ThinkChina

Nov 02, 2021 20:09 PM

Blog: Chic Wet Markets Are All the Rage in China
Fashion retailers are finding creative new ways to cater to the China's middle-income shoppers, including glitzing up the places where they buy their vegetables
Sep 03, 2021 16:38 PM

Is China’s Appointment of Youngest Provincial Capital Leader a Sign of Change for Women in Politics?
Senior roles for women in government remain extremely rare, but a new crop of rising stars could challenge the male-dominated status quo
Jul 20, 2021 17:00 PM

Blog: The New York I Saw Was Not the Shining Metropolis I Had Expected
The gap between what is imagined and what is real is an eye-opening experience for Chinese travelers in an idealized America
Jul 16, 2021 17:05 PM

Blog: When the Virtual World is Fairer: Why More Youths Are Addicted to Gaming
Plain criticism of gaming addition overlooks the complex social and human factors at play behind the phenomenon
Jun 25, 2021 17:16 PM

Chinese Financial Institutions Feel the Pull of Southeast Asia
As economic ties between Singapore and China deepen, a growing number of Chinese banks, insurers and fintech firms are using the city-state as a jumping-off point to expand further into the region
Jun 16, 2021 18:12 PM

China's Online Retailers Hit Obstacles in Push Into Southeast Asia
Issues with language, payments and logistics have hampered e-commerce companies’ foray into the potentially lucrative market
Jun 08, 2021 15:57 PM

I See Reflections of China in Rural Italy
Despite the difference in cultures, the similarities between the countrysides of the two nations are uncanny
May 28, 2021 18:30 PM

How the ‘Tree’ of Chinese Writing United People Through the Millennia
Singapore’s Teo Han Wue explores the characteristics and philosophy of the Chinese writing system
Apr 27, 2021 12:05 PM

An American-Egyptian Architect's Photographs of China's Vanishing Trades
In his travels across China, Hisham Youssef trains his street photographer’s eye on some of the vanishing arts and trades that have endured for long but are now under threat of disappearing as China modernises.
Feb 19, 2021 14:47 PM

A Bowl of Suzhou Noodles Named by Emperor Qianlong
A good bowl of Aozao noodles was not only made with the finest ingredients but adhered to “three basics and five essentials”