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China’s ‘OK Boomer’ Makes No Sense — And That’s the Point Young Chinese are pushing back against intrusive questions with confusing and sometimes outright nonsensical replies. Read more: ow.ly/jC2250V5rcp

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Last week, China’s first all-electric airship completed its maiden flight, part of an ambitious push to expand low-altitude aviation, a growing sector focused on tourism, logistics, and eco-friendly transport below 1,000 meters.

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An “injured” robot is carried off the field on a stretcher during a simulated football match at the FIRA RoboWorld Cup in Shanghai, Feb. 22, 2025. Zhu Weihui for Sixth Tone

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China’s government is counting on enthusiasts to drive what it calls the “ice and snow economy,” especially in colder regions that have lagged behind economically. The sector generated revenue of 970 billion yuan last year, according to official data.

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A job ad for sanitation workers in Guangzhou has sparked outrage over age discrimination after it set a strict age limit of 35 for applicants.

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Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry turnaround is sometimes portrayed as a triumph of Chinese influence. The truth is more complicated.

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The close proximity between body and tree evokes a yearning for childhood, suggesting a desire among China’s young generation to get close to nature and escape social constraints. Others spoke of trees as a replacement for human intimacy.

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After a slight rebound in 2023, marriage registrations in China returned to a downward trend last year, with just 6.11 million couples tying the knot, a year-on-year decrease of more than 20%, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Read more: ow.ly/OMuG50V3mfQ

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Trained for specialized tasks and tailored to individual departments, these AI systems now manage 240 administrative processes, including document processing, civil services, emergency response, and investment promotion.

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From 2017 to 2023, Jikipedia, aka Xiaoji Dictionary, was the place to go for anyone looking to brush up on their Chinese internet slang. The idealistic full-time team behind the platform also went viral for stories of its “workplace utopia.” And then it was gone.

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Update: As of Thursday, “Ne Zha 2” has grossed over 10 billion yuan ($1.3 billion), becoming China’s highest-grossing film and setting the biggest single-market box office record in history.

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The death by suicide of a young woman in the southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has rocked China, as her family fights for justice and local authorities investigate whether her former high school teacher had sexually assaulted her.

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“Ne Zha 2” has smashed China’s box office records. It’s also proof of the surprising resilience of China’s “Industrial Party.”

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After years of strict bans to curb pollution, China is reversing its zero-tolerance stance on crop burning, allowing controlled fires as officials navigate rural challenges and enforcement limits.

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As of Tuesday, “Ne Zha 2” has grossed over 8.6 billion yuan ($1.17 billion), becoming China’s highest-grossing film and setting the biggest single-market box office record in history. Read more: ow.ly/kCuW50UWuVy

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Snakes weren’t always “little dragons.” In early Chinese cultures, they were powerful symbols of vitality and strength in their own right.

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“While seemingly minor, the rule change disproportionately affects players from China and Japan, the world’s other two major Go powers, for whom placing stones in the lid is merely a custom, not a rule.”

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In this series, Sixth Tone travels across China to meet the people turning China into an EV nation — the workers, the dealers, and the technicians who are building, selling, and repairing China’s electric vehicles.

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A wildlife park in Sichuan has landed in hot water online after admitting that it sells bottled tiger urine for $6.88 per bottle. Park staff claim that the urine is collected from containers placed in the tigers’ enclosures, and say they are offering it to consumers for its “medicinal benefits.”

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In a society where reproductive responsibility has long fallen on women, a growing number of Chinese men are sharing their vasectomy stories online, sparking long overdue conversations about masculinity and contraception.

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China has 397,000 repair shops for gasoline-powered vehicles but fewer than 20,000 specializing in EVs. That’s just over one service center for every 1,000 electric cars on the road.

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For millions of Chinese EV owners, early promises of affordability, convenience, and cutting-edge tech are now tested by aging batteries, replacement costs, and warranties.

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Liuzhou, a small city in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is perhaps best known for its luosifen, or snail rice noodles. But now, it’s cooking up something new: a booming electric vehicle industry reshaping daily life.

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Han Jinzhong is one of over 40,000 workers at a sprawling factory complex in Jixian Town, now the lynchpin of BYD’s production strategy. For 8 hours a day, he picks up the tool, tightens a screw, scans a QR code, and activates a camera to verify the work. Over and over, 1,500 times a shift.

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Days after a Chinese actor was rescued from a human trafficking ring operating through Thailand, safety concerns among Chinese tourists are causing mass trip cancellations, with some travel agencies reporting high rates ahead of the Lunar New Year, a peak travel season.

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Nearly seven in 10 new energy vehicles sold globally are tied to China, driving shifts in industries and trade at home and abroad. This is the first article in a series exploring China’s electric vehicle boom — and the people building, driving, and fixing its future. www.sixthtone.com/news/1016511

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Replug: How China’s most popular lifestyle app leads — and misleads — young tourists. #xiaohongshu #rednote #littleredbook www.sixthtone.com/news/1016254

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Roughly two-thirds of the world’s iPads are manufactured in Southwest China’s Sichuan and Chongqing regions.

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“Black Myth: Wukong was a proof of concept, showing that Chinese console games can win over European and American players — provided the gameplay is good enough.”

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Gold, intricate seals, and rare treasures buried for over two millennia have emerged from a tomb in China’s Shaanxi province, believed to belong to Tian Qianqiu — a revered prime minister of the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220).

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Jin Yuanbao was 10 years old when her mother, Jiang Wanping, an award-winning journalist, was killed in a traffic accident in 2010. Through articles, diaries, and the memories of others, She is piecing together the life of the mother she lost as a child. Read more: ow.ly/LwQ550UBJhZ

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As temperatures plunged to -16°C, survivors battled a brutal combination of freezing cold and thin air. “It’s unbearably cold. Seeing the weary faces of children and the frailty of the elderly filled me with sorrow,” a resident told Sixth Tone.

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Two-time Asian Champions League winner Guangzhou FC has been barred from China’s 2025 football season over mounting debts and unpaid wages, alongside two other clubs.

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In groundbreaking clinical trials in Shanghai, brain implants have allowed two epilepsy patients to control language and movement using only their thoughts.

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Short videos by self-proclaimed experts offering psychological analysis of reality TV stars or explaining the behaviors associated with various personality disorders grew hugely popular across Chinese social media platforms in 2024.

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Anthropologist Shi Tian conducted interviews with more than 100 Hmong individuals and visited workplaces in China, Laos, and Vietnam. Her findings shed light on the impact of transnational mobility on the socio-economic landscape of China and Southeast Asia.

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Ten million new energy vehicles rolled off the assembly line. Gamers hailed a new Monkey King. And the job market continued to struggle. This is China’s 2024, by the numbers: ow.ly/EPvP50UyjqL

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He Zhongyang, whose violent abuse of his wife gained national attention in China after leaving her hospitalized with severe organ damage last year, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Friday.

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Shi Ming has a three-body problem. Doctor, fighter, daughter — three identities trapped in a fragile orbit.

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Between the pressures of day-to-day caregiving and mounting bills, livestreaming seemed the best way for them to earn some money to offset their children’s treatment costs.

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Researchers interviewed 15 individuals, aged 29 to 32, from nine cities. Most were college-educated, married for one to six years, with frequent separation periods ranging from two weeks to four months.

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The team identified Yunxian 1 as female and Yunxian 2 as male. Both are estimated to have been between ages 25 and 40 at their time of death. Their brain volumes were also found to be larger than that of the more recent Peking Man.

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“Teahouse” is the most famous work of post-1949 Chinese theater. Written by Lao She in 1956, it tells the story of Wang Lifa, the shrewd, kindhearted, but ultimately doomed boss of a teahouse during the turbulent first half of China’s 20th century.

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With 84 million workers now engaged in non-traditional employment arrangements and over 420,000 civil disputes heard in courts over the past five years, these rulings address mounting concerns over legal ambiguity, inconsistent enforcement, and worker protections.

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The company explained it hoped to make it easier for travelers from the south to secure tickets to the internet-famous event and threatened to strip violators of their annual bonuses.

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E-bike manufacturers will bear “primary responsibility” for ensuring the proper recycling of lithium batteries, including collecting used batteries and handing them over to licensed recycling firms.

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Here are 30 photos that capture the moments that defined China’s 2024, as selected by Sixth Tone’s photo editors.

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Delivery service giant Meituan is piloting a “fatigue management” system in select cities that requires delivery drivers to log off after 12 hours. The change will affect 0.18% of workers, according to company estimates.

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Three years ago, 28-year-old Qi Qi purchased a home in the Star Mall apartment complex in Chengdu. To this day, the construction project remains unfinished. She moved in anyway. This is her story: ow.ly/8jvh50UteiY

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Middle-class Chinese parents have reacted with concern to news that universities in Macau plan to ban applications from mainland students who did not take the gaokao, China’s national college-entrance exams.

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