Backstage at China’s Music Festivals
In this episode of Sixth Tone’s podcast, reporter Yin Yijun explains what goes into putting on a music festival in China.
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Sixth Tone Podcast: Fresh voices from today's China
Sixth Tone is an English-language media outlet bringing you news, features, and commentary from today's China.
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8 episodes
The Wenchuan Earthquake
In this episode of Sixth Tone’s podcast, reporters Wang Lianzhang and Lin Qiqing look back on one of modern China’s most devastating disaste...
Boys and BB Cream
While only a minority of men in China may be ready to serve up a full face of makeup, a vanguard of young celebrities with boyish looks — “l...
Race and Representation in China
China often represents itself as a monoracial country in which racist advertising or offensive language results from unthinking slip-ups. Ye...
How Chinese Photographers Capture the Country
Go behind the camera lens with Sixth Tone photo editors and get to know the styles, stories, and brilliance of some of China’s most renowned...
Is China's Domestic Violence Law Doing Its Job?
In 2016, China implemented its first domestic violence law, which allowed victims to file personal protection orders against their abusers....
Diving Into China's Underwear Drawers
Journey with Sixth Tone reporters into China's lingerie capital, Guanyun County, where countryside workshops make scanty bras, panties, and...
Spilled Milk: How the Melamine Scandal Impacted China
A decade after the melamine scandal devastated China's milk industry, how has it changed dairy production in the country? Who are the people...