Myanmar snubbed as Asian, European leaders urge return to democracy
Cambodia

Myanmar snubbed as Asian, European leaders urge return to democracy

The ASEM virtual summit presses the junta to accept an ASEAN envoy as it pledged in April.

Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again
China

Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again

Pu Wenqing says her attempts to get a last meeting with Huang have been in vain.

Interpol elects Chinese cop in charge of pursuing overseas fugitives to senior role
China

Interpol elects Chinese cop in charge of pursuing overseas fugitives to senior role

Hu Binchen's election comes despite warnings about Beijing's abuse of Interpol to pursue peaceful activists abroad.

China targets ride-hailing operator Didi for delisting in New York: reports
China

China targets ride-hailing operator Didi for delisting in New York: reports

The move comes amid an ongoing clampdown on the activists of China's most powerful technology companies.

Vietnam

‘Cheated, sold and bought’: UN urges Vietnam, Saudis to stop trafficking of workers

The death of an overworked Vietnamese teen underscores peril of labor exports to the Middle East.

North Korean wives of Chinese men asked to apply for temporary ID cards
North Korea

North Korean wives of Chinese men asked to apply for temporary ID cards

The women hope to gain legal status to avoid repatriation, but some fear a set-up.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai is shown at a women's singles match at Wimbledon in a file photo.
Commentaries

Peng Shuai and Zhang Gaoli: why didn’t she just leave?

2021-11-25

The question at the back of my mind is always: why do so many female victims find it so hard to leave?

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Nov. 15, 2021.
Commentaries

US, China solidify strategies toward each other amid low-key diplomacy

2021-11-28

Experts say calling tensions between the U.S. and China "a new Cold War" goes too far.

Commentary

Efforts to end the world’s reliance on coal face challenge in Asia-Pacific

Efforts to end the world’s reliance on coal face challenge in Asia-Pacific

Cartoon

Pouring salt on Vietnam's wounds

Pouring salt on Vietnam's wounds

Video

Ethnic Karenni dance student performs for children of anti-coup fighters

North Korea bans leather coats to stop citizens from copping leader’s iconic look
North Korea

North Korea bans leather coats to stop citizens from copping leader’s iconic look

Literal fashion police confiscate pleather trench coats from citizens who dare wear them in public.

Mamattohti Imin (C) participates in a demonstration staged by Uyghurs in front of the Chinese Embassy in Istanbul, demanding news of missing family members in Xinjiang, in an undated photo.
Uyghur

Chinese authorities destroy dome a Uyghur exile built for his hometown in Xinjiang

Mamattohti Imin hoped the site would be his final resting place in Kashgar.

Head keeper Tran Van Truong holding a pangolin inside its enclosure at Save Vietnam's Wildlife, a group that runs a pangolin conservation program inside the Cuc Phuong National Park in northern province of Ninh Binh, Sept. 14, 2020.
Vietnam

Crime gangs make Vietnam the top destination for smuggled African wildlife-report

Protesters take part in a demonstration in Yangon against the military coup in Myanmar, Nov. 10, 2021.
Myanmar

Myanmar families fearing arrest cut ties with activist children

Thai and Cambodian police officers watch as about 100 Thais cross a bridge from Pol Pet in Cambodia to Aranyaprathet in Thailand after being rescued from an illegal online Chinese gambling ring, Nov. 24, 2021/
China

Thais freed from Chinese ring in Cambodia return home

Commentary

Climate change: the implications for regional security

Climate change: the implications for regional security

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Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing

Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing

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