Tea Leaf Nation

This article also appears on The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. On March 10, the secretary-general of China’s State Council, the executive branch of government, announced its plan for bureau downsizing, which was to be approved by the National People’s Congress. Upon the announcement, the plan became the most eye-catching subject for domestic [...]

It’s 2013 in China already, where the clock runs 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time. As cheers erupted from Beijing to Shanghai to Chengdu, wishes and reflections for the new year also rained down on Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging platform that is the equivalent of China’s largest public square. A search on [...]