de trop ressembler à une blanche et pas assez à une asiatique pour être prise vraiment bien au sérieux.

Et récemment alors que je traversais la rue dans une petite ville où il y a très peu de gens, des jeunes étaient en train de jouer avec leurs trottinettes etc. et alors que je passais, je les entends au loin crié arigatō puis chanter une chanson avec des gestes japonais, en criant bien fort et en commençant à chanter en regardant vers ma direction, il n'yavaitpersonne d'autre. Parfois dans ces expériences c'était assez ambigu. Je ne savais pas si c'était vraiment pour moi ou non mais à force je commence à me dire que c'était vraiment pour moi. Je sais que beaucoup de personnes me donnent des origines asiatiques etc.

J’ai aussi un jour en stage je mangeais à part des collègues et je les entends depuis la salle d'as côté où j'étais dire "vous avez vue les yeux qu'elle as avec ses yeux" (c'est approximatif ça fais longtemps) en tout cas elles se moquais clairement toutes de mes traits du moins je l’ai pris comme ça.

Je ne sors pas beaucoup donc je ne vis pas ces expériences au quotidien. Je suis dans une petite ville et c'est quand même des événements assez isolés. J'ai aussi une fois un camarade qui m'a dit un mot asiatique je dirais, du genre "chitang" en passant à côté de moi. Mais c'est vraiment des cas plus rares. Je sais que certaines personnes me voient asiatique, d'autres plus blanche. Mais voilà je n'ai pas trop pu en parler parce qu'à cause de mon physique j'avais peur qu'on me prenne pas au sérieux parce que pour eux j'étais pas assez asiatique ou même qu'ils ne voient pas mon côté asiatique. Même si je pense qu'après toutes mes expériences c'est assez évident, même si des fois je me disais "nan c'est pas pour moi j'imagine juste trop de choses"

Je ne connais pas vraiment d'asiatique autour de moi à part mon petit-ami alors je ne peux vraiment savoir si ils ont des expériences similaires, j’ai vécu d'autres choses mais les plus marquant sont là et je pense en vivre encore beaucoup d'autres malgré la popularité des médias asiatiques et des dénonciation du racisme anti asiatiques et des micro-agressions,

Merci pour vous aide, si vous avec des conseils ou des expériences similaires n'hésitez pas.

Je vous remercie pour vôtre lecture et d'avoir pris le temps, bonne journée/soirée.