This recent news item touches on a few of Radii’s core content areas (things Chinese millennials do, weird theme parks, problems of scale): China is home to about 100 known firefly species in 21 ...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 ...

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 ...

New York State has announced the official creation of "China Day" Don’t get yours hopes up kids, you still have to go to school for this one! But it looks like we can add “China Day” to a long list of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a first for the country’s music industry (and maybe the world’s?), the hip new boy band on the block is composed entirely of girls. Acrush made its music video debut last month with the song ...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In America, laying on the car horn is a driver’s sure way of saying one of two things: 1) “You’re an asshole”; 2) “I’m an asshole.” I’ve found it’s a little more ...

Sweet spinning robots! Beijing-based startup Vincross has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its flagship product, HEXA, which is described as a “Programmable, Highly Maneuverable Robot.” In ...

We’ll conclude this week’s photo series of weird theme parks with a snapshot from the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower. When construction on this bad boy finished in 1994 it was the tallest structure ...

We look at how social media is reshaping urban food culture across continents. In a surprising cultural crossover, American youths are now exploring Xiaohongshu (RedNote) to document their foraging ...

Former EXO boy band member turned actor takes on a leading role as a deaf single father, and fans are all about it. Former EXO member Lay Zhang is back on the big screen, this time as the male lead in ...