The online reactions to the PRISM incident, in which the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been revealed to conduct a far-ranging surveillance program affecting many both in the U.S. and abroad, have been as …
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“Gold rush.” “1920s Hollywood.” “Faster than a speeding bullet.” These are a few ways that film professionals have described China’s booming movie industry. China’s film market, the second-largest in the world, grossed roughly US$2.7 billion in 2012, a 37% increase over 2011 revenues, leading …
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After her anti-child molestation campaign, feminist Ye Haiyan, also known as Liumang Yan, or “Hooligan Sparrow,” has been detained by the Chinese police. Officials say the arrest and detainment was because Ye intentionally injured three …
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Among public intellectuals on China’s Internet, the term “constitutionalism” (“宪政”) has been raised with increasingly frequency. Esoteric as it may sound, the term is probably the most frequently invoked in the context of political reform, …
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[Note: The following is a Tea Leaf Nation op-ed, and does not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors.] On May 31, People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), ran a high-profile …
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“Don’t worry about forgetfulness — at least the Sina censors remember,” tweeted Jia Zhangke, a film director. Like 2013, 1989 was the year of the Snake on the Chinese calendar. It was also a year …
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Cui Yunquan’s robots look like they’ve roved off a holodeck. Clapped in chrome, eyes glowing, their arms slice like rapiers because he designed them that way: for precision and otherworldly service. Beijing’s Cui makes noodle …
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Phonemica, or xiangyinyuan, is an innovative project that documents China’s myriad dialects and languages. Founders Kellen Parker and Steve Hansen started the open-archive, ethnographic project in 2009. Both worry that the strong presence of the …
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Chinese rescue workers saved a baby trapped in a sewer pipe after the child’s mother claimed she couldn’t afford an abortion and gave birth over a toilet. Earlier today, Tea Leaf Nation managing editor Liz …
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Zhang Xi’en, professor from the School of Politics and Public Administration at Shandong University, recently suggested that the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) should limit the number of its incumbent party members to 30 million and maintain …
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WeChat, a communications app, is suffering some user ire for the first time since it began its explosive growth to dominate the mobile messaging markets in China and many emerging market countries like India and …
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The term “hardest job-hunting season in history” has become a buzzword in China recently. According to China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 6.99 million students will be graduating institutions of higher education this …
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