BUSINESS INSIDER – Nov 24 – The Indian government has banned another 43 Chinese apps from operating in India. Fifteen of these apps are dating services, including lesbian social network, Rela, AsianDate, DateMyAge, etc. The Indian government may be wary of Indian Army soldiers or officials being 'honey trapped'. Honey trapping is when agents from a foreign country pose as a pretty, young woman to seduce unsuspecting targets into inadvertently sharing confidential information.
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Q&A With Dmitry Volkov About His Art Installation At Burning Man
HUFFINGTON POST – Sep 11 – Burning Man attracts a wide range of people who are enthusiastic about experiencing one of the most moving, spiritual and unforgettable experiences of their lives. One of these people is Dmitry Volkov, an owner of Social Discovery Ventures (AnastasiaDate.com & AsianDate.com), investor and organizer of the OraculeTang camp at this year's Burning Man festival. The OraculeTang camp has been featured by Business Insider as one of the most incredible art installations at this year's Burning Man festival. Four large, inflatable figures of green aliens, ranging from 4.5m to 12m tall, represented the sacral objects for all the aliens and the Burners who believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life, and who worship alien civilizations.
Q: Who are you and what do you do for a living?
A: I'm an entrepreneur, investor, philosopher and contemporary art collector.
Q: What brought you to Burning Man?
A: I had heard about Burning Man many times. I became certain that I wanted to go when visiting my friend and philosopher, D. Dennett. One of Dennett's friends shared the story of Burning Man with me as well as his experiences out on The Playa.
Q: What inspired you to build the OraculeTang camp and what does it represent?
A: In 2015 we brought a gigantic robotic orangutang – OraculeTang. He was both an animal and a robot. The idea was to build a non-organic, intelligent animal that could communicate with humans. This year's Burning Man theme was all about radical inclusion – where people with different and alternative lifestyles come together and embrace each other's differences.
Q: You had recently met Dalai Lama. How was this experience and has it given you any new visions?
A: This relates to one of my philosophy projects. For many years, I have tried to contribute to developing bridges between philosophers in Russia and Western analytic philosophers. The Greenland conference I organized in 2014 is an example of this. The project I am doing with Dalai Lama is an attempt to stretch our hand to the East. Buddhists have developed a lot of very valuable ideas in ethics, as well as metaphysical ideas, like the concept of self as fiction. I think this is both interesting and worth exploring further.
by Rachel Wolfson
See full article at Huffington Post
Dutchman Waited 10 Days At Chinese Airport For A Girl He Met On AsianDate.com
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Aug 6 – Love-struck Dutchman who flew 5k miles to meet Chinese woman he met online is hospitalised after waiting 10 days at the airport. She never showed up. She explained later that she had been having a plastic surgery and had turned her phone off while her face was wrapped in gauze. He refused to leave the airport. Coupled with lack of sleep and adequate nutrition he passed out as an effect of his severe diabetes. (The site is AsianBeauties.com, which forwards into AsianDate.com)