Yew Lun Tian

Senior Correspondent

Lun Tian is dedicated to discovering and writing about what makes China tick. She joined The Straits Times in 2024 after being based in Beijing for eight years for Reuters and Lianhe Zaobao. She has been in journalism since 2001.

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The business of female desire in China

Male dancers in Hanfu robes performing in Ode to Spring Breeze.

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

Major General Meng Xiangqing (front, left), the head of the Chinese official delegation, arriving at the Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30.

Trump-Xi summit: Win, lose or draw?

US President Donald Trump (R) walks with China’s President Xi Jinping (L) at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. (Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

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

US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on Nov 9, 2017.

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

A sign that says “I love Khorgos’ on a street in Khorgos, the Chinese city that borders with Kazakhstan.

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

epa12879824 Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun speaks during a press conference at a Hotel in Beijing, China, 10 April 2026. Cheng is on a six-day visit to China and held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier in the day. EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES

Fuel shock bites in China, but no panic yet

Motorists queue to fill their tanks ahead of a petrol price adjustment expected on March 23, at a petrol station in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on March 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / China OUT

Singapore supports Hainan’s development as free trade port: PM Wong

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong with Hainan Communist Party secretary Feng Fei on March 26. Both agreed that Singapore and Hainan have much to gain from cooperation.

China plays a critical role as world forges new pathways: PM Wong

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the global environment has become more uncertain, with wars, geopolitical rivalry and multilateralism being challenged

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