Story Archive
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.
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.
