This article also appears on Tea Leaf Nation partner sites ChinaFile and The Atlantic. Glad-handing with the locals. Kissing babies. Eating fast food. These are tried and true ways that American politicians seek to advertise their common touch; but when China’s new leaders employ these methods, it is greeted as a pleasant surprise, maybe even a sign [...]
An online wit who calls himself “Mr. Ponder” (@琢磨先生) on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, is at it again. After capturing the world’s attention this summer by re-imagining Chinese literature for the micro-blogging age, Mr. Ponder, who in actuality appears to be a career coach named Guo Cheng, has just garnered immense attention from Web users [...]
The following is a translation of a post shared via Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, by Shanghai blogger @桔子树小窝 on the recent large-scale protests in Qidong, China. According to Hong Kong University’s Weiboscope, which tracks Weibo posts popular with influential users, the text was the most-retweeted image of July 29. It was reposted over 25,000 times and [...]
The following is a translation of a post shared via Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, by Shanghai blogger @桔子树小窝 on the recent large-scale protests in Qidong, China. According to Hong Kong University’s Weiboscope, which tracks Weibo posts popular with influential users, the text was the most-retweeted image of July 29. It was reposted over 25,000 times and [...]
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