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Inside China’s traffic-driven self-media commentary industry that turns clicks into yuan

Industry observers told The Straits Times that, in general, Chinese independent content creators, known collectively as zimeiti or “self-media”, are primarily driven by commercial considerations.

What China hears in Hegseth’s Shangri-La speech

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Trump-Xi summit: Win, lose or draw?

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Trump heads to Beijing amid war, trade tensions and hardened rivalry

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Sea lanes are being disrupted. And an old Chinese frontier town is back in the spotlight

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Cheng Li-wun’s visit to China a gambit for political capital

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Fuel shock bites in China, but no panic yet

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