It's a UK thing. It's a way of not saying the person's actual nationality/ethnicity. In this case "Asian" means Paki.
WOW great news!
>Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp accused the Israeli firm of helping government spies break into the phones of about 1,400 users in a hacking spree targeting diplomats, political dissidents, journalists and senior government officials across the world.
Holy shit, this is definitely
NOTABLE
Interesting, thanks.