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Sixth Tone is an online publication that produces informed and insightful content on contemporary China. Like an additional tone to the five of Mandarin Chinese, Sixth Tone offers a new voice to coverage of China, placing the emphasis on the human element of every story. Through in-depth features, up-to-the-minute repo
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Did AI Find Murakami’s Voice? Student’s $2 Experiment Divides China’s Literati
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1204+ words) Chinese readers of Haruki Murakami used to wait over a year for a faithful Mandarin translation of his latest book after its official release in Japanese. Not this time. An unlicensed, high-fidelity digital version of the author’s new novel, “The…...
China’s Chatbot Users Are Grieving the Loss of Their AI Partners
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1058+ words) “It was a bolt from the blue,” the 24-year-old postgrad, from the southwestern city of Kunming, told Sixth Tone. “I couldn’t believe my eyes.” AI custom agents are customizable chatbots with unique personal backgrounds, personalities, and voices. Many users base…...
Inside the Chinese AI Studio Shrinking Short-Drama Crews to One
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1705+ words) Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. Read part 1. JIANGSU, East China — Chen Hao’s old desktop still has more than 10 versions of Nuke, a standard editing tool in the…...
From Film Sets to Prompts: The AI Short-Drama Revolution
2+ week, 5+ day ago (206+ words) China’s booming ultra-short drama industry is being reshaped by the rapid rise of AI-generated video. In Zhengzhou, one of the country’s major production hubs, directors, actors, crews, and film bases that once fueled the industry’s explosive growth are now facing…...
China’s Short-Drama Boom Was Built on Speed. Then AI Got Faster.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1778+ words) Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. HENAN, Central China — When a tow truck stopped beside three luxury cars at Zhoutu Culture’s compound in the central Chinese city of…...