# Sixth Tone

> Sixth Tone is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in China. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **State-influenced**.

- **Domain:** sixthtone.com
- **Website:** https://www.sixthtone.com/
- **Country:** China
- **Region:** Asia
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** State-influenced
- **Founded:** 2016

## About

Sixth Tone has one job: to translate the contemporary mainland for English readers through long features on social trends, urban life and the people behind statistical headlines. The pace is slow, the prose literary, the political register softer than the wire services that feed it from across town. Its parent group is state-owned, which keeps the magazine inside Shanghai's editorial perimeter even when its stories feel cosmopolitan.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** State-owned; published by Shanghai United Media Group
- **Funding:** State-funded through SUMG with supplemental advertising
- **Focus areas:** Social trends, urban life, gender, labour, rural China, subcultures and human-interest features for English readers; long-form rather than breaking news


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Chinese County Takes Aim at Soaring Bride Prices](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018960/Chinese County Takes Aim at Soaring Bride Prices) — 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Study Linking Solar Farms to Bird Loss Draws Scrutiny in China](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018949/Study Linking Solar Farms to Bird Loss Draws Scrutiny in China) — 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Hundreds Still Missing After Deadly China-Nepal Border Mudslide](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018953/Hundreds Still Missing After Deadly China-Nepal Border Mudslide) — 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Eye of the Storm: Viral Podcaster Breaks Silence Over Plagiarism Scandal](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018944/Eye of the Storm: Viral Podcaster Breaks Silence Over Plagiarism Scandal) — 2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Who Let the Dogs In? Chinese Universities Open Dorms to Pets](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018948/Who Let the Dogs In? Chinese Universities Open Dorms to Pets) — 2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Inside the Chinese AI Studio Shrinking Short-Drama Crews to One](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018935/Inside the Chinese AI Studio Shrinking Short-Drama Crews to One) — 2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Chinese Mother Buys Daughters Extra Train Seat, Sparking Debate](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018928/Chinese Mother Buys Daughters Extra Train Seat, Sparking Debate) — 2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [China Before the Infinite Camera Roll](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018921/China Before the Infinite Camera Roll) — 2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-05-08. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 7 (4 themes).

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