2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (224+ words) For those of us who were university students when Overwatch launched in 2016, the game arrived at exactly the right moment, and perhaps, in hindsight, it was both a blessing and a curse. We were the first generation truly obsessed with…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago  (463+ words) Chinese scientists have, for the first time, reversed acute liver failure using a gene-edited pig liver kept outside the patient's body." The procedure was announced Feb. 4 by Xijing Hospital, an affiliated hospital of Air Force Medical University in the northwestern…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1330+ words) Editor's note: In the age of the attention economy, social media has the power to change lives by propelling any ordinary Joe to celebrity status in an instant. But what happens when that 15 minutes of fame ends? Sixth Tone is…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (469+ words) A new Chinese study has found that the presence of top female students can significantly improve the academic performance of other female classmates " especially those from academically and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The study, conducted by researchers from Peking University and…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (816+ words) Sixth Tone When Shakespeare Meets Shanxi Opera At the performance's climax, the general, played in a wusheng role " the martial male type in Chinese opera " enters his wife's bedroom. The flags on his back and the pheasant-tail feathers on his…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (206+ words) China's strictest regulations on fireworks and firecrackers will take effect May 1, imposing stricter limits on safety, noise, and chemical and explosive content. Seven previously separate standards on various types of fireworks will now be consolidated into a single unified framework…...

5+ day, 37+ min ago  (903+ words) YUNNAN, Southwest China " At a caf" in Kunming, 23-year-old graduate student Liu Ying drinks a tamarind americano. In her cup, bitter coffee beans from Yunnan's famed Pu'er region meet the sweet-and-sour tang of dried local tamarind " a combination that shouldn't…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (478+ words) A 20-year-old woman in Zhengzhou, capital of China's central Henan province, has allegedly embezzled roughly 17 million yuan ($2. 3 million) from her family's business to spend on livestream tipping. Tipping is a common livestream practice in which viewers purchase and send virtual…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (990+ words) A grilled fish chain let customers decide where to open its first Shanghai store. A dairy company turned an online meme into a celebrity endorsement. A hand-drawn sketch for a three-drum washing machine became a real product. In China, brands…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (610+ words) Seven of China's largest e-commerce platforms have been fined a record 3. 6 billion yuan ($494 million) for allowing "ghost kitchens" to sell millions of fake cake orders. The penalty is the largest since the national Food Safety Law took effect in 2009 in…...