The Wall Street Journal • March 1 2017

Beer Pong in Hong Kong Has Its Own Kooky Rules—and Purists Hate Them

HONG KONG—Marc Simmons loves beer pong but hates playing beer pong in Hong Kong.

Most bars here force customers to play the Hong Kong version of the game—known as the “double cherry” rules.

The Wall Street Journal • July 24 2015

OnePlus Dials Into a Crowded Smartphone Market

Carl Pei co-founded OnePlus, a Shenzhen, China-based smartphone manufacturer in 2013. Mr. Pei was born in Beijing, and grew up in Sweden. He worked for Chinese electronics manufacturing firms Meizu and Oppo before starting OnePlus with Oppo’s former vice president Pete Lau.

The Wall Street Journal • August 21 2015

Shaq: I Killed Off All of My Enemies

Over his 19-year NBA career, Shaquille O'Neal took on countless nicknames and alter egos: the Diesel, the Big Aristotle, the Big Baryshnikov, Shaqovic. While here in Asia, the retired star morphed into another one: Shaq Fu.

The Wall Street Journal • September 16 2015

Heart Surgeon Brings High-Tech Health Care to the World’s Poor

Indian philanthropist and cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is the Chairman of Narayana Health in Bangalore. Born in a small village, Shetty went to school in Bangalore before studying in the UK. After returning to India in 1989, Mother Teresa had a heart attack, and Dr. Shetty was called to operate on her. From then on, he served as her personal physician.

The Wall Street Journal • November 7 2013

Dikembe Mutombo on Life After the NBA

Before arriving at Georgetown University in 1987, basketball was the last thing on Dikembe Mutombo’s mind. He didn’t even like the sport.

The Wall Street Journal • October 28 2015

Entrepreneur’s Quest to Bring Girls Back to School in India

Growing up in India, Safeena Husain was long concerned about the status of women in her country – the rate of girls out of school was high, the rate of sexual abuse was high, and “any indicator you pick out, India is one of the worst,“ she says. So Ms. Husain, who operated an Indian health clinic, started a nonprofit in 2007 to enroll girls in school in poor, rural areas in northern India.

The Wall Street Journal • December 1 2015

Miss World Canada Says China’s Censorship is ‘An Assault on Humanity’

For Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin, being a critic of the Chinese government on human rights has meant costing her a chance to compete at this year's global pageant.

The Wall Street Journal • March 25 2015

Singer Tiffany Alvord Explains How to Become a YouTube Star

Internet celebrity Tiffany Alvord is one of most popular unsigned female singers on YouTube. She gained fame from her video covers of Taylor Swift, Iggy Azalea and Pink, while also performing her own original music.

March 19 2021

#StopAsianHate: How my experiences as a second-generation Chinese-Canadian impacted my decision to move to Asia

If you want to #StopAsianHate, first, you need to call it what it is: racism. And it's time you stop taking out your anger on us, educate yourself on our history and culture and treat us as the equals we deserve to be. This is the first time I decided to post an article on LinkedIn, but I feel this is the right moment to share my story as a second-generation Chinese-Canadian growing up in North America.