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Marshall() picked a wild spot for their first party speaker launch: a boat party right under the Leshan Giant Buddha. 🚤✨...
19/09/2025

Marshall() picked a wild spot for their first party speaker launch: a boat party right under the Leshan Giant Buddha. 🚤✨

On Sept 17, they teamed up with Chengdu’s AXIS Club(.chengdu) and turned the river into a dance floor. Howie Lee(), YEHAIYAHAN(), BIGLOCO, Flower Boy, and SANCHUAN all played while the Buddha quietly watched the rave unfold.

China’s fashion scene has found its new obsession: 琥珀系穿搭 (Amber Glow Dressing), a styling approach centered on wearing l...
17/09/2025

China’s fashion scene has found its new obsession: 琥珀系穿搭 (Amber Glow Dressing), a styling approach centered on wearing light itself.

The palette is all about low-saturation warm shades like caramel, amber orange, and olive green. Materials lean into silk, cashmere, and suede, fabrics that reflect a delicate glow when sunlight hits. The effect is soft, refined, and quietly elegant, like the feeling of a late autumn afternoon.

In 1938 Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in Shanghai. Theaters were packed, ticket prices tripled, and...
15/09/2025

In 1938 Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in Shanghai. Theaters were packed, ticket prices tripled, and newspapers called it the biggest hit of the decade.

Snow White quickly left the screen and entered daily life. Shops launched Snow White perfume powder to sell the dream of pale skin, and Snow White toffee to target kids. Picture books reimagined her story in Chinese style, making the Western fairy tale feel local.

By 1940 Shanghai studios produced China’s Snow White, often credited as the country’s first fairy tale film. In 1941 Chinese animators released Princess Iron Fan, the first Chinese feature animation. They studied Disney’s techniques but told a story from Journey to the West.

Labubu world domination continues! Moynat just dropped a collab with Kasing Lung, the father of Labubu, reimagining the ...
11/09/2025

Labubu world domination continues! Moynat just dropped a collab with Kasing Lung, the father of Labubu, reimagining the Maison’s signature bags with the whole monster squad: Labubu, Zimomo, and King Mon. https://radii.co/article/moynat-x-kasing-lung-collab

They say rice is life, and this summer in China, it is also the drink of choice. 🌾🥤Across tea shops and coffee chains, “...
10/09/2025

They say rice is life, and this summer in China, it is also the drink of choice. 🌾🥤

Across tea shops and coffee chains, “rice desserts” have exploded into the spotlight. From ice slushies blended with sticky rice and fruit to lychee rice brews and osmanthus rice smoothies, brands like HeyTea, LeLeCha, and ChaShan are making rice their signature. Coffee shops are in on it too, with rice milk lattes becoming a cult favorite.

Yogurt chains are selling sticky rice + yogurt bowls, ice cream brands are rolling out Wuchang rice mochi blizzards, and even niche shops are going viral with rice-based desserts. Compared with previous years, 2025’s rice wave is more diverse, creative, and premium than ever.

Would you try a rice latte or stick to your bubble tea? 👀

Lanterns you can wear on your ears. Silver beads so thin they weigh less than a coin. Discs stacked like constellations ...
10/09/2025

Lanterns you can wear on your ears. Silver beads so thin they weigh less than a coin. Discs stacked like constellations in the Yunnan sky.

Welcome to Soft Mountains(), a jewelry brand founded in 2017 by Yi designer Ziwei Longhong in Southwest China.

Every piece is crafted with Yi artisans, whose silverwork traditions face extinction. By reimagining heritage through contemporary design, Soft Mountains turns endangered craft into jewelry that feels modern, emotional, and deeply rooted.

Anime idols walked so that you could run straight into a 3D printer and make guzi of yourself.“Guzi” (谷子) started in the...
09/09/2025

Anime idols walked so that you could run straight into a 3D printer and make guzi of yourself.

“Guzi” (谷子) started in the world of 二次元 (èr cì yuán, literally “two-dimensional,” referring to anime, comics, gaming, and other ACGN fandoms), where fans made merch of their favorite characters and idols. Today, the culture has gone mainstream, and the latest twist is people making themselves into guzi.

With AI and 3D printing, DIY possibilities keep expanding. From simple acrylic stands to complex figurines, people are no longer just collecting idols or fictional characters. They are creating guzi of their pets, their friends, and even themselves.

#谷子 #二次元

Streetwear has officially peaked: people in China are flexing bright yellow urea bags that were literally designed to ca...
08/09/2025

Streetwear has officially peaked: people in China are flexing bright yellow urea bags that were literally designed to carry fertiliser.

The bags, printed with lines like “going outdoors, ping me in a couple of days”, aren’t luxury knockoffs but limited-edition freebies from Decathlon, made with Rednote’s Go Wild Festival. They keep the raw, woven aesthetic of agricultural packaging without turning it into polished fashion.

For hikers and campers, fertiliser bags have long been a secret hack: cheap, sturdy, and big enough to haul gear. Would you flex a urea bag as fashion, or keep it in the fields? Drop your take below.

Six-fingered models in the subway, fake crowds on restaurant apps, and surreal KTV music videos paired with love songs. ...
04/09/2025

Six-fingered models in the subway, fake crowds on restaurant apps, and surreal KTV music videos paired with love songs. Welcome to the age of AI ads in China.

Across metros, airports, and shopping malls, commuters are surrounded by glossy digital faces that look human at first glance but feel strangely off. For brands, using AI is often pitched as innovation, a way to stay ahead of the curve. For everyday people, it feels more like a shortcut that sacrifices authenticity.

In parks across China, you might spot older men and women with giant brushes dipped in water, writing poems and characte...
04/09/2025

In parks across China, you might spot older men and women with giant brushes dipped in water, writing poems and characters directly on the ground. The practice is called 地书 (dì shū), or ground calligraphy.

The water evaporates in minutes, leaving nothing behind. That is the point. Di Shu is about impermanence, art that refuses permanence, reminding us to live in the present, let go of control, and embrace flow.

A tradition both simple and profound, it shows that calligraphy is not only about ink and paper, but also about time, space, and the beauty of things that do not last.

✨ It’s that time again, your monthly crash course in the hottest slang from Chinese internet culture.Yes, people are out...
03/09/2025

✨ It’s that time again, your monthly crash course in the hottest slang from Chinese internet culture.

Yes, people are out here calling themselves Empathy Vampires and Pure Stranger Warriors… meanwhile exes are getting passed around like job referrals.

Which one of these slang words fits your mood right now? 👀 Don’t get lost in translation. Catch every update in the RADII Buzzword Series.

Every year, during the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld are said to open, letting spirits roam among the...
03/09/2025

Every year, during the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld are said to open, letting spirits roam among the living. Known as the Hungry Ghost Festival (中元节), it is a time of rituals, offerings, and the perfect excuse for a horror movie marathon.

The early 2000s were a golden moment for Chinese-language horror. Riding the global J-horror boom (The Ring, Ju-On), filmmakers in the region mixed folklore, urban legends, and social anxieties into films that felt both supernatural and deeply local. These stories leaned on Taoist rituals, ghost brides, high-rise apartment hauntings, and the darker side of everyday life in rapidly changing cities.

Here are 8 Chinese horror films from that era to revisit this ghost month. Swipe for vengeful spirits, cursed villages, and dumplings you should definitely not eat 👉

#中元节

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