Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Why Do Chinese Lack Creativity?’
In a popular Internet essay, one Chinese writer explains why the country remains behind the curve in innovation.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Green Star Over China
Can the country’s unorthodox environmental minister tackle its massive pollution problems?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Where Does Hong Kong Go From Here?
Five views on the future of Hong Kong’s democracy movement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Hong Kong Is Quite Seriously Divided’
The rejection of a Beijing-backed election plan isn’t the end to this city’s democracy woes.
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Chinese people use computers at an internet bar in Beijing on September 30, 2009. Press rights group Reporters Without Borders said on September 29 that a "paranoid" China had blocked tens of thousands of websites ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) How to Spot a State-Funded Chinese Internet Troll
Personal attacks, appeals to communal loyalty, and pleas for patience are some telltale signs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 You Have a Right to an Attorney. You Have No Chance at Going Free.
Even for show trials like that of Zhou Yongkang, China recruits top legal talent to “defend” its fallen officials.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Zhou Yongkang’s Mask of Fear Falls Quietly Away
With a life sentence — and a grizzled head of hair — China's onetime spy supreme exits the stage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Joined Senior Citizens at a Stock-Picking Class in Shanghai; Here’s What I Saw
Entrance is free, but the software will set you back $490.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chinese Censorship of Western Books Is Now Normal. Where’s the Outrage?
I spent months investigating how Chinese publishers slice out material — and how Western writers respond with a shrug.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hong Kong’s Long-standing Unity on Tiananmen Is Unraveling
Some are becoming more pro-China; others believe the city should secede from the People's Republic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Is Exporting Its Tiananmen Censorship, and We Are All Victims
Twenty-six years after the killing of student protesters, the code of silence is spreading worldwide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Censorship Breeds Prejudice in the Long Run’
FP sits down with Chinese writers and a publisher to discuss how the hated apparatus actually works.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Weather Experts: Yes, a Tornado Could Sink a Chinese Cruise Ship
China’s citizens are skeptical, but American meteorologists find the official story plausible.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Day After Boat Carrying Hundreds Capsizes, China Watches and Waits
President Xi Jinping has said “profound lessons should be drawn” from the disaster. But it's still unclear just what happened.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chinese Netizens to Fiorina: You’re Right, We Don’t Innovate
Many in China have been complaining about their education system for years.
