A selection of the year’s best illustrations curated by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.
In 2021, Sixth Tone partnered with several visual artists who used their craft to illustrate our diverse stories.
From endangered animals to the lives of China’s model community, we list some notable illustrations from the past year.
The West Now Has New COVID-19 Cures. How About China?
Across China, Species on the Brink
The Curious Case of China’s Feminist Eugenicists
Art for the Countryside’s Sake
China’s ‘Drifting’ Migrant Mothers Tell Their Stories
Children of the Revolution: The Lives of China’s Model Communists
A Brief History of Chinese Vaccination Campaigns
For Gay Migrants, Cruising Spots Aren’t Just Shadows and Shame
Inside China’s Cult of the Cat
Training Our Tongues to Forget
(Header image: Liliia Kyrylenko/VectorStock/People Visual)