Technology
Without Jensen Huang, who holds the US-China tech bridge together?
Huang’s departure could weaken Nvidia’s case for serving Chinese customers, making access to US technology less certain while accelerating China’s push for self-reliance and putting wider commercial ties under strain. Chinese researcher Sun Chenghao analyses the situation.
Sun Chenghao
Politics
Will Trump’s defeat revive the old order?
Trump’s midterm setback has raised hopes of an American return to the old world order. But with geopolitical realities transformed and US-China tensions persisting, the path back may be far less straightforward, argues Taiwan academic Simon Chang.
Simon Chang
Society
[Video] How Japanese drama Vivant sparked an online China-Japan proxy war
Japanese spy drama Vivant shows Chinese agents torturing Japanese captives in ways that seem to mirror Japan’s wartime atrocities. Fierce rebukes from the Chinese government and state media have sparked a full-blown online war. ThinkChina’s Yi Jina looks at how politics and drama became entwined amid strained China-Japan ties.
Yi Jina
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Heng Kim Song has been the freelance editorial cartoonist for Lianhe Zaobao since 1984. His cartoons are also featured in many major international publications including The New York Times, Asahi Shimbun, JoongAng Ilbo, South China Morning Post and Yazhou Zhoukan. His many awards include the Top Award in United Nations ESCAP’s Cartoon Competition and the Grafica Internazionale Award presented by Italian Museum of Political Satire and Caricature. Heng has also participated in many international exhibitions and events, including the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings held in Davos, Switzerland.
History
[Photos] How forgotten wartime photos reshaped China’s history of resistance against Japan
For decades, the Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang (KMT) gave competing accounts of who led China’s resistance against Japan. In 2005, Taiwanese historical photo collector Hsu Chung-mao’s rare wartime photographs helped bring the KMT’s long-overlooked contributions into the spotlight.
Hsu Chung-mao
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Politics
Bilahari Kausikan: The Korean Peninsula and the future of East Asian geopolitics
Former Singapore diplomat Bilahari Kausikan believes that a momentous strategic shift is underway on the Korean Peninsula, impacting the East Asian geopolitical landscape. The rise of a nuclear-armed North Korea and a transactional US alliance system are forcing a structural reset. An independent nuclear path for South Korea and Japan may be next.
Bilahari Kausikan
Society
Rich nations tell citizens to stockpile for crises. Why not China?
From the US and Europe to Japan, official appeals for households to stockpile essential supplies are sweeping developed nations. They reflect a sobering recognition that governments may not be able to reach everyone in time during a major crisis. Academic Zhang Tiankan examines why China takes a different approach.
Zhang Tiankan
Society
Chinese youths trade ambition for simple pleasures
From catching caterpillars to riding slow trains, Chinese youths are pursuing joy from the little things in life. Lianhe Zaobao’s China Desk looks at the rise of youths shunning ambition and excess spending, and “just getting on with life”.
China Desk, Lianhe Zaobao
Politics
[Big read] China’s fifth plenum: What ongoing purges reveal about Xi Jinping’s power layout
From purged top generals to bypassed central cadres, China’s personnel arrangements are at their most chaotic in years. What can the upcoming fifth plenum tell us about its future leadership pipeline? Lianhe Zaobao journalist Miao Zong-Han speaks to analysts to find out more.
Miaw Zong-Han
Economy
China is becoming Japan — with worse imbalances and better cards
China’s economy does resemble Japan’s after the bubble burst, with prolonged Japanese-style stagnation possible. Yet the better cards it is dealt today may just give it less incentive for domestic reform, thereby continuing the cycle. Economist Alicia García Herrero explains.
Alicia García Herrero
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Culture
When ink landscapes come alive: Zeng Jianyong’s world beyond the canvas
Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Jianyong breathes new life into traditional ink painting, transforming imagined landscapes into immersive installations and sculptures in his first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia, held in Singapore. Lianhe Zaobao senior correspondent Ng Siang Ping dives in.
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Economy
[Video] AI, robots, innovative drugs: China’s high-tech trio rattles the West
AI, robotics and innovative drugs, coined the “new ‘new three’”, are leading China’s exports up the value chain, marking the country’s shift from labour-driven to knowledge-driven growth. ThinkChina’s Yi Jina explains.
Yi Jina
Society
[Video] This PhD dropout exposes China’s academic fraud — can he change the system?
Online exposés by Student Geng, a PhD dropout-turned-influencer, have led to the downfall of top Chinese researchers and the largest academic misconduct investigation to date. ThinkChina’s Lu Lingming and Yi Jina find out what is fuelling the problem.
Lu Lingming, Yi Jina
Politics
[Video] Trump and Xi meet again: What changed and what didn’t
This year’s historic Trump-Xi state visits delivered memes and pageantry, though Xi’s trip to Washington was shadowed by protests and Trump’s media ban. ThinkChina’s Yi Jina and Lingming Lu compare the two summits to see what changed and what didn’t.
Yi Jina, Lu Lingming
Society
[Video] Could Niu Lai be China’s highest-return film ever?
Made by a mother and son with no outside investment, the low-budget Chinese animated film Niu Lai earned only US$1,000 in its first nine days before viral clips pushed its box office takings past US$4 million in just a few days. ThinkChina’s Lu Lingming explains what drove its unexpected box office success.
Lu Lingming
Politics
[Video] Bilahari Kausikan: How to navigate the new world order
Bilahari Kausikan, in an interview with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping, examines how US-China rivalry is reshaping the global order, why China’s “China dream” narrative of national rejuvenation remains powerful but limiting, and how a more fluid, multipolar Asia will test the nimbleness of smaller states such as Singapore.
Chow Yian Ping
Politics
[Video] Is China stopping its own citizens from leaving?
China has introduced new rules on exit and entry administration, setting out when authorities can intervene in border crossings and when citizens may be barred from leaving the country. The regulation brings national security, export controls and technology concerns more directly into the rules governing cross-border movement. ThinkChina’s Lingming Lu looks into the issue.
Lu Lingming
Society
[Video] Rare Hubei tornadoes expose China’s rising weather risk
Three rare tornadoes in Hubei exposed a stark new reality: China must prepare for increasingly complex extreme weather with better forecasting, more resilient cities and stronger disaster response. ThinkChina’s Yi Jina and Lu Lingming find out more.
Yi Jina, Lu Lingming
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Politics
Xi’s Sun Yat-sen speech: Why Beijing is striking a softer chord on Taiwan
Why did Xi Jinping soften his tone on Taiwan at Sun Yat-sen’s 160th birth anniversary? Analysts whom Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Sim Tze Wei spoke to point to upcoming Trump-Xi talks, Taiwan’s local polls and Beijing’s newfound confidence.
Sim Tze Wei
Society
The ‘fake India’ through Chinese content creators’ lenses
Chinese content creators have been filming in Bangladesh while presenting it as India, drawing on familiar images of poverty and poor sanitation to attract online attention. The incidents highlight how social media portrayals can reinforce stereotypes even as China and India seek to improve bilateral ties. Lianhe Zaobao’s China Desk reports.
China Desk, Lianhe Zaobao
Politics
COP31: China pushes back on green protectionism while deepening its Pacific ties
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey where official negotiations are steered by Australia, China will be keen to project its status as a “responsible big power”, pushing back against Western clean energy tariffs and promoting blue economy opportunities. EAI deputy director Chen Gang tells us more.
Chen Gang
Politics
Jensen Huang’s affair puts US-China AI chip rivalry on a knife-edge
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a businesswoman tied to Chinese chip networks threatens to reshape Washington’s AI export rules and split the tech world. Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Sim Tze Wei examines what is at stake.
Sim Tze Wei
Politics
Will China’s military shake-up undermine its combat readiness?
China’s low-key naval deployments may signal a shift in the PLA’s focus from blockading Taiwan to preventing foreign military intervention. Yet top-brass purges raise doubts over the PLA’s true combat readiness. Lianhe Zaobao journalist Miaw Zong-Han tells us more.
Miaw Zong-Han
Economy
[Big read] From underdog to deep-tech pioneer: Will Anhui’s bet on the future pay off?
Once an economic also-ran, Anhui turned heads by betting state capital on high-risk deep tech. However, can the fabled “Hefei model” outlast its own megaproject hype? Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Lim Zhan Ting finds out more.
Lim Zhan Ting
Politics
50 years on, Fukuda Doctrine remains a ballast to Japan-ASEAN relations
Fifty years since its introduction, the Fukuda Doctrine remains vital to Japan-ASEAN relations. Its principles of peace, mutual trust and equality may be more important than ever as cooperation expands, notes Japanese academic Shin Kawashima.
Shin Kawashima
Politics
Jensen Huang: Security risk or witch hunt?
An extramarital affair involving an alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s founder Jensen Huang under intense political scrutiny, testing whether legitimate security fears risk becoming an ethnic loyalty test. Commentator Deng Yuwen looks into the matter.
Deng Yuwen
Technology
Why Europe’s supermarket hacks should worry Beijing
Recent cyberattacks that sabotaged supermarket fridges across Europe signal a new frontier in hybrid warfare. As China rushes to build an ultra-fast, smart cold chain for 1.4 billion people, academic Zhang Tiankan considers whether China’s digital food supply networks could be the next prime target.
Zhang Tiankan
Technology
Is Jensen Huang Nvidia’s biggest vulnerability?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has set off a storm in the business world and national security. Academic Ruay-shiung Chang looks at how the scandal exposes the perilous intersection of tech supremacy, corporate governance and US-China rivalry.
Ruay-Shiung Chang
Politics
How shifting powers in Washington will rattle US allies and rivals
A crushing midterm defeat leaves Donald Trump a lame duck. But for China, Europe and nervous allies navigating two Americas, Washington’s growing institutional gridlock brings greater peril than relief. Lianhe Zaobao associate editor Han Yong Hong explains why.
Han Yong Hong
Politics
America is back — but for how long?
The Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories may offer some reassurance to US allies weary of Donald Trump’s “America First” policies. But this win is unlikely to restore Washington’s credibility — or reverse the emergence of a G-Zero world of US retreat with no one to take its place, notes commentator Ian Bremmer.
Ian Bremmer
