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Mainland Chinese Web Users React to Hong Kong’s Message in a (Baby) Bottle

Launched in February, an emergency two-can limit on exports of baby milk formula was made permanent Hong Kong law last Friday. The South China Morning Post reported that by Saturday last week, customs officials in Hong Kong arrested 26 Hong Kong residents and 19 Mainland Chinese for attempting to smuggle baby milk powder across the border [...]

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Web Users Gripe as Chinese Infrastructure Groans Under Lunar New Year Travel Load

The Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is drawing closer, and once again the accompanying annual travel rush began weeks ahead of time. Hoping to celebrate China’s most important holiday with their loved ones, a large number of migrant workers, students and visitors left cities around the country for their hometowns. [...]

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Why the “Chinese Dream” Means One Thing to its Leaders, and Another to its People

This article also appears in Tea Leaf Nation Partner sites ChinaFile and The Atlantic. Since China unveiled the new Politburo Standing Committee at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the country’s Web users have been paying close attention to the new elite group of leaders who will set the country’s agenda for [...]

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China Fast Becoming a Nation of Shutterbugs

If you haven’t heard about Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR), just ask a young Chinese person. DSLR cameras produce clear and high quality pictures, and are often widely used by professional photographers around the world. But they are becoming ubiquitous in China, as more and more Chinese devote themselves to photography. With an exploding population [...]

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