Sixth Tone

For more than a year, a shop owner in central China’s Hubei province has been visiting migrant workers’ elderly parents on their behalf in mountainous, rural villages back home. He has traveled into the mountains more than 200 times, with his longest round journey stretching 160 kilometers round tri

A basketball-loving volunteer has gone viral for his lightning-fast court-cleaning skills, stealing the spotlight during a game in eastern China.

Taixing, a city in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, is known for manufacturing mahjong tiles. Now, a sudden wave of American demand is changing the way the city makes and sells tiles.

Some of China’s rafting attractions have added a wild twist this summer, hiding bear-costumed performers along their rivers to surprise, entertain, and occasionally attack visitors during their rides.

A young part-time security guard in eastern China has gone viral for using energetic dance-like gestures to guide cars into a shopping mall’s underground parking.

The pair from Datong, Shanxi province, carved a miniature replica of the nearby Yungang Grottoes into the sandbar of a stream.

A garbage truck in Chengdu has gone viral after its driver adorned it with dozens of discarded dolls and plushies, as well as his daughter’s old toys.

Ever wondered where your mahjong tiles come from? In Taixing, an aging mahjong manufacturing hub in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, factories are redesigning tiles, expanding exports, and racing to meet a sudden wave of American demand. “I used to make just 20 sets of American mahjong a year. No