there are people that say not putting anything on your face will help your skin breathe

Just so you know that's bullshit; your skin gets oxygen from your blood vessels not the air.

Dude, I just creeped on your pictures and it doesn't look like you have that much active acne right now, but scarring/redness instead. You can fade/get rid of that over time with a combination of chemical exfoliation and brightening ingredients like Vitamin C serum and niacinamide. Sunscreen will also prevent the scars from darkening. It WILL probably take a couple of months for stuff to fade though.

Yeah, I'm also Asian. Had acne that all my relatives in China would call 豆豆s and all that. (Slang that literally means "bean bean", pretty dang discouraging.) Possibly take this with a grain of salt, but for me cutting dairy has helped a lot. (Sidenote, a lot of Asian people tend to get lactose intolerant as they get into their early 20s. I didn't used to be but pretty sure I now am.) As for my cleanser/general routine:

• AM: water, Paula's Choice C15 Vitamin C serum, sunscreen

• PM: CeraVe foaming cleanser, Paula's Choice C15 Vitamin C serum, Stridex in the red box, St. Ives Exfoliating Pads, HadaLabo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Moist, CeraVe in the tub.

Are you already familiar with what various things do? If not I'll fill you in. I personally have really enjoyed the very science-based skincare focus both this sub and /r/AsianBeauty ascribe to, and I've definitely seen results. Actually, come to think of it, since you have very specific concerns you want to address you might want to try the specific-ingredient-focus of AsianBeauty. Check out this thread. Don't flip out about the huge number of steps or whatnot; just scroll to the popular ingredients section and read about what different stuff does.