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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 repo
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Chinese County Takes Aim at Soaring Bride Prices
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (400+ words) A rural Chinese county is working to end the practice of grooms and their families spending exorbitant amounts to ask for their brides’ hands in marriage — a custom known as “bride price.” For years, the central government has attempted to…...
For China’s Gen Z Investors, Patriotism Meets Portfolio Math
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (1118+ words) Huang Jiarui knew she’d beaten the odds when she secured 1,000 shares in CXMT’s IPO, one of China’s leading memory-chip makers and a key player in the country’s push to build its own chip industry. The allotment rate was just 0.47%. On…...
Chinese Supermarket Chain Recruits Ex-Cons for 2nd Consecutive Year
3+ week, 4+ day ago (476+ words) Chinese supermarket chain Pangdonglai has announced the recruitment of former convicts for the second year in a row, expanding its hiring scope to employees who have spent at least five years in prison. The move has sparked renewed debate over…...
China’s Post-Gaokao Teens Are Spending Big Before College
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1001+ words) When Wang Yijun walked out of the gaokao examination room on June 8, she immediately started thinking about what she’d do that summer. After three years of putting aside her hobbies and personal interests to study for China’s national college entrance…...