Sixth Tone is an online publication that produces informed and insightful content on contemporary China. Like an additional tone to the five of Mandarin Chinese, Sixth Tone offers a new voice to coverage of China, placing the emphasis on the human element of every story. Through in-depth features, up-to-the-minute reports on emerging issues, and …

Sep 24, 2024 · It was one of the feel-good stories of the pandemic. Four years ago, 59-year-old Su Min left behind her abusive husband and decades of domestic drudgery to begin an epic solo road trip across China.. As she crisscrossed the country in her little white Volkswagen, Su became a viral sensation.

Nov 13, 2024 · It was an abrupt, dramatic return to rival the release of Beyoncé’s “Lemonade.” On Tuesday, Li Ziqi, one of China’s most popular influencers, suddenly dropped her first videos in more than three years, triggering a social media frenzy that is …

There are five tones in Mandarin Chinese. When it comes to coverage of China, Sixth Tone believes there is room for other voices that go beyond buzzwords and headlines to tell the uncommon stories of common people.

Nov 1, 2024 · In the years since, the now 81-year-old Xu has become an internet favorite, with over 280,000 followers on video platform Bilibili. But while it’s easy to attribute the renewed popularity of the “Celestial Symphony” to millennial nostalgia, the fact is that the piece was designed to transcend time from the start — bridging 14 centuries of Chinese history from the Tang dynasty (618 ...

Dec 9, 2024 · On the afternoon of Dec. 4, 2024, 86-year-old romance novelist Chen Che — better known by her pen name Chiung Yao — took her own life. Her final video, shared posthumously on her Facebook account, showed Chiung in a vibrant red outfit, looking into the camera and saying: “This day has finally come...

Ten million new energy vehicles rolled off the assembly line. Gamers hailed a new Monkey King. And the job market continued to struggle. China’s 2024 had its share of ups and downs, box office bombs and theatrical hits.

This August brought the launch of the most anticipated Chinese video game, possibly ever. The first “AAA” game released by a Chinese studio, “Black Myth: Wukong” smashed records on its debut, racking up 18 million sales and reaching a high of over 2 …

May 10, 2024 · During this period, paintings of court ladies continued to extol female virtue and moral conduct. Gu’s “Wise and Benevolent Women” depicts 15 women from “Biographies of Exemplary Women,” a Han dynasty compilation of historical women that served as a textbook of ideal female conduct.The women were considered to be exceptionally knowledgeable and enlightened about heavenly principles.

Jan 2, 2025 · Yet, Yang’s question stuck with her. Shi began to wonder how the Hmong communities she’d studied felt about the dramatic changes brought about by China’s infrastructure spending in Southeast Asia — and how they were leveraging new opportunities brought by open borders, increased internet access, and greater connectivity to the outside world to change their lives.