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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 …
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ABOUT US. 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. Through fresh takes on trending topics, in-depth features, and illuminating contributions, Sixth Tone covers issues from ...
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Speed, Stress, Surveillance: The Human Toll of China’s Beverage …
Oct 10, 2024 — China’s ready-to-drink beverage market has experienced rapid growth, with the industry surpassing 260 billion yuan ($36.8 billion) in 2023 — a 22.8% increase from the previous year. By mid-2024, over 70,000 brands were competing for market share, offering a range of drinks including coffee, tea, yogurt, and juice, with chains like Mixue Ice ...
After Ye, What’s Next for International Artists in China?
Oct 11, 2024 — In recent years, the Chinese government has sought to position the island as a showcase for China’s continued “reform and opening-up,” granting it greater flexibility in trade, visa, and taxation policies. In 2020, Beijing unveiled plans to transform Hainan into a “Free Trade Port” by 2025. Hosting a high-profile international concert ...
Look, Hal, No Hands! Robotaxis Rolled Out in Suburban Shanghai
01:57. Sixth Tone took a test drive in an autonomous vehicle — or robotaxi — operated by ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing in Shanghai’s suburban Jiading District. Xu Wangyuxuan, Ye Ruolin, Ye Yuhui/Sixth Tone. While Didi is the first ride-hailing company to roll out a robotaxi service in Shanghai, a few companies launched similar services ...
Can Rural Vloggers Make China’s Countryside Cool?
Driving the boom in countryside content is a large and growing community of rural vloggers. Kuaishou claims it gave more than 1 million “short video and livestreaming” trainings to rural creators in 2022 alone. Many of these rural vloggers are recent returnees, back in the countryside after years spent working or going to school in the cities.
In China’s New Stand-up Comedy Shows, Women Have All the …
Oct 8, 2024 — The prominence of female comics in these new shows is unprecedented. There are 27 women competing in the two contests in total, accounting for nearly one-third of the total performers. It’s a stark contrast with just a few years ago, when pioneering female stars like Yang Li, Siwen, and Li Xueqin were massively outnumbered.
Echoes of War: The Untold Story of the Lisbon Maru
Oct 11, 2024 — In late September 1942, 1,816 Allied prisoners of war were imprisoned on a Japanese military cargo liner, the Lisbon Maru, to be transported from Hong Kong to Japan.After three days of smooth sailing, the vessel was torpedoed by the USS Grouper off Dongji Island, part of the Zhoushan archipelago in China’s eastern Zhejiang province.. After the torpedo strike, the Japanese troops onboard ...