Story Archive
2015-12-16
Local people fear the plant will pollute the local environment with the carcinogenic by-products of waste incineration.
2015-12-15
He had served his full four-year sentence for ‘propaganda against the state.’
2015-12-15
Wang Junli had been trying to cross the border to Myanmar amid an ongoing crackdown on exiled Chinese dissidents in Thailand.
2015-12-15
Rights groups call for renewed attention to Sombath Somphone's case as Laos prepares to host top-level ASEAN meetings next year.
2015-12-15
Costs are not fully reimbursed, and access to needed medicine is limited, sources say.
2015-12-15
The country holds a quarter of all journalists detained or imprisoned around the world, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.
2015-12-15
The cost for a vacation has shifted to cash, highlighting differences between the haves and have-nots.
2015-12-14
Brothels owned and staffed by Han Chinese are the main source of infection, experts say.
2015-12-14
They are demanding full pay for November after being docked for failing to meet targets.
2015-12-14
Leading emitter joins global accord as it drives development abroad.
2015-12-14
The case against Pu rests on tweets critical of Beijing's ethnic policies and online attacks on politicians.
2015-12-14
Labor activist Zhu Xiaomei's application to return home and feed her infant son is rejected.
2015-12-11
Shootings by an unidentified group leave authorities and citizens on edge with few answers to the violence.
2015-12-11
Ministers and deputy ministers will be changed, with other government staff left in place, an NLD spokesman says.
2015-12-11
The drivers are angry at the rise of unlicensed cab journeys via Didi, an uber-like taxi app.
2015-12-11
Dozens of rights lawyers and activists had gathered in the southwestern region of Guangxi for the meeting.
2015-12-10
Annual day features marches in Myanmar and Cambodia and a hunger strike in Inner Mongolia.
2015-12-10
They discussed the transition for a new legislature dominated by MPs from her opposition party.
2015-12-10
The facility has built seven vessels since the beginning of the year, sources say.
2015-12-10
Chinese ethnic groups call for rights protections to be enshrined in any global environmental plan, as their communities are hit by development.
2015-12-10
The UN Committee Against Torture says it is unconvinced by many of Beijing's claims at a review of its record last month.
2015-12-09
Campaigner, a well-paid physician in Germany, asks how the president paid for his mansion and his family’s luxury cars.
2015-12-09
The opposition leader met Aung Min to prepare her incoming government for cease-fire talks.
2015-12-09
She had been convicted with five others for supporting a self-immolation protest challenging Chinese rule in Tibetan areas.
2015-12-09
Writer Tsering Woeser recalls losing her job and leaving her home city of Lhasa 12 years ago after her book was banned.
2015-12-09
Protest comes as authorities in Wuhan announce a temporary halt to plans for a waste plant amid similar protests.
2015-12-09
Some of the money is funneled upward to buy protection from higher-level cadres.
2015-12-09
Families and lawyers of detained lawyers say Beijing has 'trampled on the law' and created a 'human rights disaster.'
2015-12-08
Sources say they could be jailed 15-20 years for failing to inform police of the plan.
2015-12-08
Authorities in Hanoi and Da Nang had refused requests to reconsider verdicts against the activist and his group.
