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Comedy and autocracy are made for each other

U.S.-based legal scholar and activist Teng Biao says totalitarian regimes are 'major manufacturers' of jokes

New York exhibit keeps dream of a democratic China alive – across the generations
China

New York exhibit keeps dream of a democratic China alive – across the generations

June 4 Memorial Hall aims to preserve memories erased by Communist Party propaganda

US Defense Secretary ‘deeply concerned’ about China’s unwillingness to engage
China

US Defense Secretary ‘deeply concerned’ about China’s unwillingness to engage

Beijing hits back at Austin, accusing the U.S. of destroying stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Main opposition party delays election protest following threat from Cambodia’s leader
Cambodia

Main opposition party delays election protest following threat from Cambodia’s leader

‘I will handcuff you immediately,’ Hun Sen warned would-be demonstrators.

US bill seeks ‘enhanced’ Uyghur genocide sanctions
Uyghur

US bill seeks ‘enhanced’ Uyghur genocide sanctions

France’s Senate also approves a bill seeking an E.U. version of America’s ban on imports tied to slave labor.

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Tiananmen commemorations in Hong Kong stifled, but other cities keep memory alive

US bill seeks ‘enhanced’ Uyghur genocide sanctions
Uyghur

US bill seeks ‘enhanced’ Uyghur genocide sanctions

France’s Senate also approves a bill seeking an E.U. version of America’s ban on imports tied to slave labor.

People queue outside automated teller machines (ATM) of KBZ Bank in Yangon, April 7, 2021.
Myanmar

Myanmar shutters 700 mobile bank accounts suspected of funding anti-junta forces

2023-06-05

While some may have funded the resistance, many belong to civilian business owners.

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, June 4, 2023.
SE Asia Region

Beijing seeks ‘dialogue over confrontation’, defense chief says

2023-06-04

Li Shangfu’s comments come after reports of a China, U.S. near-miss in the Taiwan Strait.

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A new big brother for Laos?

A new big brother for Laos?

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Former Myanmar soldier now trains anti-junta militia in Magway

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No walls are impermeable, not even a firewall

China’s young netizens share how they learned about 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
China

China’s young netizens share how they learned about 1989 Tiananmen Massacre

Hints or veiled comments pique curiosity, prompting them to uncover the truth.

North Korean police direct traffic below a mural in the capital Pyongyang.
North Korea

Fed up with corruption, North Koreans are attacking police, secret document shows

Paid nearly worthless wages, police exploit their positions to extract bribes to survive

The K-pop group BLACKPINK performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., in 2019.
China

K-pop group BLACKPINK gets blasted for calling fans as ‘Macanese,’ not ‘Chinese’

Employees of the StarKist cannery in American Samoa protest on May 25, 2023 near a public hearing in Pago Pago on the planned expansion of a U.S. marine sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean that would make more areas off limits to fishing.
Pacific

Public hearing in American Samoa underscores opposition to marine sanctuary plan

Gurkhas stand guard at the entrance of the venue of the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2023.
SE Asia Region

No dialogue between US, China defense chiefs in Singapore

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Thai opposition pulls off a rout, but the loser may take all

Thai opposition pulls off a rout, but the loser may take all

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