To kick off this year, we’re exploring how identity travels—from global Chinese diasporas to hybrid communities. We’ll be highlighting stories of belonging, displacement, and evolution in an increasingly borderless world.
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For Dongwei Su (@dongweisu), moving to Shanghai from The Netherlands in 2019 launched a “perpetual side-quest”, a continuous adventure to find the city’s true character beyond the obvious. As part of the brand dong xi and a host at the mod-Chinese restaurant BASTARD, his quest is built on community, curiosity, and a love for understated spots with soul.
His map leads to quiet, all-day sanctuaries like Polly Cafe, a neighborhood cha chaan teng (上金雀) serving perfect comfort food, and a beer bar he loves despite not liking beer (Junto). It values atmosphere over pretense, whether in a Nordic-designed coffee shop (Argang) or a three-story venue that’s a bistro, izakaya, and club all in one (Roam 糊游).
It celebrates the essential, like the city’s best smashburger at Goodman, and the radically inclusive, like Cedar Kitchen, a car repair shop by day that transforms into a hub for nightlife and art. This is Shanghai through the eyes of someone on a mission to find its genuine heart, one unassuming haunt at a time.
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For Dongwei Su (@dongweisu), moving to Shanghai from The Netherlands in 2019 launched a “perpetual side-quest”, a continuous adventure to find the city’s true character beyond the obvious. As part of the brand dong xi and a host at the mod-Chinese restaurant BASTARD, his quest is built on community, curiosity, and a love for understated spots with soul.
His map leads to quiet, all-day sanctuaries like Polly Cafe, a neighborhood cha chaan teng (上金雀) serving perfect comfort food, and a beer bar he loves despite not liking beer (Junto). It values atmosphere over pretense, whether in a Nordic-designed coffee shop (Argang) or a three-story venue that’s a bistro, izakaya, and club all in one (Roam 糊游).
It celebrates the essential, like the city’s best smashburger at Goodman, and the radically inclusive, like Cedar Kitchen, a car repair shop by day that transforms into a hub for nightlife and art. This is Shanghai through the eyes of someone on a mission to find its genuine heart, one unassuming haunt at a time.
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#RADIImedia #Shanghai #CityGuide #DongweiSu #SideQuest
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As part of a “buy big, get small” PUFFTECH promotion, Uniqlo China threw in a mini version of its puffer jacket as a keychain. It mirrors the adult jacket almost exactly, from the fabric and padding to the zipper, just shrunk down to palm size.
Then people started using it differently. Doll collectors realised it fit their figures perfectly. Pet owners noticed it worked just as well on hamsters, parrots, and other small animals.
#radiimedia #dollcollector #bjd #labubu #uniqlo
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As part of a “buy big, get small” PUFFTECH promotion, Uniqlo China threw in a mini version of its puffer jacket as a keychain. It mirrors the adult jacket almost exactly, from the fabric and padding to the zipper, just shrunk down to palm size.
Then people started using it differently. Doll collectors realised it fit their figures perfectly. Pet owners noticed it worked just as well on hamsters, parrots, and other small animals.
#radiimedia #dollcollector #bjd #labubu #uniqlo
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Boiling BBQ pork in Yakult. Using ice cream in pasta. Putting a screaming cat as your work avatar. This is strategy. Inside China’s “Xie Xiu” trend, where absurdity is the new coping mechanism.
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Boiling BBQ pork in Yakult. Using ice cream in pasta. Putting a screaming cat as your work avatar. This is strategy. Inside China’s “Xie Xiu” trend, where absurdity is the new coping mechanism.
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POV: you start craving gai daan jai while browsing fashion archives.
#radiimedia #isseymiyake #eggwaffle #hkfood #archivefashion
POV: you start craving gai daan jai while browsing fashion archives.
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For this feature, theBallroom (@theballroomofficial) looks at three forms rooted in Eastern aesthetics: acrobatics, Tian Nü San Hua (Heavenly Maid Scattering Flowers), and long-spout teapot tea art. Each begins as physical motion, but evolves into a visual and cultural language.
Photos by @fiiiiiish, via @theballroomofficial
#radiimedia #acrobatic #chinese #photographer #theballroomofficial
For this feature, theBallroom (@theballroomofficial) looks at three forms rooted in Eastern aesthetics: acrobatics, Tian Nü San Hua (Heavenly Maid Scattering Flowers), and long-spout teapot tea art. Each begins as physical motion, but evolves into a visual and cultural language.
Photos by @fiiiiiish, via @theballroomofficial
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