Adopting Oxfam's key elements of education for global citizenship, this case study investigates how digital storytelling, a participatory media practice, is used for citizenship education among Chinese college students. A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews suggests digital storytelling can be used as an effective pedagogical tool as students report multifaceted development in knowledge, skills and values outlined in the curriculum for global citizenship education. Instead of taking an approach focusing only on Western values, the researcher emphasizes the use of local agendas and taking local contexts into consideration while integrating information and communication technologies for global citizenship education. The findings show that professional tools and tutorial are helpful and welcomed but not a must-have, which indicates promoting global citizenship education through digital storytelling is practically feasible in the Global South whose voices should be heard and values known in a globalized world. This study adds literature on global citizen education in China which is under-researched compared to more developed Asian economies.