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Wildfires and Heat Wave Wreak Havoc in Southwest China

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

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35 Days and Counting: Living Inside a Shanghai Factory

One Monk, a 500-Year Old Temple, and 9,000 Cats and Dogs

Wetlands ‘Restoration’ Threatens Bird Habitats

With restoration projects like these, who needs enemies, activists ask.

‘What Is the Meaning of Holding This Olympics?’

After years of focus on China, Japanese-born filmmaker Takeuchi Ryo turns his lens to Japan in new documentary.

Shanghai’s Wheelchair Dancers Put a New Spin on Disability

The city’s first wheelchair dance group, Home of Hope, are on a mission to redefine what it means to be a disabled person in China.

Revealed: How Floods Turned a Chinese Subway Into a Death Trap

A subway train carrying hundreds of commuters. A violent flash flood. A desperate struggle for survival. Sixth Tone investigates how extreme weather sowed terror in a Chinese megacity.

The Faceup Artist: My Life Inside the Dollhouse

Gong Xin’s motivation for working as a ball-jointed doll makeup artist is to see these mini humans manifest vivid imaginations.

She’s China’s Newest Photography Star. She’s Also 6 Years Old.

Pint-sized street photographer Shengsheng has shot to fame on Chinese social media. But some worry she’s too young to handle her newfound stardom.