Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Drunken Chinese Celeb ‘Rap Geniuses’ Mao-Era Song
The resulting online flame war underscores social media’s power to both amplify — and discourage — controversial speech.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Explosion of Once-Scuttled Chemical Plant Riles China’s Web
Social media has made environmental disasters national affairs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Kicks Off New Web Crackdown
It’s spring -- time again to "sweep out porn" and "strike at rumors."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bo Xilai, The Man Chinese Cyberspace Could Not Forget
Unpopular healthcare reforms just stirred up nostalgia for Chongqing’s fallen demagogue
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Obama Is Sitting Alone at a Bar Drinking a Consolation Beer’
Chinese netizens are rejoicing in the U.S. failure to stymie China’s new investment bank.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Rugby Meets Mardi Gras, With a Dash of Davos
Mainland Chinese tourists are eschewing the island city for friendlier ports, but at least Hong Kong’s still got the Sevens.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Brother, Can You Spare a Renminbi?
China's new First World problem: deciding who's truly needy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Was Lee Kuan Yew an Inspiration or a Race Traitor? Chinese Can’t Agree.
While Beijing lionizes Singapore's late leader, its citizens have split on what lessons his legacy offers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Taiwan Where Politics Is Cool
One year after a major student-led protest, a look at how youth activism is faring on the island.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Are the Best Feminist Activists in China’
Why did Chinese authorities detain five feminists on International Women's Day -- and what will become of them? Zhao Sile, a part of the women's rights movement, explains.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Has Its Own Anti-Vaxxers. Blame the Internet.
Misinformation and mistrust are endangering the country's vaccination program.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Top Schools Get Middling Marks for Transparency
Elite Peking University fared particularly poorly in newly released rankings.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Viral in China: Tolerance
A short LGBTQ-themed film received 100 million online views over China's biggest holiday.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s With All the Chinese Misogyny?
Women there have a diagnosis: "straight guy cancer."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Good Girls Want Tattoos
Young women are increasingly turning to discreet, feminine body art to express themselves. It's still taboo, but who has to know?
