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“Tibet is still a very sensitive topic, even if your story is about the environment and not politics,” said an editor, who prefers to remain unnamed, of the environmental section of Southern Weekly, a paper the New York Times has called the most influential liberal newspaper in China. In early April, several satellite images were [...]

This article also appeared in The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. On December 9, world anti-corruption day, the government of Guangdong province in Southern China took a step toward something potentially huge. According to China Business Journal, the government selected three counties–Hengqin County of Zhuhai City, Nansha County of Guangzhou City and Shixing [...]