Story Archive
2020-07-07
Nguyen Duc Quoc Vuong took up a range of sensitive political topics in his live-streamed commentaries.
2020-07-07
A rights group says authorities should treat all illegal land grabbers equally before the law.
2020-07-07
After the start of the school year was postponed three times to June 1, schools are closing only one month later.
2020-07-07
Overtime will not be paid because of shortfalls in tax revenue amid business shutdowns due to coronavirus fears, officials say.
2020-07-07
Ethnic Mongolians are up in arms over plans to teach some classes in Mongolian-medium schools in Chinese.
2020-07-07
An expert says the White House should publicly define the nature of abuses in the region.
2020-07-07
The Hong Kong Journalists' Association (HKJA) says media organizations can be required to hand over confidential material if the police think it relevant to an offense under the vaguely worded law.
2020-07-06
The military maneuvers point to rising tensions, as the U.S. pushes back against an increasingly assertive China that has been ratcheting up pressure on other claimant nations.
2020-07-06
Any visit to Taiwan would be the Dalai Lama's first since 2009, and would be certain to anger Beijing.
2020-07-06
Police Brigadier General Zaw Moe Than faces up to three years in prison under the Myanmar Police Force Maintenance of Discipline Law.
2020-07-06
A bipartisan group of Congressmen and Senators call for Magnitsky Act sanctions against those responsible for the policy.
2020-07-06
The three are members of the Provisional Government of Vietnam, which Hanoi says is a terrorist group.
2020-07-06
Three of Truong Duy Nhat’s seven lawyers visited the prison in Hanoi to ask their client questions.
2020-07-06
New members are said to include nomads and farmers, who researchers in exile say would have no reason to join.
2020-07-06
Anyone suspected of violating the national security law can be searched and surveilled, while equipment used by online service providers can be seized.
2020-07-06
Tsinghua law professor Xu Zhangrun is detained just days after a collection of his critical essays is published in New York.
2020-07-03
Some 20,000 ethnic Rakhines from southern Ratheduang township swell the ranks of the displaced.
2020-07-03
Former student leader turned deputy party leader Lin Fei-fan says China could arrest Taiwanese who have shown public support for independence.
2020-07-03
Beijing's top liaison official in Hong Kong will oversee the implementation of a draconian security law targeting speech as well as action.
2020-07-02
Maneuvers comes after Chinese vessel entered Vietnamese waters last month.
2020-07-02
Rescue crews struggle in “lake of mud” at a site of frequently deadly accidents.
2020-07-02
Trader says shortages of key goods will be met by “unofficial trade” on terms that favor China.
2020-07-02
Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton’s son beaten by plainclothes police.
2020-07-02
The slogan 'Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now!' is now outlawed because it is deemed supportive of independence for the city.
2020-07-02
The groups had warned workers are selling their land, eating less, and taking on more debt to repay loans.
2020-07-02
A Chinese embassy spokesman warns that Hong Kong's British National Overseas (BNO) passport-holders are still its citizens.
2020-07-01
Drills could send Southeast Asian nations message that China can “kick them off their islands,” one expert says.
2020-07-01
Morgan Ortagus discusses the next phase of the US approach to the persecution of the Uyghurs.
2020-07-01
Factory owners hurt by financial losses amid coronavirus fears close their plants, leaving workers without money for rent or living expenses.
2020-07-01
Businesses are warned to be aware of the ‘reputational, economic, and legal risks’ of such ties.
