Story Archive
2019-10-31
Officials call the sleeping arrangements ‘normal’ and a way to ‘promote ethnic unity.’
2019-10-31
Phan Van Loi gets five years in prison for illegally sending workers abroad.
2019-10-31
Protesters take to the streets in a variety of costumes to protest a mask ban enacted under colonial-era emergency powers.
2019-10-31
Soldiers reportedly stabbed and beat two of escapees during interrogations.
2019-10-31
War hurts farming, fishing, border trade, and tourism, the pillars of the Rakhine economy.
2019-10-31
The fourth plenary session of the 19th party congress breaks no new ground, but will likely herald further centralization of power in Xi's hands, analysts say.
2019-10-30
Guarantors whose guests violate terms of their entry to Tibet face demotion or dismissal from their jobs, one source says.
2019-10-30
Sam Bopha had been detained following a ‘domestic abuse’ complaint her brother said was politically motivated.
2019-10-30
The countries slammed mass detentions, restriction of rights, and surveillance measures.
2019-10-30
The central provinces that sent most of the Vietnamese found in a London truck have a history of labor exports, legal and illegal.
2019-10-30
Critics see another blow to freedom of expression in a country struggling to shed its dictatorial past.
2019-10-30
The urban rail network will use social credit principles to decide who needs to submit to more detailed security checks.
2019-10-30
Philippine nationalist groups meanwhile insist on Beijing's recognition of Philippine sovereignty in the area covered by the deal.
2019-10-30
Tursunay Ziyawudun said women endure a special hell in the region’s camp network.
2019-10-30
Broken toilets, lack of clean water, force many to return to their old homes, with compensation still not paid for property losses.
2019-10-30
Beijing speaks up in favor of a ban on 2014 protest leader Joshua Wong, barred from running in local elections after being judged not to support the city's mini-constitution.
2019-10-30
Crackdown forces smugglers doing business with Chinese to lay low, as inflow of contraband comes to a halt.
2019-10-29
The number is significantly higher than any reported since mass incarcerations began in the region.
2019-10-29
Thai activist group protests amid fears dam will hurt fisheries, environment.
2019-10-29
Coastal provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue all have families fearing the worst as the investigation proceeds.
2019-10-29
Pyongyang claims it is HIV and AIDS-free, but U.S. journal says 8,300 or more in the country live with the disease.
2019-10-29
Allies say her comments to the Japanese press were unhelpful in achieving a key electoral pledge.
2019-10-29
Owners say the old casino will be torn down when the new one is built, a spokesman for the province says.
2019-10-29
Sophia Huang is being held in the southern province of Guangdong after she reported on the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong.
2019-10-29
Thubten Pema Lhundrub was detained five months ago, and has not been heard from after refusing to spy on other Tibetans.
2019-10-29
Joshua Wong's candidacy has been invalidated because of his ties to a political party that favors genuine autonomy for Hong Kong.
2019-10-29
After one death in custody and seven releases, seven Yeub village protesters remain incarcerated.
2019-10-28
Khum Kan is taken away wearing only a sarong after returning home from work in the fields, his bedridden wife says.
2019-10-28
Dramatic air attack on AA motorboats in Rakhine state killed an unknown number of abductees.
2019-10-28
Some personnel changes could occur, but analysts expect no real challenge to President Xi Jinping's power.
