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From Indonesia's fast-growing towns to China's sprawling cities, I cover how people navigate opportunity, pressure and change in Asia and beyond. As a writer, I build on the groundwork of CNA’s TV teams to bring their current affairs stories to a wider digital audience.


I also chase my own stories in Singapore, especially those centred on rehabilitation, displacement, and the ground-up communities that emerge when people need them most. For more, check out https://www.channelnewsasia.com/author/liew-zhi-xin

A 5-year-old moves in with new foster parents.

SINGAPORE

They were sold and made to wed their brothers.

CHINA

‘I have two mothers’: Reunion with former helper.

SINGAPORE | PHILIPPINES

These seniors are seeking love after 60, despite taboos

INDIA

Chinese Migrants’ Treacherous Journey To America's Border

UNITED STATES

A look at jobless youth in Asia’s biggest nations

INDONESIA | INDIA | CHINA

The open street jams putting people in one big band

SINGAPORE

The global drug war like you’ve never seen it

COLOMBIA | SWEDEN | BELGIUM |THAILAND | PAKISTAN | SINGAPORE

Six inmates tell all about life in Singapore’s women’s prison

SINGAPORE

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