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 ...

Though some seem to still hold fast to traditional values in regards to women’s rights, others are increasingly fighting back After a netizen made sarcastic remarks about 61-year-old dancer Yang ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though Darlie's English name changed in the 1980s, its racially-charged Chinese name has remained intact until today Darlie, the Chinese toothpaste brand infamous for its blackface packaging, will ...

Infrastructure that builds itself overnight is remarkable, but not without a cost. Residents of Beihai saw it for themselves the other day, when an enormous sinkhole suddenly opened up on a main road.

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 look at how the unemployed youth in China are paying to pretend they’re clocking in. In China’s bustling cities like Chengdu and Hangzhou, a bizarre new trend is taking root: unemployed youth are ...

We look at how Chinese entrepreneurs like Zang Shuo are making $3 million RMB a year dressing China's pooches. In a country where declining birth rates are turning pets into surrogate children, ...

The 2019 Man Booker International Prize long list has been announced, with Chinese author Can Xue's fantastical Love in the New Millennium among the nominees Deng Xiaohua, the author behind the Can ...

J-pop all-girl group XG steps into the fashion spotlight once again — this time blending high fashion with streetwear swagger. For a fresh cross-cultural fusion of fashion and Asian pop, two rising ...