# Lianhe Zaobao: News in Chinese

> Top SG and Global Chinese News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id654946831](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id654946831)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id654946831`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SPH Media Limited
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (350 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.13.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2013-07-15
- **Size:** 168 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lianhe-zaobao-news-in-chinese/id654946831)
- **Website:** [http://www.zaobao.com.sg](http://www.zaobao.com.sg/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.sph.com.sg/tnc/privacy/](https://www.sph.com.sg/tnc/privacy/)

## Description

Lianhe Zaobao (LHZB) delivers trusted, balanced Chinese-language journalism for Singapore and beyond. The app provides comprehensive politics, business, culture and global affairs with real-time alerts, live updates, and rich multimedia content.

Personalize your reading, enjoy an enhanced e-paper, and unlock premium features and VIP benefits to stay informed and engaged wherever you are.

## Rankings

- #84,675 — Overall

## Review summary

Users largely praise the app for fast, efficient news delivery and the Mandarin read-aloud feature, but complain about ad overload and a problematic redesign. The ads can be intrusive and even trigger unexpected pop-ups, undermining the reading experience. The redesign is described as messy and prone to unintended actions like changing font size, which hurts usability. Accessibility and device-specific issues are noted by some, but the dominant themes focus on ad fatigue and design-induced friction despite the app’s usefulness for staying informed.

### Pros

- Fast, efficient news delivery
- Mandarin audio/read-aloud feature via the audio icon
- Generally useful app for staying informed

### Cons

- Excessive, intrusive ads that disrupt browsing (including pop-ups and ad taps triggering windows)
- Messy redesign that causes usability problems, such as accidental font-size changes

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