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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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

PM Wong arrives in Hainan for Boao Forum

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives in Hainan on March 25, 2026 for the Boao Forum for Asia conference from March 25-26.

PM Wong to visit Hainan, Hong Kong, and speak at Boao Forum

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Hainan and Hong Kong from March 25 to 28.

Trapped in debt, with no way back: China weighs personal bankruptcy reform

China adopted an enterprise bankruptcy law in 2006, but it applies only to companies, not individuals.

Lure of the lobster: Why OpenClaw caught China’s imagination

Engineers (left) install and set OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant for users at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11.

In 2026, Deng Xiaoping’s advice to lie low is making a temporary, tactical return

epa12802850 China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on foreign policy and external relations during the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing, China, 08 March 2026. China holds two major annual political meetings, the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which run alongside each other and are known as the “Two Sessions”. EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES

A technocrat wants to uplift China’s slowest-growing province. Can he succeed?

ltliaoning - Liaoning party chief Xu Kunlin (middle) blames cadres for not creating a pro-business environment for companies.
He was speaking at a meeting of Liaoning parliamentarians on March 6 during the Two Sessions in Beijing.
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What now? Cautious response in Asia after US court clips Trump’s emergency tariff powers

Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling, US President Donald Trump invoked another law to impose a blanket 10 per cent tariff on imports from all countries.

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