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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5 days 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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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
When US President Donald Trump abruptly closed an import loophole in February that allowed cheap Chinese goods to flood the US market tax-free, all hell broke loose at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after more than a million parcels piled up within days. The authorities did a quick U-turn to save its customs infrastructure from being overwhelmed, but, on April 2, Mr Trump decided to end the exemption again for China and Hong Kong, setting the clock to count down from 30 days.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
For the past nearly seven years, I’ve lived a double life. I have existed in two parallel universes – China and Singapore. Up until two weeks ago, my job as The Straits Times’ China bureau chief required me to be based in the capital city of Beijing, where I had – not as a matter of choice – wholeheartedly embraced the unique, immense ecosystem that is China. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
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3 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Tan Dawn Wei
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shaking hands with his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 14. PHOTO: AFPWhen Chinese President Xi Jinping made his South-east Asian tour’s first stop in Vietnam this week, high on the agenda was a proposed rail cooperation project for additional links between the two countries.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | David Fogarty |Tan Dawn Wei |Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja |Li Shuo
BEIJING/SINGAPORE/JAKARTA – On the outskirts of the Indonesian city of Semarang in Central Java, a new factory is cranking out solar cells and assembling solar panels with the help of robots, while autonomous carts whizz around ferrying parts and components. The Trina Mas Agra Indonesia solar panel plant, operational since October 2024, is a US$100 million joint venture between China’s Trina Solar, Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas and Indonesian state utility PLN.
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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
