Environment Forget the U.S.—China and India Are Keeping the Paris Agreement Alive Swift changes in the energy mix in China and India offer reasons for optimism in Bonn, Germany. Bob Berwyn
Environment Chinese President Xi Jinping Warns Trump Not to Abandon the Paris Climate Agreement China is making it clear that, if the Trump administration follows through on its threat to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, there will be a geopolitical price to pay. Justin Catanoso
News in Brief Kushner’s China Ethics Snafu Is Just the Latest for a Controversial U.S. Immigration Program Kushner Companies has come under fire for dropping the White House advisor's name amid other allegations of misconduct in the EB-5 industry. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Surrealism Abounds in China’s Uyghur Crackdown Mounting Islamophobia in the West has emboldened Beijing’s repression of Uyghur human rights Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief What Exactly Will Trump and Xi Discuss at Mar-a-Lago? Hopes aren’t very high for groundbreaking diplomacy to transpire at the meeting between President Donald Trump and his… Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Hong Kong Democracy Is at a ‘Low Point’ After Blows to the Suffrage Movement First they came for the democracy activists. Or so it seemed in Hong Kong this week. On Sunday,… Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief What Ever Happened to Hollywood’s ‘Free Tibet’ Rallying Cry? Calls for Tibetan rights remain; they’re just hard to hear over the din of other mounting international rights concerns. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Chinawood: Two Big Brands—‘Hollywood’ and ‘Made in China’—Merge Into One Superheroes over superstitious narratives, a celebration of socialist core values, and more strong female leads: Predicting the future… Pacific Standard Staff
Field Notes Issue #55: March/April 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Letter From Hunan, China: The Chinese Government Has Big Plans for Its Migrant Worker Population As the urban economy slows, the government is encouraging rural-to-urban migrants to open businesses in the countryside. Josh Freedman
News in Brief Will China Fill the Rights Vacuum Left by the United States? Some analysts warn that it’s time to start envisioning a world without a hegemonic champion of social justice. Massoud Hayoun