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Culture

[Chinese New Year Special] My hometown is no longer an unchanging home

By Chen Nahui 27 Jan 2020
Young academic Chen Nahui, assistant professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, thinks about the confluence of time and space as she flits between New Year memories long past. What has become of her hometown Shenjiamen, a port town in Zhejiang?
Culture

[Chinese New Year Special] Family rituals of a Shandong Spring Festival

By Pang Ruizhi 24 Jan 2020
Chinese New Year customs and practices can be different depending on where one is, whether within or outside of China. Young academic Pang Ruizhi describes his Chinese New Year as a child in Shandong, northern China.
Society

Wuhan coronavirus: Lack of urgency and transparency to blame?

By Yang Danxu 23 Jan 2020
Wuhan is now a quarantine zone with a death toll in China of 17 and more than 570 infected. Cases have also been surfacing elsewhere such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the US. In light of such rapid escalation, Yang Danxu questions why it has taken this long for the Chinese authorities to step up their crisis efforts.
Culture

[Chinese New Year Special] Food changes, and so does the world

By Wei Shuang 23 Jan 2020
There was a time when “fatty” and “oily” were signs of prosperity. Young academic Wei Shuang reminisces that gone are the days of fighting over the last meatball as the post-80s and post-90s generation Chinese become more wealthy. But with material abundance comes emptiness. Is it harder to be happy? The realities of Chinese life hit home as the Spring Festival draws near.
Culture

Singapore’s first female barrister and the cultural revolution: Her happiest moments were spent here

By Chia Yei Yei 22 Jan 2020
Lost love, tumultuous times. Teo Soon Kim, Singapore’s first female lawyer and daughter of rubber magnate and revolutionary Teo Eng Hock, may have had the most beautiful wedding in Singapore during the 1920s, but she passed away in her staff quarters in China that was just 15sqm in size. In the end, her ashes were laid to rest in Singapore's Choa Chu Kang Christian Cemetery. Chia Yei Yei, senior correspondent of Zaobao, talks to family members and pieces together this poignant story.

Relive old Taipei and youthful days with Lin Ching-hsia

Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
Culture

Brigitte Lin: My heart and soul belongs to Taipei

Recalling her days in Taiwan, Brigitte goes on a vivid journey down memory lane that’s as winding as the streets and alleys she dreams about.

Economy

Singapore and Suzhou: Where will this journey lead us?

By Lee Huay Leng 22 Jan 2020
In 1994, Singapore and China embarked on the Suzhou Industrial Park project. How has Suzhou progressed since then? What lies behind the city’s recent announcement of a “revival” of its opening up journey? What do these spell for Singapore-China relationship? SPH Chinese Media Group head Lee Huay Leng shares her thoughts after attending the Further Opening-up Conference in Suzhou.
Culture

Brigitte Lin: My heart and soul belongs to Taipei

By Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia 21 Jan 2020
Recalling her days in Taiwan, Brigitte goes on a vivid journey down memory lane that’s as winding as the streets and alleys she dreams about.
Culture

[Chinese New Year Special] A bygone era: Chinese New Year celebrations during the time of the Republic of China

By Hsu Chung-mao 21 Jan 2020
The Chinese calendar, based on observations of sun and moon, was chiefly used to mark agrarian time. With the dawn of the Republic of China in 1912, official calendars were reset to the Gregorian system. No matter that the start of the year was now 1 January, people’s lives were still much tied to the land. They welcomed the Spring Festival and Chinese New Year with relish, celebrating their well-earned rest from toil. Photo collector Hsu Chung-mao shares his precious images of celebrations in Beijing and Nanjing from a bygone era.
Politics

Phase one trade deal a humiliation to China?

By Yu Zeyuan 20 Jan 2020
Yu Zeyuan says it would be quite wrong to think that China stands on the losing end of the recently concluded phase one Economic and Trade Agreement between the US and China. The picture may be quite the opposite.
Politics

He who wins over the young people wins the world

By Han Yong Hong 17 Jan 2020
Just about a week after the Taiwan presidential election, the rhetoric from both sides of the Taiwan Strait is aggressive. Will China take military action to take back Taiwan, or go with a safer approach? Zaobao associate editor Han Yong Hong examines the reasons for Tsai Ing-wen’s big win and concludes that young people will play a major role in the future.
Politics

China held its own in phase one trade deal?

By Zhang Jingwei 17 Jan 2020
Chinese observer Zhang Jingwei says China held its own in sealing phase one of the US-China trade deal. But this is just a prelude to the second act as the US heads further into its election year.