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China's Post-90s are caught in a whirlpool of uncertainties and are dissatisfied with their lives. (iStock)
Society

China’s future through the lens of the Post-90s

By Lim Zhan Ting 24 Sep 2019
All eyes are on China’s youths born in the affluent 1990s, are they satisfied with their lives? Are they confident in their country?
Middle-class wannabes in the same boat: it may look like a luxurious yacht to outsiders, but it’s hardly stable. Financial instability threatens to rock the boat and those in it are using it as a guise to hide their insecurities. (Graphic: Jace Yip)
Society

The emergence of the Chinese “middle-class wannabes” and their race towards a higher social status

By Lim Zhan Ting 24 Sep 2019
China’s “middle-class wannabes” live on the margins of a lower-middle class income, leading seemingly glamorous lives, but what goes on behind the scenes is a life laden with tough challenges and insecurities.
Yangmeizhu Xiejie has been preserved amid major urban redevelopment. Over half of the 1,100 residents have chosen to stay on.
Society

Preserving the hutong: "What’s in it for us?"

By Meng Dandan 24 Sep 2019
Heritage conservation sounds ideal, but not every resident of Beijing’s heritage streets wants their homes to stay.
Our ThinkChina writer So Cheer is no longer lost in translation in China.
Society

Lost in translation - Trans-lost-ation!

By Kwek So Cheer 24 Sep 2019
Digital transformation expert Kwek So Cheer was confident in his grasp of the Chinese language - until his work brought him to China in 2012.