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With Podcasts, a Generation of Young Chinese Find Their Voice

The rise of audio is helping young Chinese storytellers explore contentious social issues, but some worry the medium's growing mainstream appeal will spoil the fun.

On Climate Change Challenges 

China Needs Strategic Rethink for Climate Change Era, Officials Warn

Chinese Vloggers Step Into the Past, Dressed for Clicks

Many users on video-streaming site Bilibili are keeping up with “guofeng,” a trend helping them bring in more clicks, and cash.

First Day of China’s ‘Gaokao’

Parents take photos as their children enter an examination room for China’s national college entrance exam, or “gaokao,” at Xiangming High School in Shanghai, June 7, 2021. Wu Huiyuan/Sixth Tone

Inheritor of Bamboo-Pole Sailing Tradition Wows Netizens

A 24-year-old who has been practicing the traditional art of bamboo-pole sailing since childhood has amazed Chinese social media users with her performances.