For November, we’re doomscrolling the latest in Asia’s Film, TV, and pop culture, looking at them as both mirrors and engines of society. Our stories will spotlight the new narratives from China and beyond that are shaping global attention.
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Imagine hopping into a ride-hail and finding a mini convenience store in the backseat. That’s what some Didi drivers in China have turned their cars into. Didi is China’s biggest ride-hailing app, comparable to Uber, and what’s supposed to be a quick pickup and drop-off has become a chance to make a little extra cash while the customer is sitting there anyway. Makes you wonder if the side hustle is now the main hustle, and Didi is the side hustle.
Some drivers stock convenience store essentials like snacks, drinks, and power cords. Others sell handmade crafts or jewelry, and a few don’t sell anything at all, listing their snacks as free to take.
Forgot to brush your teeth before a date? Your Didi driver has you covered.
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Imagine hopping into a ride-hail and finding a mini convenience store in the backseat. That’s what some Didi drivers in China have turned their cars into. Didi is China’s biggest ride-hailing app, comparable to Uber, and what’s supposed to be a quick pickup and drop-off has become a chance to make a little extra cash while the customer is sitting there anyway. Makes you wonder if the side hustle is now the main hustle, and Didi is the side hustle.
Some drivers stock convenience store essentials like snacks, drinks, and power cords. Others sell handmade crafts or jewelry, and a few don’t sell anything at all, listing their snacks as free to take.
Forgot to brush your teeth before a date? Your Didi driver has you covered.
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#radiimedia #radii #taxi #sidehustle #chinesetrend
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Forget the classic green-and-white tiles: in China, mahjong sets are getting a glow-up. Young people are swapping the old style for handmade resin tiles, some filled with sparkly rhinestones, painted with their favorite characters, or even decorated with luxury brand logos. And sellers across RedNote are taking custom orders. If you’ve seen those hyper-automatic mahjong tables, you know they already look like a piece of cyberpunk art, so it only makes sense that the tiles needed a modern upgrade too.
Brands have jumped on the bandwagon as well, from luxury names like Hermès and Dior to hotpot chain Haidilao, all creating unique sets. Still, we think the McDonald’s x My Little Pony set definitely takes the cake here.
Did we miss your favorite contemporary mahjong design? Comment what it is below.
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Forget the classic green-and-white tiles: in China, mahjong sets are getting a glow-up. Young people are swapping the old style for handmade resin tiles, some filled with sparkly rhinestones, painted with their favorite characters, or even decorated with luxury brand logos. And sellers across RedNote are taking custom orders. If you’ve seen those hyper-automatic mahjong tables, you know they already look like a piece of cyberpunk art, so it only makes sense that the tiles needed a modern upgrade too.
Brands have jumped on the bandwagon as well, from luxury names like Hermès and Dior to hotpot chain Haidilao, all creating unique sets. Still, we think the McDonald’s x My Little Pony set definitely takes the cake here.
Did we miss your favorite contemporary mahjong design? Comment what it is below.
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#radiimedia #radii #mahjong #resincrafts #rednote
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It’s another year of Halloween madness in China, with even crazier costumes than last year. Across the country, dressing up for Halloween tends to lean toward cosplaying as favorite internet memes and pop culture moments instead of the usual ghosts and zombies. It’s basically cosplay for the chronically online, and this year, the streets were full of it.
Swipe to see some of the best ones we spotted!
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It’s another year of Halloween madness in China, with even crazier costumes than last year. Across the country, dressing up for Halloween tends to lean toward cosplaying as favorite internet memes and pop culture moments instead of the usual ghosts and zombies. It’s basically cosplay for the chronically online, and this year, the streets were full of it.
Swipe to see some of the best ones we spotted!
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#radiimedia #radii #halloween #chineseculture #cosplay
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Imagine a warrior who loses his head and simply grows a new face on his chest. That’s just one of the residents of ‘The Classic of Mountains and Seas’ (山海经), an ancient Chinese encyclopedia of mythical creatures and geographical formations that reads a lot like the SCP files, only written over 2,000 years ago.
The text is divided into mountain and sea sections, and scholars generally trace its earliest parts to before the 4th century BCE. Early readers treated it as a record of real places and peoples, but by the Ming dynasty, it was increasingly classed as fiction. And today, the monsters still regularly appear in Chinese pop culture and literature. Fiction or not, people have never stopped debating whether some of the monsters did once roam the earth.
This Halloween season, we are introducing six of our favorite monsters. Swipe to meet them and learn about their powers, their quirks, and their legends.
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Imagine a warrior who loses his head and simply grows a new face on his chest. That’s just one of the residents of ‘The Classic of Mountains and Seas’ (山海经), an ancient Chinese encyclopedia of mythical creatures and geographical formations that reads a lot like the SCP files, only written over 2,000 years ago.
The text is divided into mountain and sea sections, and scholars generally trace its earliest parts to before the 4th century BCE. Early readers treated it as a record of real places and peoples, but by the Ming dynasty, it was increasingly classed as fiction. And today, the monsters still regularly appear in Chinese pop culture and literature. Fiction or not, people have never stopped debating whether some of the monsters did once roam the earth.
This Halloween season, we are introducing six of our favorite monsters. Swipe to meet them and learn about their powers, their quirks, and their legends.
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#radiimedia #radii #shanhaijing #chinesemythology #halloween
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Still don’t know what to be for Halloween? We’ve got you. It’s been another year of memes on the Chinese internet, and this year’s crop is the best costume material yet. Here are six characters guaranteed to make you the most niche person at the party. Tired of chinamaxxing the regular way? This is the newest and coolest version.
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#radiimedia #radii #halloween #chineseinternet #memesdaily
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Still don’t know what to be for Halloween? We’ve got you. It’s been another year of memes on the Chinese internet, and this year’s crop is the best costume material yet. Here are six characters guaranteed to make you the most niche person at the party. Tired of chinamaxxing the regular way? This is the newest and coolest version.
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#radiimedia #radii #halloween #chineseinternet #memesdaily
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