Saturday night, we party. Sunday morning, we hit the book fair.
A unique tour through one of Shanghai’s slowest markets by RADII.

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For the first time in 36 years, the Trefoil is back on a World Cup jersey. adidas Originals China marked the return with something unexpected: not a stadium or a flagship store, but a primary school in Shanghai‘s Xintiandi.

Homework hits different when the classroom is a football market.

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Some places are so familiar, you think they’ll always be there. Until they’re not. Shanghai’s largest flower and bird market was supposed to close at the end of 2025. Instead, it’s packed. But is it really closing?

Lanling Flower and Bird Market, a sprawling maze of stalls tucked near Metro Line 7, has been a city staple since 2003. Flowers, plants, chirping crickets, playful pets, antique scrolls, you name it, they’ve got it. On a normal day, you could spend hours wandering the three interconnected streets and still miss something.

But lately, rumors of its closure have turned it into a weekend pilgrimage. Crowds are thicker than spring bloom season, spilling past the usual stalls. And yet, no one’s price-gouging. Bouquets for under 30 RMB. Orchids flying off tables. Some vendors admit the end might not come until March.

What lingers, though, is the market’s quiet charm. Shopkeepers hand you gloves so you can pet a puppy even if you’re not buying. Crickets chirp from tiny boxes during the annual culture festival. Cats nap on counters. It’s the kind of place that doesn’t ask for much, just your time and curiosity.

Maybe it closes, maybe it stays. Is all it takes a countdown to turn “someday” into “this weekend”?

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爱你老己. In Chinese, 老 (Lǎo) is what you put before an old friend‘s name, 己 (jǐ) means yourself. By calling yourself 老己, you’re not talking to your flaws or your potential, more of you‘re talking to someone you’ve known forever and genuinely like.

The phrase took over the Chinese internet at the beginning of 2026, and opinions were split. Some found it the gentlest form of self-care they‘d ever seen. Others watched brands turn it into ”loving yourself means buying things,“ or saw it mutate into apology letters to yourself for not being productive enough.

So what does it actually mean to be good to yourself? We got into it. Slide through >>>

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To celebrate the Year of the Horse, China Post released a set of three stamps featuring “Chu Yu Tu” (Coming out of the Stable), a masterpiece by Yuan Dynasty artist Ren Renfa. The original handscroll, which measures about two meters in length, is now at the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Here’s the twist: Ren Renfa did more than just paint. By day, he was a hydraulic engineer overseeing major water projects for the Yuan court. But history remembers him for something else entirely, his meticulous, lifelike horses.

Centuries later, those horses are galloping onto envelopes and postcards across China. Not bad for a side hustle.

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