Story Archive
2008-10-22
China's leaders say they will allow the transfer of land use rights between farmers but stop short of allowing them full property rights, amid a simmering land dispute in Guangdong province.
2008-10-22
Former top Communist Party aide Bao Tong says the recent decision to allow China's farmers to lease or transfer farmland contracted under the "responsibility" system hasn't gone far enough.
2008-10-21
A U.S. appeals court says 17 Uyghurs must remain at Guantanamo Bay, for now.
2008-10-20
Tibetan government workers are briefly detained after a clash that injures a Chinese soldier and policeman.
2008-10-20
Four bombings have occurred in and near Rangoon over the last month.
2008-10-17
Parents and lawyers accuse Chinese authorities of hushing up a scandal over tainted milk.
2008-10-15
Dozens of dissidents and activists face closed trials in Burma, including a leading monk.
2008-10-15
Thailand and Cambodia take steps to ease tensions after a deadly clash.
2008-10-15
A new clash erupts in southern China over the value of farmland slated for development.
2008-10-15
Thailand and Cambodia take steps to ease tensions after a deadly clash.
2008-10-13
Amid fallout over contaminated milk powder, two new scares over possibly tainted medical supplies in China have come to light.
2008-10-10
Online comments registered disappointment after the Nobel Prize for peace was awarded to Finland's ex-president, as the wife of jailed AIDS activist and Nobel nominee Hu Jia reported tighter security.
2008-10-08
A U.S. Appeals court temporarily blocks the release of 17 ethnic Uyghurs held for almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay.
2008-10-07
Lawyers in China are warned against taking on cases related to a widening scandal over tainted milk.
2008-10-04
Political obstruction and lack of access to affected areas have blocked U.N. efforts to end recruitment of child soldiers in Burma.
2008-10-03
Parents who lost children in the devastating May 12 earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province, and others whose homes are unrepaired, are told to keep quiet.
2008-10-02
At least three Tibetans have been handed jail terms ranging from four to nine years in connection with several explosions in Markham county, Chamdo, during Tibetan protests earlier this year.
2008-10-01
The only leader of Burma's 2007 uprising known to have escaped custody says monks have been singled out for rough treatment.
2008-10-01
China's media still labor under tight control, despite promises to loosen up.
2008-09-30
Anxious parents flood hospitals, vowing to fight for redress, while lawyers and rights activists warn that domestic media face curbs in reporting on the widening tainted milk crisis.
2008-09-26
Fallout from China's tainted milk-powder crisis widens in Tibet.
2008-09-25
Veteran opposition party member Win Tin has called for substantive talks with Burma's military regime on the future of his country, after his release from a 19-year jail term in Rangoon's Insein prison.
2008-09-24
Muslim Uyghur employees at government departments in China's northwest are being offered free lunches during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
2008-09-23
Nepal’s Maoists have entered the country’s political mainstream, following a war that killed thousands. But is one-party rule still their ultimate goal?
2008-09-23
Parents and commentators warn that Chinese officials may try to cover up the true extent of a public health crisis caused by tainted milk formula.
2008-09-19
Burmese exile Web sites come under cyber-attack.
2008-09-19
A Catholic father in Vietnam asks the Vatican to intervene in a land dispute between the Church and the Hanoi government.
2008-09-18
Chinese parents are rushing their babies for health checks and vowing to sue amid a spreading scandal over tainted baby formula.
2008-09-18
Police are using checkpoints, interrogation, and threats to quash protests in Vietnam.
2008-09-18
Chinese authorities detain a Tibetan television journalist in Sichuan, citing "political" material on his computer.
