Ne Zha 2 became China’s highest-grossing film of all time over the Spring Festival break, and is expected to exceed 1 billion USD. China’s top 10 highest grossing films as of February 8, 2025. Image ...

As China’s job market tightens, elite university graduates turn to the viral "Qinghai Yao" dance trend as a form of protest and escape. In 2014, with the rise of the first wave of short video social ...

Before Ne Zha 2 became a box office smash hit, the titular character was already a significant part of Chinese folklore One of the most famous tales about Nezha involves his battle with the Dragon ...

This shopping mall gets—like really gets—young people in China. Could other cities stand to benefit from following in the footsteps of Shanghai’s Youth Energy Center? Microcosms of the world, local ...

Rudolph: Stop calling me names! Reindeer #5: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Santa: [glares at Donner] Donner, you should be ashamed of yourself! What a pity! He had a nice takeoff, too! Comet: [blows ...

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 ...

Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three may have hit the big time with their 1984 hip hop classic “The Roof Is on Fire”… but it’s all fun and games until the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral actually lights ...

If you felt that Kenny G popping up in Kim Kardashian’s living room last month was some sort of harbinger of end times for us as a species, then you might want to look away now. In Shanghai, a story ...

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 ...

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 ...

Naomi Wang Ju may have already earned the moniker of “China’s Beyonce”, but the breakout pop star actually considers herself more of a “Yangpu Rihanna” (Yangpu being a district in Shanghai) — and RiRi ...