At least 6 killed, scores injured in Pakistan suicide bombing
Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attack. Group is behind a surge in recent attacks targeting soldiers and Chinese workers.
China restaurant sparks debate with education levels instead of numbers for prices
Cheapest dishes are marked as ‘kindergarten’, while more expensive ones are ‘academician’; menu has sparked controversy over ...
‘Degree worship’: China middle school sparks debate with elitist hiring policy
Suzhou Middle School provoked backlash after announcing that 10 of its 13 new hires had graduated from elite universities in ...
Vietnam’s TikTok strategy involves enforcing censorship while exploiting youth-centric trends to promote pro-leader narratives
Vietnam’s TikTok strategy involves enforcing censorship while exploiting youth-centric trends to promote pro-leader ...
China’s 30,000 car dealers face bleak 2025 as price war piles on US$24 billion in losses
Despite a 4.7 per cent rise in nationwide car sales, some 4,000 dealerships have closed due to a financial squeeze.
Lizzi C. Lee
Lizzi C. Lee is a fellow on Chinese economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Centre for China Analysis. She is an economist turned journalist, and graduated from MIT’s PhD programme in economics ...