Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 All the News Unfit to Print: What Beijing Quashed in 2016
Dozens of leaked censorship directives reveal a Chinese government increasingly insecure about its image.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
Trump's pick for U.S. Ambassador to Beijing is apparently 'old friends' with President Xi Jinping. That will mean very little.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Chats with Taiwan’s President, and China (Strategically) Shrugs
State and social media evince a surprisingly muted reaction to an issue long regarded as "core" to Beijing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Breitbart Has Landed in Beijing
Even China's elites love to share fake news, wild accusations, and racist claptrap from America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Will Asia Finally Have Same-Sex Marriage?
Taiwan is on the verge of becoming the first Asian government to legalize marriage equality. But the public is deeply divided.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Anti-Mainland Bigotry of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
If dissenting protesters and politicians can't tap into something larger than localism, they are almost certain to fail.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Western Liberalism Is Dying in China
Why educated Chinese are embracing Donald Trump's winner-take-all worldview.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With Chinese State Media Quiet, Social Web Alive with Trump Victory Talk
Some greeted the news with a shrug; others lamented Americans “shivering in the corners.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Chinese Elites Endorse Hillary Clinton
Trump's policies would be softer on China, but the global instability he'd create as President would be bad for business in Beijing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Chinese Netizens Cheer Trump
To online 'Trump Guards,' the U.S. race pits a corrupt official against a plain-spoken outsider.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Xi’s China, Everything Old Is New Again
Eighty years after the end of the Long March, a Communist leader asks for another one. What is he really seeking?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I ‘Went Back to China’ — and Felt More American Than Ever
Six years in Hong Kong showed me how deep racism runs in Asia’s world city.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Broadcast Myself on the Chinese Web for Two Weeks
In the process, I learned why Chinese millennials can't seem to unplug from the live-streaming craze.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Is Going on in Hong Kong?
Why newly elected legislators cursed and protested — at their own swearing-in.