Online market Taobao has everything you could ever ask for, and in an effort to experience the breadth of its offerings, we ate like five pounds of gummies We Tried is a series where RADII staff try ...

Though Darlie's English name changed in the 1980s, its racially-charged Chinese name has remained intact until today Darlie, the Chinese toothpaste brand infamous for its blackface packaging, will ...

If you felt that Kenny G popping up in Kim Kardashian’s living room last month was some sort of harbinger of end times for us as a species, then you might want to look away now. In Shanghai, a story ...

Though some seem to still hold fast to traditional values in regards to women’s rights, others are increasingly fighting back After a netizen made sarcastic remarks about 61-year-old dancer Yang ...

Lingering in bed until lunchtime or staying up late to play mobile games is becoming far too common among young Chinese students. But the recent case of a 13-year-old schoolboy in Hangzhou takes ...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In America, laying on the car horn is a driver’s sure way of saying one of two things: 1) “You’re an asshole”; 2) “I’m an asshole.” I’ve found it’s a little more ...

Making a career as an artist can be lonely, but to her, being a tiger means persevering and sticking to what she loves. Linshu was born in the Year of the Tiger more than three decades ago, in 1986.

We all love dominoes. Not the actual game – that’s for empty afternoons at your grandma’s house. The only redeeming aspect of dominoes is the domino effect, setting them up and watching them crash ...

We know what you’re thinking — what kind of toys?? Apparently, well over 20,000 Wenzhou traffic violators have already been fined for ignoring this year’s new “Civilized Behavior Promotion Regulations ...

Did you know you lose 50% of your body heat through your belly? No? That’s because it’s not true. But you could be forgiven for thinking that was the belief among a certain segment of Chinese society, ...

The 2019 Man Booker International Prize long list has been announced, with Chinese author Can Xue's fantastical Love in the New Millennium among the nominees Deng Xiaohua, the author behind the Can ...

The Wǒ Men Podcast is a discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang, Jingjing Zhang and Karoline Kan. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men Podcast can be found here, and you can subscribe to Wǒ Men ...