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There are five tones in Mandarin Chinese. When it comes to coverage of China, Sixth Tone believes there is room for other voices that go beyond buzzwords and headlines to tell the uncommon stories of common people.
Through fresh takes on trending topics, in-depth features, and illuminating contributions, Sixth Tone covers issues from the perspectives of those most intimately involved to highlight the nuances and complexities of today’s China.
We are a team of writers, editors, and researchers from within China and abroad. We belong to Shanghai United Media Group, and share our offices with our sister publication, The Paper.
What came to my attention was a four-part series of archival photographs that show a historic China in ways seldom seen:
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001925/the-foreign-missionaries-who-first-turned-a-lens-on-china
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002053/seeing-red-chinas-communist-revolution-captured-on-camera