Nicole Jao

Quartz • 21st July 2021

China’s online tutoring crackdown punishes parents trapped in a merciless system

In January, four of China’s biggest online tutoring platforms made an embarrassing gaffe. They aired ads all featuring the same actress to promote their new online courses.

Foreign Policy • 11th May 2020

‘Mask Diplomacy’ a Boost for Taiwan

The coronavirus pandemic, which has already infected more than 1.6 million people around the world, has transformed the value of basic medical supplies.

Tech in Asia • 23rd March 2022

The new people’s car in China: Micro EVs

Boxy, compact, and tiny, the Hongguang Mini EV is built by the joint venture between Chinese automakers SAIC Motor and Wuling Motors and US carmaker General Motors. In China, it is hailed as the new people’s car.

REVOLVE Magazine • 1st April 2020

The Disappearing of Indonesia's Rainforests

The natural ecosystem is diminishing at an alarming rate due to both human development and climate change.

Tech in Asia • 23rd March 2022

Can China’s ‘one for all, all for one’ approach to health insurance work in SEA?

Would you pay a few dollars a month for health insurance that covers over a hundred critical illnesses? The offer may sound a little too good to be true, but it’s irresistible.

Tech in Asia • 4th June 2021

ByteDance’s 10,000-employee bet on the edtech bubble

Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance is quickly becoming one of the most powerful players in the entertainment and digital content business, with the TikTok owner expanding its sprawling empire rapidly.

TechNode • 26th February 2019

Betting on blockchain to simplify carbon trading

It has become increasingly clear to the majority of nations that further delaying action to mitigate the rise of global temperatures will cause irreversible impacts to ecosystems and populations.

TechNode • 29th October 2018

For Taiwan's LGBT tech workers, the fight for equality is still an uphill struggle

For more than a decade, Wayne Lin, a 42-year-old Taiwanese software engineer living in Taipei, had stayed in the closet at work. It was not until this year that Lin began feeling more comfortable talking about his sexuality with his colleagues.