Story Archive
2020-03-10
Shein Latt installed the irrigation system for a hemp farm that operated with official permission.
2020-03-10
Memet Abdulla’s harsh punishment comes despite nearly 40 years of government service.
2020-03-10
Critics say the president went to 'pick peaches' in a public relations exercise that has little to do with ordinary people's woes.
2020-03-09
Authorities arrest Facebooker for posting live video about COVID-19.
2020-03-09
But both the young woman and the pensioner said to have the disease insist they are not infected.
2020-03-09
The army disputes reports that it fired shells that killed two Rohingya women in Jan. 25 incident.
2020-03-09
Urgent political meetings and a parade of troops and armed police reflect anxiety over the stability of Beijing's rule in the formerly independent Tibet.
2020-03-09
Reports indicate that Beijing is seeking to undermine the idea that the virus emerged in Wuhan.
2020-03-09
Truong Duy Nhat, a frequent critic of Vietnam's government, was kidnapped in Thailand in 2019 to be brought back for trial.
2020-03-09
Xu's girlfriend Li Qiaochu is also under detention, possibly to exert greater pressure on him to 'confess.'
2020-03-09
The inmates are to file lawsuit against alleged officials who beat them up in detention center.
2020-03-08
Sources say the supplies are headed to Pyongyang, home of the nation’s elite.
2020-03-06
Experts say the designation could be used to bring a case in an international court of law.
2020-03-06
Tibetan refugee and welfare officials fear a crackdown by Nepal's police on observances deemed offensive to China.
2020-03-06
China-dependent countries feel fallout in tourism, manufacturing, and exports.
2020-03-06
Thousands of Rohingya have tried to leave Myanmar in the last several years to escape persecution, poverty, and insecurity.
2020-03-06
Y Ngun Knul was sentenced to an 18-year term, later reduced, for demanding the opening of a Protestant church closed by authorities.
2020-03-06
Ayturghan Hesenowa fled persecution in China’s Xinjiang Region in 1962 and later achieved fame throughout Central Asia.
2020-03-06
Edward Leung is sent to a prison generally reserved for those serving the heaviest penalties.
2020-03-06
An attempt by local officials to stage food deliveries during Sun Chunlan's visit backfires badly amid shouts of "Fake!"
2020-03-06
Wealthy people can simply pay their way out of mobilization for the whole year.
2020-03-05
Factory owners, economists: Disruption of supply of fabrics from China threatens to impact nation’s economy.
2020-03-05
The people came into contact with a Japanese national who tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-03-05
The seizure comes as neighboring China bans the sale and consumption of wild animals for food, blaming the trade for the outbreak of coronavirus.
2020-03-05
Tibetans distrust official Chinese news reports, though, and look for information from outside sources considered more reliable.
2020-03-05
Chinese representatives now lead four out of 15 UN specialized agencies, more than any other country.
2020-03-05
The crew of the Courageous allegedly entered Cambodian waters illegally and engaged in smuggling.
2020-03-05
Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi 'disappeared' after reporting on the coronavirus epidemic from Wuhan hospitals and funeral homes.
2020-03-05
Tibetan kindergartens and primary schools now teach mainly in Chinese in what a rights group calls an assault on Tibetans' cultural identity.
2020-03-04
A relief group says the conflict has displaced 130,000 people and killed more than 100.
