Commentaries

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

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

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.

Cambodia

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

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

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.

Multimedia

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

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.

Former Myanmar soldier now trains anti-junta militia in Magway