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A deadly clash in southern China exposes long-simmering tensions between majority Han Chinese and the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group.

Washington, human rights groups, and fellow writers are calling on China to free a leading dissident now facing charges of subversion.

A Chinese reporter wins a major award for coverage of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

As North Korea tests its expanding arsenal of deadly weapons, millions of its most vulnerable people face grave food shortages.

Sweden charges an ethnic Uyghur, a Swedish national, with spying for China.

Don’t curb the Internet, designer and commentator Ai Weiwei says: It’s China’s best hope.

After almost five decades of searching, a Romanian woman finally gets news of her North Korean husband. But questions remain.

China's latest bid to control online content sparks outrage, and a high-profile call for a Web boycott.

No longer on a U.S. blacklist, Cambodia could see bilateral trade ties expand.

No longer on a U.S. blacklist, Cambodia could see bilateral trade ties expand.

A large-scale protest erupts over a mysterious death in central China.

Hopes fade for U.S.-China climate breakthrough.

Tibetans cite a new government effort to control what news they hear.

A new look on successive generations of Tibetan women wins a major award, and praise from Tibetans.

A new round of detentions is reported in China's northwesternmost region.

Tensions escalate over an inter-Korean economic zone launched during a period of relative detente.

More tensions and arrests are reported in eastern Tibet.

North Korea and Burma may have bartered goods for tunnel engineering.

Mongolia's new president lays out his vision for the country.

Detained Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh's family waits for permission to contact him, four days after his arrest.

A new protest over land development erupts in violence in northeast China.

In an interview with Dan Southerland on June 4, China scholar Perry Link—an expert on China’s language, culture, and popular literature—remembers the 1989 ...

Relatives of two U.S. journalists jailed in North Korea make a new plea for clemency.

A Party official in the central Chinese province of Hubei denies allegations he issued death threats to an activist opposing the government in a land dispute.

New warnings about the impact of dams along one of the world's longest rivers.

Hard times are abetting the massive global slave trade, according to a new U.S. report on human trafficking.

Hard times are abetting the massive global slave trade, according to a new U.S. report on human trafficking.

A young lawyer who defended dissidents and activists faces up to 20 years in jail.

China's power plans draw scrutiny amid doubts about data.

Asian health officials gear up for an expected surge in H1N1 cases.