Peel-apart film photography—once nearly extinct due to digital cameras—is experiencing an unexpected comeback in China thanks to celebrity influence and social media hype.

Chinese stars have been posting ”unfiltered“ portraits shot on vintage instant film, celebrating the format‘s unpredictable color shifts, grain, and organic textures as symbols of authenticity in an era of filtered perfection.

The trend has created a lucrative market driven by scarcity marketing. Photo studios now charge 400 yuan ($55) per shot, double the previous rate, while promoting film as increasingly rare with slogans like ”shoot one, lose one forever.“ Film prices have surged thirty-fold over the past decade.

Would you spend 400 yuan ($55) on one vintage film photo?

#radiimedia #radii #china #chinese #china #peelapart #peelapartfilm #film #camera #youth #trends ...

Do you still remember the Teletubbies? Your four oddly lovable childhood friends with TVs on their bellies? Well… they’re back. But not on your screen. In a Guangzhou amusement park, they’ve reappeared as surreal, oversized benches—with stretched-out torsos, stiff arms, and expressions frozen somewhere between nostalgia and nightmare.

Dubbed “abstract culture” (抽象文化) by Chinese netizens, these freaky furniture pieces have gone viral—not despite their weirdness, but because of it. Young visitors line up not for pirate boats, but to sit on Teletubby bellies and strike existential poses. Some even take them home—physically or digitally—turning Sims houses and bar rooftops into the new home of these abstract Teletubbies bench.

It’s nostalgia, internet humor, and youth culture all rolled into one fiberglass fever dream. Wanna reunion with your childhood friend? Go to this amusement park by yourself or get one Teletubbies friend online too.

Click the link in bio to read the full story.

#radiimedia #radii #china #chinese #weirdcore #weird #teletubbies #parks #onlyinchina ...

From heat on feet to heat you eat! 👟🔥 @terryzhu851 knows all the right temperatures—whether he’s stocking fire kicks at @doeshanghai or dipping into Shanghai’s steamiest hotpot hideaways.

Follow @RADII_media for the ultimate city guide across Asia, uncovering underground scenes and secret spots.

#radiimedia #radii #shanghai #travel #tips #traveling #shanghaicity #parks #dine #restaurants #hotpot #sneakers #doe ...

The weirdest corner of the internet just got weirder, and Chinese netizens are LIVING for it. “Italian Brainrot Animals“ have escaped TikTok and taken over Chinese social media in what can only be described as digital chaos on steroids.

Picture this: a Nike-wearing shark, an elephant that’s somehow also a cactus wearing slippers, and the undisputed king of nonsense—a literal stick figure called “Tung Tung Tung Sahur”. These AI-generated abominations have no reason to exist, yet they’ve amassed millions of views and sparked a creativity explosion across Chinese platforms. The secret recipe? Take one animal, add a random object (turtle + honey, anyone?), feed it to AI, and watch nightmare fuel emerge with an Italian accent slapped on top.

Chinese netizens have gone all-in on the trend, creating their own taxonomies of these creatures (calling them “Foreign Shanhaijing” or “AI Shanhaijing” after China’s ancient book of mythical creatures), making pronunciation challenge videos, and even producing rap songs about them. The trend has now spread across Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and other platforms, becoming the latest iteration of China’s ever-evolving AI meme culture.

#radiimedia #radii #china #chinese #italian #italianbrainrot #brainrot #ai #youth #culture #trends ...