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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.
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China's First Booster Landing Marks Leap Toward Reusable Rockets
The country has landed an orbital rocket booster on solid ground for the first time, heralding a future of reusable rocket parts.
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China Before the Infinite Camera Roll
Thomas Sauvin's archive of discarded family negatives captures an era when 36 photos could document years of birthdays, travel, and everyday life.
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What Happens When Chinese Dreamcore Meets the Real World?
Young Chinese are being sold a dream of a time before malls and chain restaurants.
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Cold Comfort: What Europe's Heat Wave Means for Chinese Factories
As summer heat waves send global orders for cooling solutions soaring, one Suzhou plant shows how China's SMEs are absorbing the pressure.
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Chinese Supermarket Chain Recruits Ex-Cons for 2nd Consecutive Year
Pangdonglai, known for its comparatively healthy working conditions and benefits, has announced it will recruit 20 former convicts who have served at least five years in prison.
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A Chinese Coal City Finds New Use for Old Mines: Cooling Homes
The pioneering low-carbon technique, which routes water from accumulated rainfall and groundwater in abandoned mines to residential areas, has previously been used in the area to heat homes during winter.
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China's Study Abroad Boom Finds a New Generation: Retirees
After decades of work and family responsibilities, older Chinese are pursuing overseas education for themselves, but many are finding classrooms designed for younger students.
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Deliver Rider Wins China's Top Literary Prize for Poetry
Wang Jibing, part of a growing cohort of grassroots Chinese writers, has written more than 6,000 poems about his time spent delivering food.
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How Chaoshan Business Was Built on Morals, Not Contracts
Trust, not laws, underpinned century-old networks for remittances from overseas Chinese workers. Its legacy still informs China's business culture today.
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The Chinese Voice Actor Forced to Prove He's Human
AI has made Shen Anyu's voice cheap to copy and nearly impossible to control, drawing him and his wife into a widening fight over income, identity and ownership.
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