Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What China Searched for in 2014
Haze, tiger fighting, and the IP address 65.49.2.178 -- here's what captivated the world's most populous nation.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Famous Chinese Sex Scholar Announces Relationship with Transgender Man
A swell of netizen support greeted the couple in a country of rapidly changing mores.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Sentencing for ‘Separatism,’ Finding the Humans Behind the Bars
Digital traces remain that shed light on who Ilham Tohti's students really were.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does China Think the Sino-British Joint Declaration Is Void?
Recent statements suggest China pays little heed to the document governing Hong Kong's handover.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hong Kong Protesters’ Quiet Victory
The now-cleared youth protesters showed the city what democracy looks like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ferguson, Staten Island, and the People’s Republic
China's cynical critique of U.S. racism can't obscure its problems at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hong Kong, the Resilient City
Economic and political data show that dire warnings about the pro-democracy protests have proven inaccurate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Colbert Cameo Somehow Goes Viral in China
Reaction to the Obamacare skit says more about Chinese politics than it does about America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did Beijing Get What It Wanted?
Police are clearing Hong Kong’s last remaining protest site, but experts say larger problems await mainland authorities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘We Cannot Let This Movement End Here’
Hong Kong protest organizer Lester Shum talks with FP about his time in jail, his American passport, and the advice he gets from his mother.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Are Chinese Internet Bars Coming Back From the Dead?
The state's finally gotten out of their way, perhaps too late.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Happy Friday, Zhou Yongkang
Yesterday was Thursday; tomorrow is Saturday. That means it's time for the Communist Party to bury its bad news.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 On First Annual Constitution Day, China’s Most Censored Word Was ‘Constitution’
The irony highlights Beijing’s fraught relationship with the document.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Resistance Is Futile
Beijing is emerging as the big winner from protests that have left Hong Kong's social fabric in tatters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Taiwan’s Political Déjà Vu
Dysfunction is built into the island's system of governance, creating a vicious cycle that's victimized both major parties.
