Tea Leaf Nation

This article also appeared in The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. On December 9, world anti-corruption day, the government of Guangdong province in Southern China took a step toward something potentially huge. According to China Business Journal, the government selected three counties–Hengqin County of Zhuhai City, Nansha County of Guangzhou City and Shixing [...]

China’s amended Criminal Procedure Law, passed by the National People’s Congress (NPC) in March to great controversy, has become a focal point again. On July 30, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (最高人民法院) drafted the Judicial Interpretation of the Criminal Procedure Law, which was to be discussed by lower-level courts before being written into law. But [...]