The Journal of Chinese Phonetics (6th Series) contains articles such as “A preliminary study of the resonance peak patterns of the diphthong vowels in Guangzhou dialect”, “Pronunciation characteristics of the turbid consonants in Luxi Township dialect of western Hunan”, “The influence of age and gender on the ga cracking sound in the upper tones of Pekingese”, “Statistical analysis of the tones of the single character tones of the Mandarin Chinese language” and “Experimental study of the output and perception of flat tones in Jiu Du dialect of Huangtian Township”.