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Jan 12, 2022

Remember Beijing in ’08? Sixth Tone Wants to Hear From You

Next month, Beijing will host the Olympic Games for the second time, along with neighboring cities.

Remember Beijing in ’08? Sixth Tone Wants to Hear From You

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Jan 4, 2022

Chinese Buyers Join Metaverse Land Rush

Artist Huang Heshan started building virtual houses as an art project. Now, a boom in interest in virtual property has got him selling them…

Chinese Buyers Join Metaverse Land Rush

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Apr 11, 2021

Confronting China’s Child Sex Abuse Crisis: The Story of Sisi

This story is part of Sixth Tone’s five-year anniversary project Changemakers.

Confronting China’s Child Sex Abuse Crisis: The Story of Sisi

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Jan 19, 2021

Their Only Child Gone, ‘Shidu’ Parents Shun China’s Kid-Centric Society

“I used to enjoy having dinner with my friends, but since my son died, I no longer want to go,” says Wang, a woman in her early 60s who…

Their Only Child Gone, ‘Shidu’ Parents Shun China’s Kid-Centric Society

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Sep 16, 2020

Dropping in on China’s ‘Parachute Generation’

The summer Zhang Lingli turned 14, she left her family in the southern city of Guangzhou behind and began a new life at a private high…

Dropping in on China’s ‘Parachute Generation’

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Aug 27, 2020

Sixth Tone Honored at 2020 SOPA Awards

Sixth Tone received two Awards for Excellence and three Honorable Mentions at this year’s Society of Publishers in Asia Awards.

Sixth Tone Honored at 2020 SOPA Awards

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Aug 18, 2020

China’s Hidden Crisis: A Growing Elder Care Gap

SHANGHAI — Huang Ernan knows the live-in caretaker she hires to look after her elderly mother isn’t really up to the job.

China’s Hidden Crisis: A Growing Elder Care Gap

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Aug 17, 2020

The Life, Death, and Potential Rebirth of China’s ‘Taitai’ Housewives

Late last month, a reporter with Sixth Tone’s sister publication, The Paper, reached out to me for comment on China’s latest televised hit…

The Life, Death, and Potential Rebirth of China’s ‘Taitai’ Housewives

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Jul 22, 2020

China’s 35M Domestic Workers, Silent No More

There are an estimated 35 million domestic workers in China. Mostly clustered in large urban areas like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and…

China’s 35M Domestic Workers, Silent No More

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Jun 24, 2020

Locked In, Locked Out: The Foreign Students Stuck in Limbo

As Preslava Pavlova waited to begin her thesis defense for her undergraduate program in teaching Chinese as a foreign language, the…

Locked In, Locked Out: The Foreign Students Stuck in Limbo

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