2019 in Review

2019-in-review

How a New Law Turned China’s Vaccine Industry Upside-Down

Articles that cut to the core of contemporary China. In-depth, informed, and carefully crafted, every piece is carried by the voices of the story’s participants.

FEATURES

China is trying to inoculate itself against future faulty vaccine scandals with strict new legislation. But the changes have led to complications.

Ni Dandan

Silent No More: How China’s Domestic Abuse Victims Spoke Out

Despite China’s introduction of landmark anti-domestic violence legislation, progress on the issue remains slow. In 2019, victims took to social media to share their pain.

Fan Yiying

China’s Top Tech Trends of 2019

Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

NEWS

From the trade war and 5G race to labor and facial-recognition disputes, China’s 2019 in tech has been filled with challenges, changes, and even charges.

Xue Yujie

Dogs’ Lives: Rescuing China’s Growing Pack of Strays

A recent boom in pet ownership has led to millions of abandoned animals wandering China’s streets. In 2019, the country started to do something about it.

China’s 2019 in Photos

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

MULTIMEDIA

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

Ding Yining

Qi Ya

2019: The Year China Went to War on Garbage

In China’s major cities, people started talking trash with the introduction of strict — at times baffling — new waste-sorting schemes.

Li You

China’s Year in Sports in 7 Words

For Chinese sports, 2019 was a year of triumphs, disappointments, and — above all — controversies.