Former US Senator Chris Dodd (left) and Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu wave after the arrival of a US delegation at Songshan Airport, Taipei, April 14, 2021.

US Delegation Arrives in Taiwan Amid Rising Tensions With China

The delegation, led by a former senator and friend of US President Joe Biden, sends a signal of commitment, analysts and officials say.

Hong Kong district councilor Bull Tsang (L) and veteran pro-democracy campaigner Koo Sze-yiu (R), who has stage-four cancer, outside the court where Koo was jailed for five months for "taking part in an illegal assembly," April 14, 2021.

Hong Kong Protester Sentenced as Terminally Ill Rights Activist Starts New Jail Term

2021-04-14

Former barista Siu Lok-ting gets a four-and-a-half year sentence for arson and "rioting" during the 2019 protest movement.

Satellite image from March 21 shows Scarborough Shoal, one of the features trademarked by the Chinese government.

China Has Trademarked the Entire South China Sea

2021-04-13

The legal effect of the trademarks, which so far do not appear to have been widely used, is uncertain, one expert says.

A People's Liberation Army Navy Corvette class warship is seen near Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, April 11, 2021.

Philippines Summons Beiijing's Envoy Over 'Illegal Lingering' by Chinese Ships in EEZ

2021-04-13

The Philippines has been lodging daily diplomatic protests against Beijing for intruding in its waters, but the decision to summon the Chinese envoy was a rare occurrence under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam holds a pamphlet on 'Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021' while speaking at a press conference at government headquarters, April 13, 2021.

Blank Votes in Beijing's New 'Election' Will Break Law, Hong Kong Leader Warns

2021-04-13

The government will offer seats on its election committee to 200 pro-China candidates rejected by voters for the District Council in 2019.

A 2017 photo of Chinese dissident Guo Hongwei in prison, provided by his family.

Family Voices Doubts Surrounding Activist's Death in China's Jilin

2021-04-13

Guo Hongwei's family say they believe the authorities caused his death, as the struggle for answers begins.

Philippine military exercise director Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo (center) and US Marine Col. Aaron Brunk unfurl the 36th Balikatan exercise flag during the opening ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Metro Manila, April 12, 2021.

Philippines Hosts US for Scaled-Down Joint Military Drills

2021-04-12

Philippine and US military officials begin talks about the presence of Chinese ships in the South China Sea, especially within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

Bookmarks exhorting students to uphold the National Security Law are among promotional materials being distributed in Hong Kong's schools.

Hong Kong Launches 'National Security Education' Campaign in Schools

2021-04-12

Teaching materials ignore the arrests of dozens of peaceful dissidents and pro-democracy lawmakers under the law.

Guo Hongwei's family stands outside of the hospital where he was treated for a a brain hemorrhage in Jilin's Siping city, in an undated photo.

Chinese Political Prisoner Dies Amid Suspicion of Torture, Mistreatment

2021-04-12

Guo Hongwei's family warned as early as 2019 that he was likely to be 'bullied to death' in prison.

The Sansha 1 supply ship participating in a joint rescue exercise with Chinese maritime law enforcement vessels in June 2017 in the Paracel Islands.

China Turning South China Sea Supply Ships into Mobile Surveillance Bases

2021-04-09

The Chinese government is leveraging civilian assets to pursue its national security interests in the South China Sea, a common practice under China's strategy of 'military-civil fusion.'

Huang Jie, a municipal councilor in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, is shown in a file photo.

Interview: "People in Taiwan Are Much More Vigilant"

2021-04-09

Kaohsiung municipal councilor Huang Jie survives a bid to unseat her after challenging a pro-China mayor.

Changsha rights activist Cheng Yuan is shown in an undated photo.

Wife, Daughter of Jailed Changsha Rights Activist Arrive in US

2021-04-09

Shi Minglei says neither she nor the couple's five-year-old daughter can now be used to threaten her husband.

Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law attends a demonstration outside Germany's Foreign Office in Berlin, where China's foreign minister was expected to hold talks with his German counterpart, Sept. 1, 2020.

Hong Kong Warns Countries, Groups Not to 'Harbor' Political Refugees

2021-04-09

Anyone aiding opposition politicians or activists overseas will 'eventually bear the consequences,' the government warns.

Philippine Coast Guard personnel in Manila salute the US Coast Guard National Security Cutter Bertholf as it arrives for a port call in the first visit by a US cutter in more than seven years, May 15, 2019.

Philippines Welcomes US Backing to Help Defend Manila in South China Sea

2021-04-08

Under the terms of a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty, the United States will come to the military aid of the Philippines if it is attacked, State Department spokesman Ned Price says.

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