What’s Really Happening With China’s Great Firewall
There are new signs of government censorship on the Internet in China.
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A Korean Hallyu Threatens American Cultural Dominance
The Korean wave has only picked up momentum since the late 1990s, and its influence is impressive.
The High-Tech—and Very Low-Tech—Tactics of Corporate Espionage
No matter the methods, the motivations are the same.
The 2 Cultures of China
The U.S. has red states and blue states. China has rice provinces and wheat provinces, and the profound differences between them provide evidence of how cultural assumptions arise.
The Fall of China’s Renminbi
Changing monetary policy in China reminds us that all national currencies are little more than constructions, open to manipulation and wild fluctuation.
Why Is Brooklyn Dying?
The borough has experienced a drop in average per capita income, but there's a good reason for that.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The First-Generation American Who Wants to Improve Asian-American Relations
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
IPO Gives Us a Look Inside Sina Weibo, a Company Struggling With Censorship
Weibo, “China’s Twitter,” started offering shares on NASDAQ last week. Its regulatory disclosures reveal a company’s balancing act between censoring too much and too little.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Accomplished Economist Who Wants to Empower Whole Societies
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
The International Trade of Talent
Just because a net migration number is negative doesn't mean there is brain drain. A shrinking population doesn't always indicate a dying place.