Articles by Chow Yian Ping

[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

12 Aug 2026

[Video] George Yeo: America’s deep pain — and why China won’t colonise

George Yeo, in an interview with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping, explores America’s deep social pain, China’s struggle with corruption rooted in Confucian ties, and why change is hard. He also weighs the risk of war in the Taiwan Strait and Singapore’s future in a fast-shifting world order. This is the first episode of ThinkChina Conversations, a series of in-depth interviews with experts on China.

Chow Yian Ping

27 Feb 2026

[Video] ThinkChina Forum 2025: China’s future and navigating a changing world order

At the inaugural ThinkChina Forum on 28 March 2025, Professor Wang Gungwu, University Professor, National University of Singapore, joined Professor Yasheng Huang, Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, in a panel discussion themed “China’s Future: Navigating a Changing World Order”. Moderated by ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping, the discussion covered topics such as China-US rivalry, Trump 2.0 and China’s development. Associate Professor Ngeow Chow Bing from the University of Malaya also offered his thoughts from the satellite event in KL. The following is an edited transcript of the panel discussion and Q&A session.

Chow Yian Ping

04 Apr 2025

[Video] Professor Wang Gungwu: China, the US and the search for a new world order

Professor Wang Gungwu, in an interview with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping, suggests that Trump’s rise was a reaction to global shifts post-UN formation. As the US redefines its global role and China adapts to internal demands and historical influences, both nations face tough choices. Who will succeed and who will lead the way?

Chow Yian Ping

04 Apr 2025

[Video] Professor Yasheng Huang: Xi Jinping and the challenge of reform

Professor Yasheng Huang, Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School, speaks with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping in a wide-ranging interview, covering topics including global instability, the result of the US elections and China’s political system. The following is an edited transcript of part two of the interview.

Chow Yian Ping

04 Apr 2025

[Video] Professor Yasheng Huang: Trump’s America is in chaos, but is China’s world in order?

Professor Yasheng Huang, Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School, speaks with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping in a wide-ranging interview, covering topics including global instability, the results of the US elections and China’s political system. The following is an edited transcript of part one of the interview. Part two of this interview will be published after the inaugural ThinkChina Forum.

Chow Yian Ping

14 Mar 2025

[Video] Professor Robert Ross: US-China rivalry is a battle for Asia

In this interview, Professor Robert S. Ross, who teaches political science at Boston College, discusses a wide range of topics — such as US-China relations, internal and external issues faced by the US and China, and changes to the global geopolitical landscape — with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping. The following is an edited transcript of the interview.

Chow Yian Ping

07 Mar 2025

ThinkChina editor: ‘What better time to cover China than today?’

As ThinkChina celebrates its fifth year, editor Chow Yian Ping shares her thoughts on the portal’s journey thus far. She remembers the people who have helped China’s stories come alive and looks forward to the next lap — just five years in, there is still so much road to travel.

Chow Yian Ping

15 Sep 2024

[Video] US-China cooperation in an age of strategic competition: Asia Future Summit 2023

Professor Zhu Feng, executive director of the China Centre for Collaborative Studies of the South China Sea, Nanjing University; Professor Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society; and Professor Wang Jiangyu, director of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong, took part in the panel discussion "US-China Cooperation in an Age of Strategic Competition" at the Asia Future Summit organised by SPH Media held in October 2023. In a wide-ranging discussion spanning various aspects of US-China relations and the prospect of war breaking out over the Taiwan Strait, ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping asks: how did we get here? What are the chances of cooperation, and where are they? The following is an edited transcript of the panel discussion and QnA.

Chow Yian Ping

07 Nov 2023

Wang Gungwu: Even if the West has lost its way, China may not be heir apparent

In a wide-ranging email interview with ThinkChina editor Chow Yian Ping, sinologist Wang Gungwu shares his thoughts on how China and the world have changed because of the pandemic. He keenly observes that Chinese leaders have sought greater control over the population in recent years, and the situation will worsen as the pandemic deepens their insecurities. On the international stage, an intense clash of interests among the major powers looks set to keep nations divided. On the micro-level however, he takes heart that a "globalisation from below" is taking place; the fact that the virus knows no borders has brought people closer together, with opportunities for reset.

Chow Yian Ping

18 May 2020

[Video and text] A mountain can have many tigers and every tiger has its own problems

[Video and text] Ezra Vogel, East Asian expert and thinker extraordinaire, shares his views on China, the US, Japan, as well as global trends, in an exclusive interview with Chow Yian Ping, editor of ThinkChina.

Chow Yian Ping

07 Feb 2020

War, love, and passion: The life of a WWII Flying Tiger (Video and text)

He was a student studying in Hong Kong in the 1940s. He flew the B-25 bomber during WWII. He was a pioneer pilot of SIA, and at the age of 90, returned to the US to seek closure on his love. Centenarian Ho Weng Toh chats with Chow Yian Ping, editor of ThinkChina, about life, loss and love, at the launch of his book, Memoirs of a Flying Tiger: The Story of a WWII Veteran and SIA Pioneer Pilot.

Chow Yian Ping

29 Nov 2019