Jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo once said in a 1988 interview: In 100 years of colonialism, Hong Kong has changed to what we see today. With China being so big, …
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Earlier this month, millions of Chinese students took the exam for which they had been preparing their entire lives – the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, known colloquially as the gaokao. For some, the process …
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On June 7, during the rush hour in Xiamen – a Southeastern Chinese city known for its artistic scene and beautiful seaside – a sudden fire engulfed a commuter bus, leaving 47 dead and 34 …
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In recent years, the Chinese central government has been viewed as an example of fiscal health. As of the end of 2012, the total worth of the issued national bonds was 8.27 trillion RMB, which …
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The Tea Leaf Nation team is proud to announce that TLN has been awarded a grant from Harvard Law School. As part of the inaugural class of seed grant recipients from the law school’s Public …
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For a select group of young idealist intellectuals, it was going to be an exciting summer. July 28, 2013 to August 8 was to be the second annual meeting for the Co-China Forum’s summer camp, …
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Early this morning, according to the South China Morning Post, women’s rights activist Ye Haiyan was released after thirteen days of “administrative detention.” Ye had been accused of attacking several people with a cleaver, an …
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By far one of the most widely followed news stories in China over the past week has been the trial of former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun, China’s first ministerial-level official to be prosecuted for corruption. …
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It’s well known by now that former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong after leaking information about the NSA’s surveillance activities. With Americans increasingly aware of the role that Chinese …
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The online reactions to the PRISM incident, in which the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been revealed to conduct a far-ranging surveillance program affecting many both in the U.S. and abroad, have been as …
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In March 2013, Xi Jinping visited three African countries – Tanzania, South Africa, and Republic of the Congo – during his first trip abroad as the President of China. In 2012 alone, more than 2,000 …
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Why does the format of the summit between President Obama and Chinese President Xi, held today and tomorrow in Rancho Mirage, California, matter in the world of power politics? Tea Leaf Nation founding editor David Wertime …
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