Tea Leaf Nation
List of Tea Leaf Nation articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chinese People Are Also Horrified by the James Foley Video
Even on the country's raucous Internet, users are mourning the journalist's death and criticizing media outlets who do not.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s ‘Hormone Economy’: Monetizing Male Loneliness
Online hostesses are making hundreds of thousands of dollars in hard cash as men buy virtual Ferraris, flowers, and even titles of nobility to impress them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hong Kong’s Inconvenient Truth
Some desire political independence, but the city looks to the mainland for most of its resources.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Growing Gray Market for All That’s Foreign
Forget about those pesky regulations; business is booming for practitioners of "haitao."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Today’s Hong Kong, Tomorrow’s Taiwan’
Emerging solidarity between Hong Kong and Taiwan activists promises more headaches for Beijing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet China’s Most Famous Single Dad
With divorce rates spiraling, the biography of ancient sage Confucius resonates once again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Can’t Stop Looking at These Chinese Real Estate Ads with Malls on Aircraft Carriers
Why apartment, shopping, and office complexes keep showing up on the backs of giant, golden flattops.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some Chinese Netizens Actually Think Ebola Creates Zombies
There's also a rumor that raw onions and coffee will cure it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Whistleblower Goes Public Against China’s FDA
On Weibo, a provincial anti-graft official has dared to call out the current and former heads of a powerful regulatory body.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Controversial New TV Series Awakens China’s Historical Ghosts
A miniseries on reformist Deng Xiaoping is exposing deeper divisions in Chinese society and its ruling party.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Sees Islamic State Inching Closer to Home
Chinese media lights up after a Hong Kong weekly says IS aims to expand into Xinjiang.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Months Later, a Cyberattack Still Lingers
Taiwan's Apple Daily, well known for criticizing the Chinese mainland, is still inaccessible to some overseas readers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chinese Official Floats Plan to “Stabilize Fertility” Among Some Uighurs
The plan seems bound to further raise tensions in Xinjiang.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dear Chinese Media: Americans Don’t Hate You, We Just Can’t Find You on a Map
An open letter to those overthinking our relationship.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time to Tear Up China’s ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Cards
Anti-corruption efforts claimed Zhou Yongkang's career, but there is one last taboo we must break.
