Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

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China’s Year in Numbers

From gamer highs to box office lows and everything in between.

Luo Yahan

Wang Jingyang

China’s 2024 in Photos

A selection of the year’s best photos by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.

Sixth Tone

Chiung Yao, Iconic Author of Romance and Drama, Dies at 86

A prolific author and screenwriter, she shaped Chinese-language literature and cinema with her tales of love, loss, and forbidden relationships.

Clearing the Bar: Searching for China’s Next Track Star

The Paper

In Ningxia’s Boar Wars, Farmers and Hunters Unite to Save Crops

Patching the Sky: An Artist Finds Harmony in Torn Cloth

Contemporary artist Yin Xiuzhen urges viewers to “break through their shackles” with her solo show in Shanghai.

Ding Yining

How Do Chinese Spend Their Time?

The National Time-Use Survey is perhaps the best window into how 1.4 billion Chinese split their days between work, play, and sleep. Here are some of this year’s answers.