Story Archive
2019-12-31
The patrol ship is part of a four-vessel contract approved by former Prime Minister Najib Razak in 2017.
2019-12-31
Protesters ring in the new year with a reminder that four of their five demands haven't been met.
2019-12-31
The democratic island has been increasingly targeted for influence, spying and misinformation campaigns by neighboring China, according to its security services.
2019-12-30
Officials: At least 63 Chinese fishing boats, two coast guard vessels had entered Jakarta’s territorial waters since Dec. 19.
2019-12-30
He Jiankui and two colleagues plead guilty to practicing medicine without a license, 'seeking fame and wealth.'
2019-12-30
The verdict and sentence are handed down after a secret trial in Chengdu last week.
2019-12-26
The prison authorities delay Li Wenzu's monthly visit with her husband until the holiday season.
2019-12-26
More than 300 people have been arrested since the start of the holiday on Dec. 24, police figures show.
2019-12-25
At least two people have 'disappeared' after expressing support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong via social media.
2019-12-25
Police also pepper spray, shove journalists covering protests, as angry local residents hurl insults at them.
2019-12-24
Police also use a water cannon to break up a group singing protest songs to the tune of popular Christmas carols.
2019-12-24
Public spaces are also banned from displaying Christmas decorations and school warned off holding Christmas events.
2019-12-23
Pro-democracy protesters also showed solidarity with China's oppressed Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
2019-12-23
The report comes as the families of political prisoners raise concerns over their mistreatment in prison.
2019-12-20
A short ferry ride away, Hongkongers turn out in protest at the freezing of an account funding legal costs for arrested protesters.
2019-12-20
Raid follows similar roundups in September and October targeting cybercrimes.
2019-12-20
President Tsai Ing-wen, who is seeking re-election next year, warns that China is the biggest threat to Taiwan's way of life.
2019-12-19
Another Guangdong activist who traveled to neighboring Hong Kong to support the protest movement is now in compulsory 'rehab' for up to two years.
2019-12-19
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong says police likely hacked his smartphone to find evidence against him after he attended a protest in August.
2019-12-19
Around a third of the country's population will be over the age of 60 by 2050, official forecasts predict.
2019-12-18
Patriotism is substituted for "freedom of thought" in the newly revised charter of Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University.
2019-12-18
A recent opinion survey finds that public faith in the rule of law in Hong Kong has fallen since police cracked down on the pro-democracy movement.
2019-12-17
Hong Kong officials say Chinese police have the right to detain people on the massive sea bridge connecting the city to the mainland and Macau.
2019-12-17
Reports indicate that the Chinese team has been warned that it can't lose to the former British colony, which has seen six months of pro-democracy protests.
2019-12-16
The 'disappearance' of actress Fan Bingbing in a tax evasion clampdown had a chilling effect on the industry, an insider says.
2019-12-16
His comments come as police face questions over the beating and pepper-spraying of a journalist covering the protests.
2019-12-13
Washington and Beijing are competing over the sea but that does mean conflict, Pacific Fleet commander says.
2019-12-13
He Linxia was behind the publication of an expose of behind-the-scenes machinations by Mao Zedong later banned from public sale in China.
2019-12-12
The Hong Kong protests are fueling calls for the declaration of a Republic of Taiwan.
2019-12-12
Question marks still surround the death of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology student Chow Tsz-lok in a fall from a parking garage during a protest last month.
