Digital Transformation

Why China’s youth are swapping luxury for local brands

With young consumers in China looking beyond established Western luxury brands, homegrown brands are increasingly winning people over with their designs and quality. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Liu Liu finds out more.

Liu Liu

29 Apr 2026

[Big read] Stablecoins are reshaping global finance — Can China keep up?

With the US advancing stablecoin regulation, China is weighing its next move. The outcome could redefine the global monetary order — and the future role of the renminbi. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Yush Chau talks to academics and experts about China’s options.

Yush Chau

14 Aug 2025

[Big read] From manufacturing giant to AI leader: Can Guangzhou make the leap?

Guangzhou is setting its sights on becoming China’s next hub for applied AI innovation, says Lianhe Zaobao journalist Zeng Shi. However, competition is stiff, and some experts say that Guangzhou still has a long way to go before it can overtake cities like Shenzhen.

Zeng Shi

26 Jun 2025

Why DeepSeek chose text over images: The untold strategy behind its AI success

DeepSeek’s focus on cost-effective text processing has captivated the AI industry. As both China and the US compete and cooperate, the future of AI innovation unfolds. Technology expert Yin Ruizhi explores DeepSeek’s strategic edge for winning the race.

Yin Ruizhi

06 Mar 2025

[Video] China’s museums are taking visitors back in time

Would you like to step into the past and experience life as it was in the Tang dynasty? China’s museums are using innovative methods, from immersive role-playing games to digital reconstructions, to transport visitors back in time. Here, history is not just a page in a textbook but a multi-sensory experience. ThinkChina’s Yi Jina finds out more.

Yi Jina

13 Dec 2024

Hong Kong deepens connections in the Greater Bay Area

Chinese academic Zhang Tiankan notes that to soar and match the other three major bay areas in New York, San Francisco and Tokyo, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area needs both hard and soft connectivity in terms of infrastructure as well as informatisation and digitisation.

Zhang Tiankan

23 Jul 2024

China's family-run businesses face succession issues

China's economic boom has driven the flourishing of private entrepreneurship and led to the emergence of tens of millions of family businesses in the country. But many of these businesses are facing a challenge now: who will be their successor? Caixin journalists tell us more.

Caixin Global

03 Nov 2023

The struggle facing big-box supermarkets in China

A broader depression has been weighing on the country's supermarket sector, especially for big-box retailers that are fighting the rising tide of competition from online shopping platforms and smaller physical stores.

Caixin Global

27 Oct 2023

[Video] Chinese brands making waves in Singapore's saturated beverage market

Several coffee and tea brands from mainland China, such as Heytea, Mixue, ChaGee and Luckin Coffee, have recently entered Singapore and expanded rapidly. In addition to injecting new vitality into the already-diversified local beverage market, these beverage giants have also brought in their innovative technologies in operations, product development and customer experience. Lianhe Zaobao senior features writer Wang Hwee Wen finds out how these digital innovations from Chinese companies will change the local food and beverage scene in Singapore.

Wang Hwee Wen

25 Oct 2023

Can China's semiconductor industry survive under sanctions and the Chip 4 alliance?

Researcher Ding Ke looks at the US's Chip 4 alliance initiative and its implications for China's semiconductor industry. With the US seemingly intent on containing China's high-tech industries, it will take a lot of effort for China to keep this sector going and growing, especially if the Chip 4 alliance works out.

Ding Ke

16 Jan 2023

Digitalisation: How China's smaller investment banks could compete with big foreign players

The recent accelerated opening up of China's capital market has presented a challenge to investment banks in China, which may have seen their role marginalised or bypassed by major foreign players who have international experience and are highly capitalised and better managed. Academics Pei Sai Fan and Peng Chang suggest how investment banks in China can compete and stay relevant.

Pei Sai Fan, Peng Chang

21 Feb 2022

Huawei digital talent programme: Another source of China's soft power in Indonesia

Huawei's digital talent programme in Indonesia is contributing to China's soft power as the latter seeks to engage Indonesia as an important node of its Belt and Road Initiative. Indonesia stands to gain from the exchange but also needs to be wary of possible cybersecurity concerns.

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Yeta Purnama

03 Feb 2022