Welcome to Tea Time Chat, a real-time discussion between Tea Leaf Nation writers about the issues that matter to them. With graduation day approaching at many universities, we took the opportunity to contributors who have attended Chinese universities to discuss their experiences there. This follows a Chat last week in which we asked Chinese students at elite American universities [...]
From the department of massive PR failures comes this image, tweeted November 30 on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, by a user with the handle “soy-sauce-plus-an-egg Ming” (let’s just call him Ming). It’s a congratulatory banner on the side of what Ming says is the People’s Hospital in Wuchuan, a county-level city in Guangdong province. Ming told a local [...]
Freedom of speech has always been a sensitive topic in China. But when a prominent commentator calls for the right to free speech in one of the most famous (and state-controlled) universities in China, it raises the stakes yet further. On November 18, fresh off of a forced blogging hiatus coinciding with China’s leadership handover [...]
Tea Leaf Nation is proud to announce a partnership with ChinaFile, an online magazine intended “to broaden your understanding of China and spark new conversation about its place in the world.” Home to a number of respected contributors including Orville Schell and Michael Anti, ChinaFile has formed partnerships with several excellent media outlets including Caixin [...]
After being postponed due to Hurricane Sandy-related issues, our live dialogue is back! Tea Leaf Nation will be honored to partner with ChinaDialogue.net to present “China-U.S.: A live discussion on elections, energy and climate change.” This live, online, interactive discussion will be accessible on this site and on ChinaDialogue.net, and will take place from Tuesday morning, November 20 [...]
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