
Tan Dawn Wei
China Bureau Chief at The Straits Times
Senior Columnist @straits_times. I write mostly about China and its relations with the world. Formerly The Straits Times' China Bureau Chief. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
Chinese regional cuisine is having a moment, and it is arguably boosting China’s soft power in ways that the Chinese propaganda machinery can only dream of.ST ILLUSTRATION: SOH HWEE YI, ADOBE STOCK PUBLISHED Jun 01, 2025, 05:00 AM In 1972, the world watched as then US President Richard Nixon deftly wielded a pair of ivory chopsticks while sitting next to his smiling host, then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, working his way through an extravagant eight-course banquet with exotic dishes that...
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
UPDATED May 30, 2025, 05:00 AM
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straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
UPDATED May 24, 2025, 05:00 AM
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
UPDATED May 15, 2025, 05:00 AM
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
From the brown, dusty Gobi Desert plains of Gansu and the green endless grasslands of Inner Mongolia to the white majestic Himalayan peaks of Tibet a whisker from the heavens, China’s landscape is a breathtaking tapestry of natural splendour. I have marvelled at them all up close, setting foot in every province, municipality, autonomous region and special administrative region in China.
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My thoughts on my time as a journalist in Beijing over the past nearly seven years. https://t.co/cnGIiC6O9q

Xinjiang boxing is at the cusp of a breakthrough at #Paris2024, and the entire region is looking to this one young man to bring sporting glory home. Meet Little Bieke, a shepherd boy from the Altay mountains and an aspiring Olympic star. https://t.co/loKFR1tEjN

No more premier’s press conference, Wang Yi steps in for a question on the economy https://t.co/aCR9cbFftt