Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: The President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping tours the National Graphene Institute at Manchester University with the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on October 23, 2015 in Manchester, England. After listening to a presentation from Dame Nancy Rothwell, the party toured the University Centre which leads the world in graphene research and is one of the most important centres for commercialising the one-atom-thick material. (Photo by Richard Stonehouse - WPA Pool/Getty Images) China Quietly Abandoning Bid for ‘New Model of Great Power Relations’ With U.S.
Beijing long sought a rhetorical reboot in bilateral ties. Now it’s talking differently.
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Runners of the Shanghai Pride Run make signs with their fingers while wearing rainbow shoelaces at the start of the race in Shanghai on June 18, 2016. The LGBT festival, Shanghai PRIDE 2016, which celebrates diversity in the Chinese city under this year's theme 'I Am Me', kicked-off with a fun run and will last from June 17 to 26. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) China’s New Multibillion-Dollar Target Market: LGBT Youth
With social conservatism fading, tech firms and advertisers are scrambling to show their tolerant side.
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A woman looks at a futuristic rendition of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong displayed at the Convention and Exhibition center in Hong Kong on Nov. 21, 2005. How China Became a Sci-Fi Powerhouse
Would-be superstar authors once toiled in obscurity. Online publishing changed all that.
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Children pose for photos with the Chinese national flag in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on the May Day national holiday on May 1, 2015. AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) Surprise Findings: China’s Youth Are Getting Less Nationalistic, Not More
Harvard and Peking University researchers just upended conventional wisdom.
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An art lover walks past a series of images titled 'Mao Trump' by contemporary pop artist Knowledge Bennett at the Ren Gallery display during the LA Art Show in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2016. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION == The image combines the face of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump with a portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. / AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) America’s Mao Zedong
Donald Trump's administration has been chaotic. Chinese history suggests that's by design.
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MEIXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - MAY 2: (CHINA OUT) Catholics walk to the simulated crucified site of Jesus at Cross Hill at Paowo Village on May 2, 2007 in Meixian County of Shaanxi Province, China. Cross Hill is a Cross Hill is a Catholic holy place first built by missionary Liu Jialu as a simulation of Calvary. Liu was approved by the Pope Pius VI to name the place "Cross Hill". In 1777, Bishop Nania of Shaanxi Province appointed May 3 and September 14 as the Holy Day for all people who came to worship, according to local media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) Chinese Converted out West Are Losing Faith Back Home
Thousands of Christian believers return to China every year. Why can't they find a place to worship?
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Chinese feminists pose for a group photo during the Women's March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017. When China’s Feminists Came to Washington
They saw the women's march as a chance to combat creeping global misogyny — and to send a message back home.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Spicer conducted his first official White House daily briefing to take questions from the members of the White House press corps. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) White House Echoes Beijing in Treatment of U.S. Press
In its efforts to discredit and control the media, Sean Spicer and Donald Trump have sounded eerily similar to Communist Party officials.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang takes a question from the media during a press conference in Beijing on July 13, 2016. China warned its rivals against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened an air defence zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Outdated Foreign Service Needs Rebooting for the Age of Trump
Glitz, glamor, beauty, charm — China has all of that. It will need to use those assets better to manage the new U.S. President.
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WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 18: (CHINA OUT) Potential buyers view apartment models during the Wuhan Autumn Real Estate Trade Fair on October 18, 2008 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. China sees a worsening slump in the real estate market, which has resulted in four months of consecutive drops in housing prices in major cities. At least 18 Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Xian, have announced detailed policies to boost their property market. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) The Paradox at the Heart of China’s Property Regime
What does it mean to 'own' a home in the communist country? Eventually, Beijing will have to decide.
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Chinese newspaper front pages show their coverage of marches held in response to the recent Islamist attacks that killed 17 people, most at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, at a newsstand in Beijing on January 12, 2015. About a hundred thousand people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on January 11, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting "Je suis Charlie" and holding pens in the air. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. Media’s Unfortunate Obsession with One Beijing Rag
The Global Times' outrageous statements make for great headlines. That's the problem.
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BEIJING - JUNE 14: A Chinese labourer works on scaffolding at a construction site on June 14, 2006 in Beijing. China. Despite cooling measures being put in place recently, China?s economy continues to grow. Trade surplus has hit a record high with inflation increasing in May according to official data. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images) A New Way to Hold the U.S.-China Relationship Together
Climate kumbaya is out. But infrastructure cooperation could keep Washington and Beijing from clashing under Trump.
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shih_baziling_1 A Mass Gathering Organized on Chinese Social Media? No Problem, Says Government
An FP writer joined a surprisingly cheerful goodbye to an old coal town slated for demolition.
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rong_lead The Fading American Dreams of China’s Most Notorious ‘Snakehead’
Before she died in prison, Sister Ping smuggled thousands of migrants from an obscure Chinese county to U.S. shores. Some now wish they'd never left.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Tweets, Supporters Cheer, China Chafes
Social media gives the illusion of a private chat between the President-elect and his supporters. In fact, the whole world is watching.
