
Can you peel a mandarin in under 10 minutes? We think so! Mandarin Unpeeled is your zesty shortcut to decoding China, minus the overwhelm. In each punchy, bite-sized episode, we peel back the headlines to reveal the juicy insights underneath, with fresh takes from history, culture, language and lived experience. Hosted by Kelly—a trained linguist, journalist, and cross-border strategist who’s spli... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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What can something as simple as misreading a brand name reveal about cultural blind spots, technology, design philosophies—and maybe even your future love life?
And how do Michelangelo’s paintings, 90s Japanese anime, and China’s robotics labs all p... more
What if your ex didn’t block you... but endorsed you like a LinkedIn referral?
Right now on China’s social apps, women are listing their former boyfriends with full specs — “Emotionally stable, owns an apartment, good with children, breakup due to l... more
As we close out this investigative journey into Labubu, we’re left with one lingering question: is this all just a fad?
Because right now, everything about Pop Mart’s rise points in that direction. The founder claims these wide-eyed figures are “emp... more
You might look at Popmart and think: we’ve seen a Chinese brand blow up like this before.
Well — not quite. But I think we’re about to.
Popmart’s rise — powered by its mischievous little mascot, Labubu — isn’t a fluke. It’s the result of a perfect s... more
What do Haruki Murakami, burnout, and blind box toys have in common?
Pop Mart’s founder once asked: “If you pulled the head off a doll and found a USB stick inside… would you still buy it?” Strange question, right? But hidden in it is the secret to ... more
Last time, we cracked Pop Mart’s blind boxes wide open. But here’s the bigger mystery: why are millions of twenty-somethings hoarding plush toys like they’re Birkin bags?
To find the answer, we have to rewind fifty years. To a sketch of a cat.
In t... more
Many say that Pop Mart is “loot-box economics.” Cute toys + gambling mechanics = $$$.
But… if it were that simple, every blind box brand would be a billion-dollar hit, right?
In this episode, we rewind to Pop Mart’s scrappy mall-vendor days and dig... more
Headlines say Pop Mart’s Labubu craze is all about clever marketing, blind boxes, and ‘ugly cute’ design. But that’s just scratching the surface…
The REAL juicy bits? A layered, cultural, and strategic puzzle that turned a humble Chinese toy brand i... more









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