China
China builds roads, provisions its ships – in US ally Micronesia
Beijing calls attention to its Micronesia projects with ubiquitous China Aid signs but rejects scrutiny.
Cambodia
US won’t say why it reversed $18M aid cut to Cambodia
2023-09-28Frozen two months ago after elections ‘neither free nor fair,’ officials now say the aid will benefit Cambodians.
SE Asia Region
El Niño, India rice export ban cause food security fears in SE Asia
2023-09-28Region’s millions depend on rice for 50% to 70% of their calorie intake.
Documentary
‘Uyghur Tales of Survival’: An RFA documentary series
‘We don’t have a schoolteacher’; resident of Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province, where the village school has fallen into disrepair
South China Sea
Taiwan unveils homegrown ‘sea monster’ sub
The island’s indigenously developed prototype will be delivered to the navy by 2024.
![A woman walks past the entrance to the No. 4 High School also known as the Peyzawat Bilingual High School with signs reading “Entering School Grounds, Please speak Mandarin'” [left] and “Parents Waiting Zone” in Peyzawat, China’s western Xinjiang region, Aug. 31, 2018.](https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/united-nations-forced-separation-09272023203241.html/@@images/3b438746-c969-4c8a-850e-1fcc0c773418.jpeg "A woman walks past the entrance to the No. 4 High School also known as the Peyzawat Bilingual High School with signs reading “Entering School Grounds, Please speak Mandarin'” [left] and “Parents Waiting Zone” in Peyzawat, China’s western Xinjiang region, Aug. 31, 2018.")
