It’s the holiday season, with everyone geared towards consumerism. We’ll be examining how innovative products have impacted lifestyles and exploring the new product trends and gadgets emerging from Asia.
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Curator and artist Joseph Chen (@chenyuen1314) maps Hong Kong not by its skyline, but by its cultural soul. As the Director of Culture at Eaton HK (@eaton.hk), and the co-founder of Virtue Village (@virtue.village), an artist duo, he guides us through the living archives and hidden sanctuaries that define the city’s true character.
His journey is one of personal archaeology, from forging his style in teenage thrift haunts to hunting for musical relics in the city‘s last great VCD bunker. He leads us into radical community hubs, visceral spiritual sites, and art caves born from trauma, before winding down in a timeless Cantopop singing hall.
This is the Hong Kong that shaped him: a curated selection of spaces where subculture signals deep belonging and forgotten anthems still pulse with life.
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#RADIImedia #HongKong #CityGuide #JosephChen #Curator #Subculture #HongKongArt #HiddenHK
Curator and artist Joseph Chen (@chenyuen1314) maps Hong Kong not by its skyline, but by its cultural soul. As the Director of Culture at Eaton HK (@eaton.hk), and the co-founder of Virtue Village (@virtue.village), an artist duo, he guides us through the living archives and hidden sanctuaries that define the city’s true character.
His journey is one of personal archaeology, from forging his style in teenage thrift haunts to hunting for musical relics in the city‘s last great VCD bunker. He leads us into radical community hubs, visceral spiritual sites, and art caves born from trauma, before winding down in a timeless Cantopop singing hall.
This is the Hong Kong that shaped him: a curated selection of spaces where subculture signals deep belonging and forgotten anthems still pulse with life.
Follow @RADII_media for more ultimate city guides across Asia.
#RADIImedia #HongKong #CityGuide #JosephChen #Curator #Subculture #HongKongArt #HiddenHK
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A promotional jingle for Yadea electric scooters went viral. The rapper? A 61-year-old woman from Suzhou named Guixiang (@akaguixiang).
Guixiang used to teach music and perform kuaiban (fast-paced bamboo clapper storytelling) on the streets of Suzhou’s Shantang district. Somewhere along the way, she taught herself rap. Her original tracks pull from street culture and everyday life, touching on social issues and current events.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesehiphop #suzhou #auntieculture #rapmusic #viralchina #retirementgoals #generationalshift #streettosocial
A promotional jingle for Yadea electric scooters went viral. The rapper? A 61-year-old woman from Suzhou named Guixiang (@akaguixiang).
Guixiang used to teach music and perform kuaiban (fast-paced bamboo clapper storytelling) on the streets of Suzhou’s Shantang district. Somewhere along the way, she taught herself rap. Her original tracks pull from street culture and everyday life, touching on social issues and current events.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesehiphop #suzhou #auntieculture #rapmusic #viralchina #retirementgoals #generationalshift #streettosocial
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The 15th National Games unveiled their official mascot: a Chinese white dolphin. Guangzhou immediately renamed it “the Bay Area Chicken.”
It’s not hard to see why. Round body, stubby fins, blank stare—this thing looks more like uncooked poultry than marine life. But the nickname also taps into something deeper. Cantonese food culture practically revolves around chicken. White-cut chicken, soy sauce chicken, salt-baked chicken—if there’s a way to prepare it, Guangzhou’s perfected it. The dolphin showed up looking vaguely bird-shaped, and locals just decided that’s what it was.
What’s surprising isn’t that the internet clowned it. It’s that the organizing committee let it happen. No takedown requests, no “please use the official name” PR statements. Just memes multiplying, user remixes going viral, and merch selling out while officials stayed quiet.
That restraint made all the difference. In a landscape where brands usually panic at the first sign of lost control, the Games let people make the mascot their own. Pair that with an aesthetic that’s refreshingly goofy, and you get a mascot that works precisely because it doesn’t try too hard.
#radii #radiimedia #chineseinternet #cantonesculture #guangzhou #mascotdesign #nationalgames #greaterbayarea #memeconomy #regionalidentity
The 15th National Games unveiled their official mascot: a Chinese white dolphin. Guangzhou immediately renamed it “the Bay Area Chicken.”
It’s not hard to see why. Round body, stubby fins, blank stare—this thing looks more like uncooked poultry than marine life. But the nickname also taps into something deeper. Cantonese food culture practically revolves around chicken. White-cut chicken, soy sauce chicken, salt-baked chicken—if there’s a way to prepare it, Guangzhou’s perfected it. The dolphin showed up looking vaguely bird-shaped, and locals just decided that’s what it was.
What’s surprising isn’t that the internet clowned it. It’s that the organizing committee let it happen. No takedown requests, no “please use the official name” PR statements. Just memes multiplying, user remixes going viral, and merch selling out while officials stayed quiet.
That restraint made all the difference. In a landscape where brands usually panic at the first sign of lost control, the Games let people make the mascot their own. Pair that with an aesthetic that’s refreshingly goofy, and you get a mascot that works precisely because it doesn’t try too hard.
#radii #radiimedia #chineseinternet #cantonesculture #guangzhou #mascotdesign #nationalgames #greaterbayarea #memeconomy #regionalidentity
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Gold prices are through the roof and even gold beans are too expensive now. So young Chinese shoppers pivoted to milligram-sized gold fragments stamped with Hello Kitty and "get rich" blessings for ¥10 a pop.
These tiny phone charms contain actual 999 gold, just nowhere near enough to be worth anything if you tried to melt it down. But nobody`s pretending this is an investment. It`s an emotional backup and a good luck charm that costs less than lunch. Wedding favors, office gifts, anime con swaps, gold fragments became the new social currency because they`re fancy enough to feel generous but cheap enough that losing one won`t wreck your day.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesegenz #goldtrends #luxuryculture #consumerbehavior #emotionalvalue #microtrends #chineseconsumers #luxuryforless #goldcharms #streettrendsChina
Gold prices are through the roof and even gold beans are too expensive now. So young Chinese shoppers pivoted to milligram-sized gold fragments stamped with Hello Kitty and "get rich" blessings for ¥10 a pop.
These tiny phone charms contain actual 999 gold, just nowhere near enough to be worth anything if you tried to melt it down. But nobody`s pretending this is an investment. It`s an emotional backup and a good luck charm that costs less than lunch. Wedding favors, office gifts, anime con swaps, gold fragments became the new social currency because they`re fancy enough to feel generous but cheap enough that losing one won`t wreck your day.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesegenz #goldtrends #luxuryculture #consumerbehavior #emotionalvalue #microtrends #chineseconsumers #luxuryforless #goldcharms #streettrendsChina
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