Story Archive
2015-12-08
The move comes a month after the country’s opposition party swept widely-lauded elections.
2015-12-08
Wednesday Dec. 12, 2015 marked 40 years since the communist Pathet Lao took control of the country, a former French colony and six-century-old monarchy, and set up a socialist regime closely aligned to neighboring Vietnam.
2015-12-08
China's pollution pigeons come home to roost as awareness grows of the environmental cost of economic growth.
2015-12-08
A pre-trial meeting could mean Pu Zhiqiang's trial will follow soon, his lawyers say.
2015-12-07
Nguyen Van Dai and fellow activists were assaulted as they returned to the capital by taxi.
2015-12-07
Producer losses raise policy risks of scheme to promote use of cleaner fuel.
2015-12-07
Li Xin is seeking asylum after police forced him to spy on dissidents, lawyers and Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
2015-12-07
The move is part of a broadening crackdown on the unofficial labor movement amid growing strikes in the Pearl River Delta region.
2015-12-05
The meeting is seen as a crucial step forward in Myanmar's transition to multiparty democracy.
2015-12-04
They had protested Chinese crackdowns in Tibetan areas and called for the Dalai Lama's return.
2015-12-04
Soldiers' deaths in Xaysomboun Province, blamed on an anti-government group, came a week after shootings of vehicles.
2015-12-04
The move follows earlier efforts to 'modernize' the central Barkhor area in the Tibetan regional capital.
2015-12-04
President Xi Jinping announces a three-year investment program in infrastructure and agriculture on the continent.
2015-12-04
Fu Zhibin is sentenced alongside an assistant and two print workers for 'smearing' Mao Zedong and denying the legitimacy of Communist Party rule.
2015-12-03
The democracy campaigner does not meet criteria for eligibility, an official says.
2015-12-03
His earlier charge of murder was downgraded to a manslaughter offense.
2015-12-03
His earlier charge of murder was downgraded to a manslaughter offense.
2015-12-03
NLD patron Tin Oo welcomes Myanmar military pledge to transfer power to election victors but wants a clear timetable.
2015-12-03
The deal, if signed, will likely bring a key English-language newspaper politically closer to Beijing.
2015-12-03
Guo Feixiong says he and fellow activists were jailed for the peaceful expression of political views.
2015-12-02
The new charge is the third issued against opposition leader in three weeks.
2015-12-02
The new charge is the third issued against opposition leader in three weeks.
2015-12-02
Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou carry out a post-mortem on an activist who died in detention, without family consent.
2015-12-02
Many in Laos resent Vietnam's huge economic footprint and major role in resource extraction in their country.
2015-12-02
The two leaders pledge to support a peaceful shift to power for her party.
2015-12-02
Two other high-ranking academics are under investigation by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2015-12-02
Calls to Gao's cell phone result in a 'no such number' message, which activists say is likely the work of the police.
2015-12-01
Hospitals can perform reassignment surgery, but the procedure is required for legal gender recognition.
2015-12-01
Cambodia's ruling party is seen as using all means at its disposal to undermine its opposition.
2015-12-01
Cambodia's ruling party is seen as using all means at its disposal to undermine its opposition.
