Story Archive
2016-09-30
Andrei Lankov sees limits to Beijing's willingness to pressure its ally Pyongyang, despite Chinese opposition to nuclear proliferation.
2016-09-30
Aung San Suu Kyi says the government is determined to bring about positive change in Rakhine state and other areas affected by conflict.
2016-09-30
Top pro-democracy lawmakers say there is nothing to celebrate about the establishment of a dictatorial regime.
2016-09-30
Among those held is a group of 12 petitioners from Chongqing, jailed for 'picking quarrels and stirring up trouble.'
2016-09-29
The government steps up its attempts to stop contraband timber, but the bottleggers make their own moves.
2016-09-29
His sister, a mother of four, had burned herself to death to protest China's 'violent rule' in Tibetan areas.
2016-09-29
Shan Lihua is handed a 27-month prison term after she exposed 'excessive eating' by local officials.
2016-09-29
Manufacturers say the increase in the minimum wage is too high and the unions say it's too low.
2016-09-29
The relatives of detained lawyers say they have been smeared by official media and want to take their campaign to a higher level.
2016-09-28
The Occupy Central movement veterans say it may not have achieved its goal, but it did inspire a new generation to enter politics.
2016-09-28
Taken into custody by Chinese police in June, he has not been heard from since.
2016-09-28
The opposition leader’s comments come amid signs of a thaw in frosty relations with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
2016-09-28
The opposition leader’s comments come amid signs of a thaw in frosty relations with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
2016-09-28
Huge resources poured into pandas could be used to improve biodiversity overall, campaigners say.
2016-09-28
The brother of a man who opposed the categorization of people into a rigid class says his family still bears the scars of that dissent, 50 years on.
2016-09-27
Zhuang Liehong, who has staged protests at the United Nations to call attention to his troubled hometown, says he won't be quiet.
2016-09-27
Acting leader Kem Sokha says the opposition will show up for committee work beginning Wednesday.
2016-09-27
Acting leader Kem Sokha says the opposition will show up for committee work beginning Wednesday.
2016-09-27
A complex of seven separate facilities now lies outside the regional capital Urumqi.
2016-09-27
It abandons a plan to give partial control of five departments to local governments following the leaking of a letter about the change.
2016-09-27
A government report reveals a huge scandal around the approval of new pharmaceuticals for the domestic market.
2016-09-27
He follows writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab into detention after a public display of respect to the Dalai Lama.
2016-09-27
The new rules seek to legitimize the state's ongoing violation of individuals' right to privacy, a top rights lawyer says.
2016-09-26
State media say Zeng Feiyang and his fellow activists were treated leniently as repentant first offenders, but a former lawyer says he was not guilty of any crime.
2016-09-26
The move is aimed at bringing more foreign investment into the country's sanctions-hit economy.
2016-09-26
The project is controversial in Laos, where many see China as its biggest beneficiary.
2016-09-26
State security agents hunt defectors, illegal cellphones, and banned media in areas damaged by Typhoon Lionrock.
2016-09-26
Hundreds gather at Ky Anh court to file claims, with hundreds more expected to arrive next day.
2016-09-26
New rules seek to eradicate any overseas connections and to 'guard against separatism.'
2016-09-26
Aung San Suu Kyi’s health is stable, but she needs to rest, a government spokesman says.
