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High prices anger local Tibetans, drive competition.

Chinese authorities round up more bloggers and activists in spite of low attendance at 'Jasmine' rallies.

Two Uyghurs describe their forced repatriation to Xinjiang at the hands of Urumqi security officers.

Little information is available on the well-being of three Chinese political activists.

Phuong Loan is a tailor and a poet. Asked about the inspiration for her poems, she replied, “Emotions are what make poems.”

Rising coal prices may push China's government into a corner as power costs grow.

The Chinese government detains more dissidents and targets online activists.

Foreigners are sought to teach the language in schools.

Economic growth may not be enough, experts say.

In a program aired on April 1, Aung San Suu Kyi says Burma’s military should recreate itself as an army that serves the people, calls on Burma’s government to ...

The State Department releases a list of human rights abuses in China.

But the government says detected amounts pose no threat to public health.

Chinese villagers say they are helpless as local authorities grab their farmland.

A fresh regional assessment still sees lack of progress in tackling the growing problem.

The Cambodian government says a proposed law regulating NGOs will proceed unchanged.

The Cambodian government says a proposed law regulating NGOs will proceed unchanged.

A Chinese housing activist and her husband are detained by police.

Chinese authorities link Ai Weiwei to a charge commonly used to silence activists.

A new report says China uses the threat of terrorism to crack down on Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

The region is hit by slow economic growth and rising food and oil prices.

Vietnam is accused of bowing to pressure from China in its arrest of two Falun Gong practitioners.

A Chinese official daily warns of a 'price' that has to be paid.

A group of laid-off workers blocks construction of a planned Chinese railway.

Chinese police beat up and detain protesters ahead of premier's visit.

Elderly activists set up tents at a building's entrance, preventing trucks from going in.

Tibetan monks had spoken out to foreign journalists during an organized tour.

An activist speaks out as authorities curb efforts to honor China's fallen dissidents.

A Tibetan activist is seized after hiding for three years in the forests and mountains.

Chinese dissident was held by police after giving an interview to RFA.

Authorities jail an outspoken Vietnamese activist for crimes against the state.