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The Sudden Prosecution of Hunan’s ‘Hand Cannon Performers’

Translations, cross-publications, and collaborative projects from Sixth Tone’s external partners. 

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An old Chinese folk custom, incompatible with state laws, lands elderly villagers in trouble.

They Swapped Lives for a Month. Did Anything Change?

Until it was canceled, “X-Change” let rural and urban students switch lives for a month. China watched the drama, and the divide, unfold.

The Unbearable Likeness of Being: The Story of ‘Little Jack Ma’

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.

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Fan Xiaoqin became an instant online child star for looking like Jack Ma. Now, that fame has faded and so has the wealth it once promised. What’s left is an innocence lost and a childhood compromised.

Dispatches From Hubei: Two Weeks Between Life and Death

A Hubei resident recounts his wife’s final days, and his battle to save her.

On the Cold Trail of a Child Trafficker

For years, children disappeared while their suspected kidnapper evaded Chinese authorities.

Abducted, Sold, Lost: A Lifetime in Search of Family

Armed with only a fistful of memories, Yang Haijun desperately searches for his birth parents.

Death of an Eel Vendor

Conflicts with management at produce market in central China turn bloody, revealing ongoing tensions between small businesses and authorities.