Lijia Zhang
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for South China Morning Post
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- Aug 5, 2026
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Opinion | China has a much bigger priority than winning the AI race (opens the original)
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China’s pressing economic problem is that ordinary people still have too little money in their pockets I am no technology expert. But as someone who spent 10 years greasing machine parts in a factory, I wonder whether China has got its priorities right. Should winning the AI race be such an overriding national ambition when the country has another pressing economic problem? Namely, ordinary Chinese people still have too little money in their pockets.
Being Chinese | Rice has a place in Chinese hearts, whether we eat it or not (opens the original)
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The importance of rice is reflected in our language and assumptions. As abundance becomes the norm, will we forget what hunger taught us? Years ago, I was invited to speak in Bali about the significance of rice to the Chinese. At first, I wondered whether there was enough to say about something so ordinary. Once I began writing, however, the words poured out like water from a broken dam. The talk, delivered in a pavilion overlooking emerald rice paddies, turned out to be my most engaging. There
Opinion | China’s baby boom depends on gender equality, not cash handouts (opens the original)
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To arrest its falling birth rate, China must ensure women do not have to choose between motherhood and the lives they have built This year, the central government allocated 99.9 billion yuan (US$14.8 billion) to the programme, which provides families with 3,600 yuan annually for each child under three. According to state media, the families of more than 25 million babies have received the subsidy as of last month.
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