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The Albino ‘Princess’ Growing Confidence in a Crowd

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

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The mother of a 5-year-old girl with albinism shares how cosplay and catwalks have helped her daughter combat the stigma of the condition.

Inside the School Teaching Parents How to Parent

A controversial private education company in eastern China is offering courses on “smart parenting,” but are its students seeing results?

Lost and Found: Seeking Solace in Street View Snapshots

Netizens struggling with grief or homesickness are turning to street-level navigation apps in search of lost loved ones and former homes.

Pointing Fingers: Exhibition Zooms In on Student Stress

A young photographer has focused her lens on the “writer’s callus” to reflect the realities of life for Chinese school students.

Food Fight: The Competitive World of ‘Last-Mile Runners’

Banned from parking outside skyscrapers, food delivery riders in Shenzhen have come to rely on a group of self-employed, mostly middle-aged couriers to complete their orders.

Not Just Toys: How Young Chinese Are ‘Parenting’ Dolls 

As more young Chinese women “raise” plush cotton dolls like children, researchers find a link to loneliness and a desire for belonging.

Waiting Game: Visa Delays Leave Students in Limbo

Dismayed postgraduate students lobby Canadian officials about the country’s lengthy security clearance process and a lack of feedback on visa applications.

Learning Curve: Young Teachers Strive as Class Leaders

Serving as a homeroom teacher to provide educational and emotional support to dozens of students and their parents can test educators, especially those new to the job.

Add to Heart: Single Seniors Looking for Love at IKEA

The Swedish furniture store’s restaurants have become popular spots in Shanghai for single senior citizens, matchmakers, and elderly residents just looking to pass the time.

Are Kids to Blame for China’s Noisy Trains?

As disputes on high-speed rail journeys over crying babies and unruly children become more common, parents and train attendants are feeling the pressure.

Inside the Minds of Abusive Husbands

A Jiangsu court has begun taking counseling for abusers seriously.

Help Delayed Is Help Denied: The Fatal Flaw in China’s 911

A 120 dispatcher’s work protocol is simple but veterans point to systemic problems that plague response time.

As COVID Lingers: Extract, Test, Seal. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

Burdened with unending nucleic acid tests, lab workers are stretched to the limit.