While American politicians scratch their heads over whether Edward Snowden is a Chinese spy, many Chinese Internet users have long decided that their country has a mole at the pinnacle of the American power structure — …
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For a select group of young idealist intellectuals, it was going to be an exciting summer. July 28, 2013 to August 8 was to be the second annual meeting for the Co-China Forum’s summer camp, …
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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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Over the last two weeks, the movie, American Dreams in China (中国合伙人) has been the number one box office hit in China, selling over 400 million tickets to date. The movie is a gritty and …
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Why does the format of the summit between President Obama and Chinese President Xi, held today and tomorrow in Rancho Mirage, California, matter in the world of power politics? Tea Leaf Nation founding editor David Wertime …
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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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A news article published in early May suggests that reform may be in the works for China’s long-standing petitioning system, also known as the Letters and Visits system, which is often associated with scandals involving …
Read More[Note: The following is a Tea Leaf Nation op-ed, and does not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors.] On November 29, 2012, at the end of his visit to “The Road to Revival” exhibition, …
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Has the previously inscrutable leader of China, Xi Jinping, begun to show his true colors? A recent editorial on Guangming Daily, one of the Communist Party’s mouthpiece newspapers, revealed that in a January meeting, the …
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Surviving as a journalist under China’s strict censorship regime is no picnic, but recent moves by the Chinese government have made it clear that lives of journalists in China will more likely get harder. Chinese …
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Xi Jinping, where were you the night of March 1? Yesterday, both domestic and foreign news outlets were reporting that the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping had taken a ride in …
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Coming in the wake of an increasingly petulant North Korea threatening to rain fire and brimstone over East Asia and beyond, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s first official visit to China was only ever …
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