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How a Run-Down Government Building Became the Hottest Item on China’s Social Web

This article also appeared on ChinaFile, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. It is perhaps a sign of the times in China that an image of nothing more than a ramshackle county government building could echo so widely. Since its posting on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, hours before New Year’s Eve, the image (see right) [...]

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Chinese Media Effort to Emphasize Newtown Tragedy Backfires in Blogosphere

This article also appears on Tea Leaf Nation partner sites ChinaFile and The Atlantic. Tragedy can strike anywhere. Mere hours before the horrific shooting at an American school in Newtown, Connecticut that left 28 people dead, including 20 children, a horrific school attack also happened in China. At an elementary school in a village in Guangshan [...]

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