Skip to content
China Under The Radar

China Under The Radar

Exploring China's Urban Lifestyle and Underground

  • Instagram
  • Home
  • China’s Urban Society
    • Smoking Hot Advertising: China’s Sexual Liberation, From Cigarettes to Lelo Rabbits
    • Hot Pot Hot Facts: Dip into Some Sizzling Chinese Heritage
    • China’s Urban Lingerie Movement And One Nation’s Exploration Of Femininity
  • China’s Underground Story Lines
    • Subcultural Strongholds
      • China’s Revised Gender Genetics: Canonizing Handsome Girls and Pretty Boys
      • A Shanghai LGBTQ Raconteur: About GenderF*ck Androgynous Aesthetics
      • From Sub To Super: The Socio-Politico Power Of China’s Artistic Underground Scene
      • China’s Tattoo Art: From Gender And Hip-Hop Taboo To Millennial Craze
      • China’s Original TǔKù (土酷) Culture — Touristy Vibes At Tiananmen
    • Street Art
      • Graffiti Culture
    • Performing Arts
      • Beijing X Underground: the Ultimate Clash or Two Peas in a Punk Pod?
      • China’s EDM Scene: The Pounding Sub-Bass Source That Sends Heads Spinning
  • Photography Extraordinaire
    • About Mutual Visual Exposure: Laurent Hou Tells The Tale Of His Shaanxi Series
    • SHIN! Youth: About Capturing China’s Brazen Post-95 Street Cult
    • Beijing Photographer Ulysses Wu Does Not Conform To 2018. Bring On 2019
    • Visual Artist MA TE: The Politics Of Society And Urban Humanity In Tomorrow’s China
  • Contact

Tag: china

Beijing X Underground: the Ultimate Clash or Two Peas in a Punk Pod?

Featured

Up close and personal with those strumming the heart of Beijing’s musical scene.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie China Underground, Subculture, Urban Lifestyle Leave a comment June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 8 Minutes

Smoking Hot Advertising: China’s Sexual Liberation, From Cigarettes to Lelo Rabbits

FeaturedART276.report.hani_4 49808bc0b41a44059b6f050a6e3b841d

Sex sells. From 1930s calendar girls to actress Zhou Dongyu in 2020, explore the first and second coming of China's sexual revolution. Through advertising.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie China Millennials, Urban Lifestyle, Urban Society Leave a comment August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 6 Minutes

Hot Pot Hot Facts: Dip into Some Sizzling Chinese Heritage

FeaturedPhotography by Elsbeth van Paridon, all rights reserved

Archeological evidence shows that hot pot existed already in the Zhou dynasty (周朝; 1046-256 BC) and was a coveted dish during nobility banquets. Fast forward to China's millennials, we bring you the hot pot hot facts.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie China Millennials, Urban Lifestyle Leave a comment August 24, 2020 5 Minutes

From Social Prejudice to Physical Tolerance with Chinese Pole Dance Artist Zixy Z

Featuredhttps://www.instagram.com/zixy_zhang/

Physically, pole dance is about tenacity and tolerance. Socially, the art is often about prurient prejudice, still. What about the Chinese POV?

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie Performance Art, Subculture, Urban Society Leave a comment March 9, 2020March 6, 2020 4 Minutes

About The Destruction Of Convention And The Resuscitation Of a Nation

Featured自怨 自哀 自怜| zì yuàn zì āi zì lián| self-blame, self-mourning, self-pity in Chinese

It can prove quite the tightrope-walk balancing the obscure and the socially acceptable, separating the earnestly edgy wheat from the gratuitously provocative chaff. Xiaowu Zheng, though, is legit.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie Performance Art, Subculture Leave a comment September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 5 Minutes

China’s Ethnic Diversity And Versatility: Flashes Of Minority Musings

FeaturedCocky fashion statements in Yunnan province. Photography by Irina Kovalchuk of MOOI Studio Beijing, “From Far Away,” 2019. All rights reserved

China’s various traditional minority dress and lifestyle codes have had an extensive influence on urban culture nationwide.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie Photographers, society Leave a comment August 19, 2019August 20, 2019 2 Minutes

A Shanghai LGBTQ Raconteur: About GenderF*ck Androgynous Aesthetics

FeaturedPhotography by Irina Kovalchuk for Temper Magazine, 2019. All rights reserved

Far from the conventional urban Chinese background, increasing public curiosity stumbles across the highly individual views of Shanghai's vibrant LGBTQ community.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie China Millennials, shanghai, Subculture, Urban Society Leave a comment July 16, 2019July 21, 2019 7 Minutes

Yvan Deng Drops Contempo Catwalk Beats: The Reflection Of A New Nation

FeaturedYvan Deng X Shanghai Fashion Week October 2018. All rights reserved

Art represents the Zeitgeist. When it comes to China’s younger generations, contempo fashion illustrations reflect the spirit of the society as much as they do the actual pieces on the catwalk.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie Art, Cartoons, Urban Society Leave a comment June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 7 Minutes

About Mutual Visual Exposure: Laurent Hou Tells The Tale Of His Shaanxi Series

FeaturedLaurent Hou's Shaanxi Series was shot in “traditional” documentary style, using only ambient light and catching spontaneous moments. The funeral, the series' focal point, took place across several cloudy days, providing the right light for descriptive photography: No strong highlights, no harsh shadows.

Photographer Laurent Hou explains, "People you photograph expose themselves and their way of life to you and your lens, but you too expose yourself to them." It's all about the vice versa of the visual arts.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie China Documentaries, Photographers, photography Leave a comment June 3, 2019June 6, 2019 8 Minutes

Underground Crossover Collective Yeti Out: All Music, No Myth

FeaturedPLEASURES x Yeti Out, 2019. All rights reserved

Founded by brothers Arthur and Tom Bray together with Eri Ali, Yeti Out has become one of the best known DJ crews for youth nightlife and fashion marketing activations in Greater China.

Elsbeth van Paridon -- China Fashion| Urban Culture Groupie Music, Urban Lifestyle Leave a comment April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 3 Minutes

Posts navigation

Older posts

Follow us on Instagram

@thehotpotlab : "Our favorite installation, Bubbles, is also the most significant one inside our exhibition. These giant orange metallic balls symbolize the boiling bubbles in a Sichuan hot pot, famous for its spicy taste. The metallic texture of the material is chosen for its luster to mimic the boiling broth.
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
China Under The Radar
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • China Under The Radar
    • Join 30 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • China Under The Radar
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...