Tea Leaf Nation

This article was produced in collaboration with ChinaFile, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. CNPolitics, a Chinese-language news website, recently released this infographic examining the differences between China and America’s wealthiest individuals as reported by Forbes Magazine. As the site notes, China’s relatively recent economic rise means its wealthy tend to be younger. Perhaps surprisingly for a country where all land legally belongs [...]

Will a civil war wrack China? Will China collapse? Or will it rise to be a great world power? In a sign of Weibo’s continuing vitality as a platform for speech, these questions are being openly discussed on Sina Weibo after Forbes China (@福布斯中文网) tweeted a provocative statement from its official account. The multiplicity and [...]