Story Archive
2010-12-20
But abuses continue as local officials strive to meet targets.
2010-12-20
China faces international checks on carbon curbs.
2010-12-20
In fast-developing events on the Korean peninsula, the South proceeds with military drills and the North allows nuclear inspectors to return.
2010-12-19
Beijing is under pressure to break an eight-year deadlock on resolving territorial claims with ASEAN.
2010-12-17
The North warns of a "deadlier" attack, as the South vows to go ahead with a new live-fire drill.
2010-12-17
Nostalgia for China's imperial period is misplaced, author says.
2010-12-16
Links between Burmese within the country and abroad are key to restoring democracy, says Aung San Suu Kyi in a program on Dec. 3.
2010-12-16
One of China's 'most promising' young poets has not returned after being forcibly detained ahead of Human Rights Day.
2010-12-16
Chinese authorities force thousands to sign agreements not to participate in "forbidden" religious activities.
2010-12-15
A woman in Cambodia creates the first free legal aid firm for the poor.
2010-12-15
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks on Nov. 26 about the need to bring about "real" unity in her country, saying it is not an easy task but still not impossible.
2010-12-15
They face nearly a week of intense questioning by Chinese security officials.
2010-12-15
News of the deportation to China comes after Cambodia's much-criticized expulsion of 20 Uyghur asylum seekers.
2010-12-15
A formerly jailed democracy advocate says that political change is inevitable in China.
2010-12-15
But India looks set to strengthen trade ties with China during the Chinese premier's visit.
2010-12-15
RFA journalists go to Yeonpyeong Island to see the devastation left by North Korea's Nov. 23 artillery attack.
2010-12-14
Chinese police restrict the movements and activities of a writer and democracy advocate and block help from his lawyer.
2010-12-14
Mentally disabled workers in China endured beatings, hazardous conditions, and long hours without pay.
2010-12-13
The U.N. says Southeast Asia's drug trend is "worrying."
2010-12-13
A Mongolian activist is thought to be under house arrest after his release from a Chinese prison.
2010-12-13
Chinese rights activists speak out about the restrictions they endured during the Nobel award ceremony.
2010-12-13
China inks several deals with Cambodia as ties between the two countries grow stronger than ever.
2010-12-13
China inks several deals with Cambodia as ties between the two countries grow stronger than ever.
2010-12-13
China's price curbs on coal are unlikely to work, experts say.
2010-12-12
A new scholarship program is established to help North Koreans resettle in America.
2010-12-11
Beijing's aggressive blitz to discredit the Nobel Peace Prize and its recipient may boomerang, analysts say.
2010-12-10
An independence activist in China’s Inner Mongolia remains in prison after his scheduled release date.
2010-12-10
Nguyen Dinh Dang, a Vietnamese national who studied abroad in Russia during the 1980s, is a rare master of both the sciences and aesthetics. He obtained a PhD in nuclear physics in 1985 and a Doctor-of-Sciences degree in 1990 at Moscow State University, but has maintained a passion for art since the age of five when his French-educated father taught him to draw.
2010-12-10
An empty seat marks the absence of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, who is languishing in a Chinese prison.
2010-12-09
Investors hail the project, but green groups say displaced residents lack 'sustainable livelihoods.'