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Peter Hessler’s World of Words

Your questions, answered. In-depth interviews with the minds and makers shaping today’s China.

The acclaimed author on generations, his approach to writing, and how China has changed since the 1990s.

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

Photographer Xu Haifeng captures the melancholic optimism of China’s commercial hub in the 1990s and 2000s.