China’s art and entertainment scenes are in flux — emerging voices, boundary-blurring practices, and aesthetics as politics. Together, they form a sharp lens on shifting cultural currents, which we’ll be highlighting throughout the month.
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A Chinese shushu (uncle) who spent 10 years carving wood in Beijing never thought he’d go viral.
To get one, you need to wait 4 hours in line. And in Beijing‘s winter, the temperature can drop to 10 degrees below zero, but people are still showing up, and some even paying others to queue for them.
The carvings are… abstract. In an ugly-cute way. Most of the time, Shushu has to tell you what animal it’s supposed to be. But that‘s kind of the point: every single one looks different, which makes people crave them even more, like a handcrafted version of a blind box.
And once you get one, the longer you stare at the little faces, the funnier they get. Somehow that’s become a whole de-stress ritual.
As for Shushu...fuelled entirely by Gen Z validation, he‘s now deeper into his art career than ever before.
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A Chinese shushu (uncle) who spent 10 years carving wood in Beijing never thought he’d go viral.
To get one, you need to wait 4 hours in line. And in Beijing‘s winter, the temperature can drop to 10 degrees below zero, but people are still showing up, and some even paying others to queue for them.
The carvings are… abstract. In an ugly-cute way. Most of the time, Shushu has to tell you what animal it’s supposed to be. But that‘s kind of the point: every single one looks different, which makes people crave them even more, like a handcrafted version of a blind box.
And once you get one, the longer you stare at the little faces, the funnier they get. Somehow that’s become a whole de-stress ritual.
As for Shushu...fuelled entirely by Gen Z validation, he‘s now deeper into his art career than ever before.
#Radiimedia #Radii #Beijing #Handcraft #Chinese
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Timothée Chalamet just landed in Chengdu for his Marty Supreme China tour, and immediately went for the ping pong table.
The actor went head-to-head with local elderly ping pong masters on the street, trading volleys with players who’ve probably been perfecting their spin since before he was born. It was competitive, chaotic, and honestly? Kind of beautiful.
But the cultural nods didn’t stop there. Chalamet was also spotted wearing an exclusive “China Edition” of the viral Marty Supreme Nahmias jacket, featuring the film’s title in bold Chinese characters: 至尊马蒂 (Marty Supreme).
And because this is Timothée we’re talking about, he also found time to sell street-side tofu and sip tea with locals. Just normal Monday things.
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Timothée Chalamet just landed in Chengdu for his Marty Supreme China tour, and immediately went for the ping pong table.
The actor went head-to-head with local elderly ping pong masters on the street, trading volleys with players who’ve probably been perfecting their spin since before he was born. It was competitive, chaotic, and honestly? Kind of beautiful.
But the cultural nods didn’t stop there. Chalamet was also spotted wearing an exclusive “China Edition” of the viral Marty Supreme Nahmias jacket, featuring the film’s title in bold Chinese characters: 至尊马蒂 (Marty Supreme).
And because this is Timothée we’re talking about, he also found time to sell street-side tofu and sip tea with locals. Just normal Monday things.
>> Click the link in bio to read the full story.
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At a time when women were denied access to education and forbidden from learning to read or write, a group of ethnic Yao women from Jiangyong County, Hunan, invented their own language.
These characters are called 女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women’s writing.”) Phonetic in structure, with roughly 600–700 characters each representing a syllable, Nüshu was built for something more human: to share feelings, tell stories, and find one another across a world that had decided they didn’t need a voice.
The script is believed to trace back to the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties (1127–1368). Today, in the same county where it was born, a museum in Jiangyong still stands. Inside, every known character, story, and artifact is preserved: the full memory of a language that was never meant to be found, yet refused to disappear.
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At a time when women were denied access to education and forbidden from learning to read or write, a group of ethnic Yao women from Jiangyong County, Hunan, invented their own language.
These characters are called 女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women’s writing.”) Phonetic in structure, with roughly 600–700 characters each representing a syllable, Nüshu was built for something more human: to share feelings, tell stories, and find one another across a world that had decided they didn’t need a voice.
The script is believed to trace back to the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties (1127–1368). Today, in the same county where it was born, a museum in Jiangyong still stands. Inside, every known character, story, and artifact is preserved: the full memory of a language that was never meant to be found, yet refused to disappear.
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Meet 38fixers (强记女工 Qiang ji Nü gong): A women-run repair business taking on gender norms in China, and answering the needs of a growing number of single women who want to feel safe and at ease at home.
Founded by Jiajia Da, a former advertising executive, the team is less a business and more a casting call for reinvention: ex-designers, sharp-suited office veterans, and new graduates, and now they are all brought together by the simple joy of fixing things.
The ”强“ in their name has been redrawn into the shape of 3 and 8. Because they don‘t want women to only feel celebrated on March 8th. They want more women to feel inspired: to explore new ways of self-expression, and to discover more dimensions of what life can look like.
Just like a screwdriver has no gender, neither should the job.
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Meet 38fixers (强记女工 Qiang ji Nü gong): A women-run repair business taking on gender norms in China, and answering the needs of a growing number of single women who want to feel safe and at ease at home.
Founded by Jiajia Da, a former advertising executive, the team is less a business and more a casting call for reinvention: ex-designers, sharp-suited office veterans, and new graduates, and now they are all brought together by the simple joy of fixing things.
The ”强“ in their name has been redrawn into the shape of 3 and 8. Because they don‘t want women to only feel celebrated on March 8th. They want more women to feel inspired: to explore new ways of self-expression, and to discover more dimensions of what life can look like.
Just like a screwdriver has no gender, neither should the job.
#radii #radiimedia #adidaschina #强记女工 #chinese
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Pet owners in Hong Kong can now register their dogs for an ID card. Yes, an actual card. With a photo. A name. A birthday. And even an emergency contact. Now, when a lost dog gets found, that ID speeds up the reunion. While not officially from the Gov card, it`s still a physical card!
Beyond the practical upside, there’s something else happening here. Pets have long been called “family members.” Now they’re getting the documentation to prove it. It’s a small but telling shift, one that acknowledges the role animals play in our lives with a little more formality.
So if you see a dog in Hong Kong carrying what looks like a mini ID card? It’s exactly what you think it is!
#Radiimedia #Radii #hongkong #PetID #AnimalLovers
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Pet owners in Hong Kong can now register their dogs for an ID card. Yes, an actual card. With a photo. A name. A birthday. And even an emergency contact. Now, when a lost dog gets found, that ID speeds up the reunion. While not officially from the Gov card, it`s still a physical card!
Beyond the practical upside, there’s something else happening here. Pets have long been called “family members.” Now they’re getting the documentation to prove it. It’s a small but telling shift, one that acknowledges the role animals play in our lives with a little more formality.
So if you see a dog in Hong Kong carrying what looks like a mini ID card? It’s exactly what you think it is!
#Radiimedia #Radii #hongkong #PetID #AnimalLovers
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