Story Archive
2020-04-17
Desperate rural villagers risk life and limb to get rich but end up arrested and fined instead.
2020-04-17
Local residents mostly believe the ruling Chinese Communist Party's claim that the coronavirus came from the U.S.
2020-04-17
The vessel is moving back and forth over a patch of water, which is a tell-tale sign that it has begun to survey the area.
2020-04-17
Anti-pollution activists warn against new wave of coal-fired power plants.
2020-04-16
Asked to read from China's script, Wisconsin legislature instead condemns China.
2020-04-16
‘We are going to work just for the benefit of many people, but we are at risk of infection,’ says one doctor.
2020-04-16
Two North Korean escapees also win seats in big symbolic feat.
2020-04-16
Concerned Tibetans say China is trying to erase Tibetan culture.
2020-04-16
Drew Pavlou says the allegations against him are political retaliation for his relentless criticism of China.
2020-04-16
Dozens died during the failed 58-day journey to enter Malaysia.
2020-04-16
A press freedom group says Chen Jiaping should be released immediately and unconditionally.
2020-04-16
Eyes on Earth Inc., a U.S. research firm specializing in water, published a study April 13 showing that China’s 11 Mekong River dams held back water and exacerbated a damaging drought in downstream countries Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
2020-04-15
Thar Loon Zaung Htet, editor in chief of Khit Thit news agency, and Khine Myat Kyaw, editor in chief of Narinjara news agency, were charged last month.
2020-04-15
Authorities additionally arrested another Facebooker for criticizing the government online.
2020-04-15
Warning follows launches of projectiles on eve of founder’s birthday.
2020-04-15
Temples and streets are mostly empty, as stay-at-home regulations are largely heeded.
2020-04-15
Uyghurs in exile say the policy is part of a ‘colonization’ of their homeland.
2020-04-15
Social media users in southeast Asia hit back at Chinese netizens repeating Beijing's official line beyond the Great Firewall.
2020-04-15
They say conditions in jail are poor and their loved ones are at risk of infection.
2020-04-15
Geoffrey Ma fails to address a number of other areas of political pressure, both past and potential, on the city's judiciary.
2020-04-15
Tibetan students and Chinese tourists load up on Tibetan meds before returning to China.
2020-04-14
Gatherings went on weeks after the Yangon government banned them to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
2020-04-14
Meanwhile, Indonesia reports its highest daily death count tied to the coronavirus.
2020-04-14
Officials say visits are suspended due to the coronavirus, but rights groups say they can be done safely.
2020-04-14
The Hai Yang Di Zhi 8 was at the heart of the tense standoff with Vietnam over Vanguard Bank in July 2019.
2020-04-14
North Korean state agencies brazenly restart smuggling, despite border closure expected to last until mid-May.
2020-04-14
Ai Fen says she doesn't use social media much but would just like to get on with being a doctor.
2020-04-14
Several universities in China had posted the directive from the State Council, but have now deleted the memo.
2020-04-14
They say the firm did not pay their March wages and ignored government orders to close the factory for coronavirus prevention.
2020-04-13
A bereaved villager says the army targeted civilians deliberately and unprovokedly.
