Story Archive
2008-11-13
Many among the millions of people made homeless by China's devastating May 12 earthquake are facing winter without temporary housing, bedding, and heating equipment.
2008-11-12
Tibetan-Chinese talks have failed, Chinese officials say. And Tibetans are debating what to do next.
2008-11-12
Burma's military government hands down severe prison sentences to its critics, and more are expected.
2008-11-12
Residents of a workers' apartment building belonging to a state-owned company in southwest China are reeling after their homes were demolished in the middle of the night, according to online accounts.
2008-11-11
Amid signs of worsening food shortages, laborers from North Korea appear to be eating less and missing more work.
2008-11-11
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrant workers are heading home as jobs dry up, while Beijing announces a stimulus package.
2008-11-11
One woman is injured and a man detained after police clash with islanders staging a sit-in in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.
2008-11-07
U.S. officials conclude talks with North Korean delegation in New York.
2008-11-07
A senior official from Beijing returns home from Taiwan after historic talks with the island's president Ma Ying-jeou sparks violent clashes.
2008-11-06
Controversy heats up over plans to develop an area of the Cambodian capital and evict its residents.
2008-11-06
Controversy heats up over plans to develop an area of the Cambodian capital and evict its residents.
2008-11-06
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama gets urging from North Korean defectors and rights groups to keep up the pressure on Pyongyang.
2008-11-05
People in China wonder, online and out loud, what the U.S. presidential election means for them, and for the world.
2008-11-05
Police have stepped up security requirements for visitors to the Tibetan capital. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama's envoys wrap up talks with Chinese officials amid little hope of progress.
2008-11-04
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader says he's in good health and still has faith in the Chinese people.
2008-11-04
Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in China's formerly booming coastal cities are heading home amid factory closures and labor disputes sparked by the global downturn.
2008-10-31
A new Internet code of conduct leaves many questions unanswered.
2008-10-31
Three Tibetan Buddhist monks are arrested on suspicion of causing an explosion.
2008-10-31
Hundreds of Chinese villagers vow to block construction work at a major international container port.
2008-10-30
Egg producers face more scrutiny after Hong Kong authorities find melamine in Chinese eggs.
2008-10-30
Two lawyers get six-month jail terms for contempt of court.
2008-10-29
A former top official welcomes a European prize awarded to jailed Chinese activist Hu Jia.
2008-10-28
The Dalai Lama says he's lost hope in talks with China.
2008-10-27
A lawyer for six jailed opposition activists vows to appeal their sentences.
2008-10-27
Amid rising demand, Western translators of Tibetan Buddhist texts want to form a guild.
2008-10-24
Labor unrest in China spreads as the global economic crisis worsens.
2008-10-23
Activist Hu Jia, just moved to a new prison in China, wins a major human rights award.
2008-10-23
Another key figure in Burma's 2007 uprising eludes capture.
2008-10-22
Burmese police refuse to summon defense witnesses in the trial of six dissidents, and verdicts are imminent.
2008-10-22
Chinese parents whose children died or were sickened by toxic infant milk formula are approaching U.S. lawyers in the hope of suing U.S.-based subsidiaries of Chinese milk manufacturers.
