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A prominent Tibetan goes on trial, 12 years after a court threw out charges against him.

Members of a Muslim ethnic minority from Burma appeal to Phnom Penh.

Members of a Muslim ethnic minority from Burma appeal to Phnom Penh.

China removes a two-year currency peg to the U.S. dollar.

Detainees in China face more mental than physical abuse, a U.N. rapporteur says.

Sichuan-based Chen Yunfei refused food in detention and sparked an online outcry.

China has deferred to Russia on the crisis in Kyrgyzstan.

A public security officer’s blog confirms reports by residents.

'We have paid a rather high price,' says one of the trio, all of whom spent long years in jail.

Authorities in Xinjiang are jittery ahead of a sensitive anniversary.

Local Tibetans are unhappy with plans to relocate them as part of a reconstruction plan.

Chinese authorities check up on a Christian leader who commemorated the 1989 crackdown.

Officials at a nuclear plant in southern China are criticized for delaying news about a leak.

Chinese authorities foot medical bills after discouraging foreign aid for a cancer-stricken family.

Prominent rights Web sites say they have been attacked.

Chinese authorities prevent a church leader from meeting with a congregation facing forced eviction.

Urumqi residents say 'volunteers' are patrolling the city ahead of a grim anniversary.

China's military appears to be pursuing its own course on U.S. contacts, analysts say.

Children born 'off the books' will be counted in the country's next census.

Chinese authorities are said to be detaining an ethnic Uyghur whose Kazakh visa had lapsed.

A well-known Tibetan monk is said to be ailing in detention.

Unofficially detained, a former Chinese military man dies of hunger.

North Korea's youngest defectors feel shunned by peers amid rising inter-Korean tensions.

A proposed reform to Hong Kong's electoral process launches a debate on how new legislative seats will be chosen.

Burmese farmers are threatened for seeking assistance after their land is confiscated by authorities.

But will new appointments make any difference to Cambodia’s rampant corruption?

But will new appointments make any difference to Cambodia’s rampant corruption?

Does labor action signal the end of the low-wage era?

A former Chinese official looks back on pro-democracy protests.

Burma's powerful Army is said to have taken more unwilling young conscripts.