Story Archive
2014-04-25
Some Buddhist monks are confronting extremist anti-Islamic messages that are fueling hate, they say.
2014-04-25
He was taken into custody in 2012 ahead of plans to release a video criticizing Chinese rule.
2014-04-25
Repeated extensions of his sentence violate 'due process,' rights groups say.
2014-04-25
The hermit kingdom looks to expand its scope beyond China.
2014-04-25
U.S.-based whistleblowing doctor Wan Yanhai says hundreds are helping government investigators with the probe.
2014-04-25
Calls grow for an independent investigation into the death of Chinese rights activist Cao Shunli.
2014-04-24
They skip the first meeting since strikes were crushed in January.
2014-04-24
They skip the first meeting since strikes were crushed in January.
2014-04-24
The rare charges against a high-ranking official highlight changes in the reforming country.
2014-04-24
New rules say complaints against the government must be dealt with at the local level.
2014-04-24
They had led resistance to Chinese efforts to force the sale of land believed to contain gold.
2014-04-24
Authorities have shut down two water supply companies after excessive levels of ammonia-nitrogen are found in a major river.
2014-04-23
Returning international humanitarian groups will need to get approval for their activities from a government-led body.
2014-04-23
A more effective vaccination campaign might have avoided the crisis, it says.
2014-04-23
Chinese authorities pressure the dead man's mother to say his action was not political.
2014-04-23
At least 100 people are held briefly in a crackdown that spreads beyond the mosque.
2014-04-23
The detainees are transferred to a Phnom Penh prison ahead of their hearing on Friday.
2014-04-23
The detainees are transferred to a Phnom Penh prison ahead of their hearing on Friday.
2014-04-23
The two men were helping striking workers draft clear proposals in the ongoing dispute.
2014-04-23
They say they can access the Internet via wireless networks in the capital.
2014-04-22
Gwan Maw claims the government is bent on weakening the rebels before a cease-fire agreement is forged.
2014-04-22
Netizens call for the embattled health minister's resignation.
2014-04-22
Former Masanjia inmate Liu Hua escapes from house arrest after being released from a detention center.
2014-04-22
Authorities fear push for language rights as an assertion of Tibetan identity.
2014-04-22
The massive sinkhole takes with it three generations of the same family, their house and much of their farm.
2014-04-22
The teenager was shot dead by police after he ran a red light, they say.
2014-04-21
News of their arrest follows a deadly gunfight along the Chinese border in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province.
2014-04-21
The hard-nosed reporter was once the country’s longest-serving political prisoner.
2014-04-21
The scuffle breaks out after opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua attempts a solo sit-in.
2014-04-21
The scuffle breaks out after opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua attempts a solo sit-in.