Soon after his suicide in 1989 at the age of 25, Hai Zi’s poems about nature, loneliness, and the fleeting nature of yearning and happiness began inspiring a generation of steadfast, fiercely ...

Online market Taobao has everything you could ever ask for, and in an effort to experience the breadth of its offerings, we ate like five pounds of gummies We Tried is a series where RADII staff try ...

We Tried is a series where RADII staff try out unique foods, experiences, and phenomena in China. Drop us a line if you have a suggestion. In China, there’s more to your average TCM/massage parlor ...

This week’s song is sung by Stephanie Chou and Octavia Romano, but we really could’ve chosen any of several versions (e.g., here’s one with Placido Domingo). That’s because “Kangding Love Song” is one ...

We all love dominoes. Not the actual game – that’s for empty afternoons at your grandma’s house. The only redeeming aspect of dominoes is the domino effect, setting them up and watching them crash ...

Move over, orange — brown is the new black. Here’s why the “canelé”-inspired Lulicore trend is taking over Chinese KOLs’ wardrobes. As spring arrives, people are refreshing their wardrobes for the new ...

We explore the Penang native's pioneering journey as he raises the bar on Chinese hip hop, fusing Malaysian influences along the way. Hip hop has long been an underserved genre in Malaysia, often ...

As we predicted back in October, the Beijing-based bike sharing pioneer Ofo is wobbling on its last kickstand. Here are signs the end is near: One, every sidewalk is littered – one might even say ...

In Shanghai, a new wave is sweeping the city — sorting garbage. The unexpected trend comes about as a result of the new Domestic Waste Management Law, which went into effect on July 1st. The law ...

Zhibo is a weekly column in which Beijing-based American Taylor Hartwell documents his journey down the rabbit hole of Chinese livestreaming app YingKe (Inke). If you know nothing about the ...

The Wǒ Men Podcast is a discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang, Jingjing Zhang and Karoline Kan. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men Podcast can be found here, and you can subscribe to Wǒ Men ...

Take a look inside UFC's massive, 9,000-square meter training facility, which just opened in Shanghai this past week In a country with some of the oldest martial arts traditions known to man, does ...