Migrants

From Guangdong to Caracas: Why Enping Cantonese still choose Venezuela

For hundreds of thousands of Chinese people, particularly those from Enping in Guangdong, Venezuela represents more than just a troubled South American nation — it is a place of opportunity and unexpected safety. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Lim Zhan Ting speaks with these overseas Chinese to find out more.

Lim Zhan Ting

26 Jan 2026

Redefining cultural integration: Reflections of a new immigrant in Southeast Asia

Given Singapore’s history as a migrant society, those who come here will have to find ways to integrate as best they can into this multicultural environment. Researcher Cindy Qi thinks back on her own journey over the past 20 years.

Cindy Qi

31 Dec 2025

[Big read] AvePoint co-founder Jiang Tianyi’s tenacious spirit of self-reliance

As the son of Chinese intellects that were “sent-down” to the coal mines during the Cultural Revolution, AvePoint co-founder Jiang Tianyi knows the value of education. Lianhe Zaobao associate business editor Hu Yuanwen speaks with Jiang to learn more about how he went from being a humble paperboy to the co-founder of a cyber security company listed on NASDAQ and the Singapore Exchange. 

Hu Yuanwen

04 Dec 2025

From Beijing to Shanghai: How China’s invisible migrants claim space through sports

The decision to support a football or basketball team might seem like a trivial matter, but master’s candidate Wang Yuchen says that it reveals deeper issues of urban identity and social integration in China. He explains how internal migrants in cities like Beijing and Shanghai express dissatisfaction and negotiate their identity through their support for hometown teams.

Wang Yuchen

07 Jul 2025

Drifting or settling? The rise of the new Hong Kongers

New migrants from mainland China to Hong Kong, or xin gang piao, do not have it easy, as they have to adjust to a whole new culture in the workplace and society at large. As part of Lianhe Zaobao’s “Seeing the New Hong Kong” series, marking five years since the enactment of Hong Kong’s national security law, correspondent Lim Zhan Ting interviews new migrants to learn about their experiences.

Lim Zhan Ting

30 Jun 2025

[Photos] ‘I’m not pitiful’: A migrant woman’s voice from Beijing

Photographer Zhou Na offers a glimpse into the life of Chen Enhua, or Sister Chen, a 57-year-old migrant worker from Sichuan province living and working in Beijing. Despite being widowed, earning little, and facing occupational health issues, the last thing Chen wants is pity from others.

Zhou Na

28 Feb 2025

[Big read] Heaven and hell: Chinese migrants seek their fortune in Brazil

São Paulo in Brazil is where the dreams of many Chinese migrants begin, amid the vibrancy, chaos and security concerns. Lianhe Zaobao China news correspondent Lim Zhan Ting speaks to Chinese merchants in São Paulo to hear what they have to say.

Lim Zhan Ting

22 Jan 2025

The Philippines grapples with Chinese influx and corruption concerns

The Philippines’ immigration laws have failed to keep pace with a growing influx of new Chinese immigrants. Filipino academic and activist Teresita Ang See argues that these laws need review to address systemic corruption.

Teresita Ang See

30 Dec 2024

China’s population mobility shift: Central and western cities on the rise

Recently, as first- and second-tier cities near capacity, migration is shifting to provincial capitals in central and western China. This trend reverses 40 years of population concentration in coastal areas and supports balanced development in the interior, says EAI deputy director Chen Gang.

Chen Gang

09 Sep 2024

[Big read] Hong Kong schools pulling all stops to attract mainland Chinese students

Amid a falling birth rate and an exodus of Hong Kong families, Hong Kong schools are facing an existential crisis due to a lack of new student enrolment. At the same time, a large number of mainland Chinese have migrated to Hong Kong over the last few years via various talent schemes, making their children a valuable source of students for the local schools. Lianhe Zaobao journalist Tai Hing Shing looks at how the local schools are pulling all the stops to attract these new migrant families.

Tai Hing Shing

21 May 2024

Younger and better educated migrant workers still having hard time in China

Chinese academic Han Heyuan notes that new-generation migrant workers in China are at a clear disadvantage, due to policies and systems that make it doubly hard for them to get jobs, training, and education for their children, or even find a partner.

Han Heyuan

29 Feb 2024

The forgotten memories of those who returned to China after WWII

Post World War II, in the 1950s and 60s, some Chinese returned to China full of hope for new beginnings. When people are young, they are full of dreams, but all too often not all plans and aspirations can be fulfilled in real life, muses Hua Language Centre director Chew Wee Kai. The important thing is to keep moving forward from the struggles of those times, even if it means to erase them from memory.

Chew Wee Kai

20 Oct 2023