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Despite China’s booming development in recent years, their media has been reluctant to toot their own patriotic horn and limited themselves to phrases like “potential superpower”.
It looks like the kid gloves are off now though, as South China Post kicked off the newest nickname for the PRC, “beginning superpower” last week. This follows a busy summer of superpower-like imposition and disregard for neighboring countries all along the nation’s coasts.
Japanese duo support Lady Gaga with a unique cover of Telephone1
What Are You Afraid Of? 19 Bizarre Phobias Revealed2
Lifelike 3D dolls in Japan are one part frightening, two parts amazing3
How transparent is acceptable for a girl’s pants? This much, according to one Chinese high school4
Chinese woman wearing nothing but an iPad on subway picked up by authorities5
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal1
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For2
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!3
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit4
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!2
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum3
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】4
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!5
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back
Japan Still Skeptical of PSY’s Popular Appeal
Eat your heart out, Tom Cruise: Belgian man makes his own samurai armor (and it’s amazing)
We devour a mountain of ramen (toppings)
Japanese mom shows daughter how it’s done with awesome old-school gaming notebook
Cute sleepy animals captivate Japan, teach us some new vocabulary at the same time!【GIF Gallery】
One of the Mushroom Kingdom’s most iconic characters has a dark, dark secret
Louis Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs creates high fashion Hatsune Miku
The Definitive Video Guide to Using Chopsticks, Guaranteed Everyone Will Learn Something From It
Satisfy a Royal Craving – We Try Ice Cream Fit for an Emperor
Philip Kendall
Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
Steven Simonitch
Writer/Translator Though a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven currently resides in Nagano, Japan, where he is known by the old lady at the supermarket as “the white guy who always buys 2 packs of natto.
Master Blaster
Writer / Translator Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Steven Le Blanc and Masami M.
Kay
Writer / Translator Kay is a native Japanese who has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California. She currently resides in Tokyo and enjoys writing about a wide range of topics, including all things cute and glamorous.
Michelle Lynn Dinh
Writer / Translator Originally from California, Michelle is currently working as an assistant English teacher on the tiny island of Chiburi in Shimane prefecture.
Jessica Ocheltree
Writer / Translator Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street
Beautiful Cosplay Girl is Actually Nerdy Guy
When Two Amazing Worlds Collide: Welcome to the World of Cat Sushi!