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March 2021: The Unreasonable Women of China


In celebration of International Women's Day 2021, this March The Unreasonable is dedicating the entire month to stories of women in China who are creating progress after a difficult year of challenges and disruptions. Through a series of podcasts, launched every other day from March 8th, we will

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IWD 2020


On 8th March, International Women's Day, The Unreasonable collaborated with the largest weekly news magazine in China, Sanlian Life, to launch the topic of #Challenging prejudice towards woman starts with women facing up to self-bias#. Through a series of calligraphy posters, the topic generated

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The Unreasonable @The Sustainability Issue


Anomaly Shanghai in partnership with Unreasonable Studios launches a documentary that delves into the increasingly important topic of sustainability. Over the last few years, awareness of sustainability has increasingly entered the mainstream consciousness in China, driven most by the decision

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The Sustainability Issue


Flustered by Shanghai's new waste sorting laws, comedian Shi Yan, who is the vice-president of Xiaoguo Culture, navigates a world of eco-warriors in an effort to better understand what it means to live more

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The Rebels Rebel


Viktor Radics is a Toronto based creative photographer and also an avid motorcycle aficionado. His story focuses on how and why he founded “The Moto Social:” a community events platform designed to positively impact humanity through a more approachable and inclusive

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Educational Disrupter & Revolutionary


Vanessa is the founder and director of The Math Guru, a super cool boutique math & science tutoring studio in Toronto. She's also in a kickass rock band called Goodnight, Sunrise.  Her #goals are to be Lady-Gaga-famous and to totally change math culture so that STEM is finally as cool as Kim

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Legendary Female Boxer


The story focuses on the incredible journey of former undefeated seven times world champion boxer, Michele Aboro, from her beginnings in London to her present in Shanghai, China. It is a journey of breaking down barriers, from first learning boxing when the sport was banned for women to becoming an

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The Unreasonable @The China Women’s Film Festival


The Unreasonable follows Michele Aboro, as she now runs her own boxing gym in Shanghai, while also exploring the uphill journey it took to get to where she’s at now. From first learning boxing when the sport was banned for females to becoming an undefeated world champion, from professional

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Art Director of Muji


Kenya Hara, Japanese graphic designer, Art Director at Muji and Curator of House Vision exhibitions. Kenya Hara is a master of visualizing

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Father of Emotional AI


Meet Kenny Chien, Founder of Emotibot. With an ambition to leapfrog the challenges of creating AI in Chinese, his vision is to give bots emotions - and the ability to understand emotions. See his story now on The

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Standup Comedian Educator


Standup comedy is a brand new culture in China brought to the public by online streaming shows. However, there are not resources for young comedians to become professional. Shi Yan, a former English teacher who turned to a popular comedian, decided to cultivate a new generation of Chinese standup

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The Unreasonable Abin @ Cinker Pictures | Talk + Tasting


The Unreasonable Abin worked 10 years in the advertising industry as a creative director. However, he quit in one night and went back to the countryside, to where he grew up. He wants to use his knowledge to help the farmers to grow their business, create job opportunities, and utilizes

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Influence Economy Revolutionist


Rain Huan is the CEO of Influence Chain, a blockchain platform that allows users to track, trade and invest in their favourite stars or projects. He is a technology - savvy man sticks to the core value of decentralization, and turns the credibility of celebrities into tradable

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Female Orgasm Advocate


Resigned from her high-paying day job, Ying Wong opened a shop for sex toys in the French Concession, Shanghai. In addition to selling stunning sex toys, teaching pole dancing lessons, and selling drinks, she also organizes a variety of workshops and activities to help women better understand

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Sex Toy Revolutionist


With a strong empathy, product designer Liu Bo invented Sistalk Monsters which are sex toys with attractive outlines and different personalities. Sistalk Monsters have won the Red Dot Award and IF Award. More importantly, these cute monsters allow countless women to open their hearts and build

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Independent Cinema Founder


Setting up an independent cinema in China has been talked for a very long time but never really happened. In a depressed political environment, stating “independent” doesn’t sound very wise. However, Nico Yan, a graphic designer, decided to challenge this difficult area. Cinker Pictures and

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#TheUnreasonableWomen For International Women’s Day


MARCH 8th 2018, SHANGHAI -- For the second year running, The Unreasonable has marked International Women’s Day with a provocative piece of content. Having spoken with many women, they identified that a key barrier to women starting up their own companies, was the fact that they are often

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DNA Codebreaker


DNA is in our bodies, it comes with our birth, but it always has this mysterious distance from our ordinary daily life. Most people’s knowledge and understanding about DNA are still the same as we learned from high school textbooks. No one would relate our daily behaviour and habits with DNA.

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Magazine Library Founder


A hidden basement space on Fuxing South Road in Taipei contains over 20000 magazines from different places and different ages. You could only hear the sound of thumbing through magazines in this cozy reading space and feel the passion for magazines of the founder Spencer Chou. “When people

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Mindful Eating Advocator


Matilda Ho, founder of Yimishiji, had spent more than 5 years in food industry doing consulting before she started her own platform. Her insider experience makes her being aware of a lot problems on the food industry chain. The concern about food security and education makes Matilda decide to

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The Unreasonable x K11 | COLOR YOUR MIND


Aestheticell Textbook Re-design Project, founded by Lin Tsung Yen, Chang Po-Wei and Swi Chen, collaborates with designers and publishing houses in Taiwan to re-design the textbooks for the kids in Taiwan, trying to incorporate the diverse style of aesthetics in an art museum into the textbooks

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The Unreasonable Salon|Su Wukou – More Than Fashion


The Unreasonable collaborates with Doe, one of the most popular streetwear store/coffee shop in Shanghai, invites Su Wukou attending The Unreasonable Salon this time. Students,  fashion media, young designers... different people who are interested in fashion or interested in Su Wukou's design

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HARDWARE ACCELERATOR


In this episode of The Unreasonable, the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator will show you how they build, launch, and ship products at super speed. Based in the “ silicon valley of hardware”, Shenzhen, HAX is an investment company and as such is fully aligned with the success of

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Upcycling Product Designer


Everyday there are about 13000 ton solid waste being delivered to the landfills in Hong Kong, which makes the landfills almost full. A lot of the ‘garbage’ are discarded products, which means the garbage are also products designed by some designers. As a product designer, Kevin Cheung started

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Fashion Challenger


Su Wukou, owner of a Taobao based fashion designer brand Purlicue, becomes a hot topic in China's fashion industry. His direct and ironic ways of doing and presenting fashion put another layer onto those simple garments. "People don't see me as an independent fashion designer, they don't see me

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Aesthetic Education Activist


Textbooks to children are like a longtime companion, most kids usually spend five to eight hours reading them everyday. But is there any possible ways to design a textbook that also looks good? Aestheticell Textbook Re-design Project, founded by Lin Tsung Yen, Chang Po-Wei and Swi Chen,

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CHOIR REINVENTOR


The Rainbow Chamber Singers (RCS) were founded in 2010 by conductor Jin Chengzhi and a small group of his fellow students at the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The choir puts on a concert every six months, performing old favorites and newly written traditional-style choral pieces.

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