Story Archive
2016-01-07
Rights activists say the government is still interfering in the most basic rights of its citizens to control their own fertility.
2016-01-07
Some argue for greater government control, while others say the market should be allowed to work freely.
2016-01-06
Incoming lawmakers will undergo training on parliamentary procedure before taking their seats in the legislature.
2016-01-06
Police in China's troubled Xinjiang region carry out frequent ID checks, conduct round-the-clock patrols.
2016-01-06
They say authorities in Sam’ang commune in the Thala Barivat district of northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province are in cahoots with business groups cutting down trees in a wildlife sanctuary.
2016-01-06
They say authorities in Sam’ang commune in the Thala Barivat district of northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province are in cahoots with business groups cutting down trees in a wildlife sanctuary.
2016-01-06
Konchog Gyatso had previously escaped to India, where he studied in a monastery before returning to China.
2016-01-06
Online comments say the test has once more defied Beijing's authority, and that close ties come at a high price for China.
2016-01-06
Gay man's lawyer hails the decision as 'an historic moment' for LGBT rights in China.
2016-01-06
Experts doubt Pyongyang claims of advanced bomb in blast that caught allies, foes off guard and is likely to draw new UN sanctions.
2016-01-05
Seventeen people died and dozens more are seriously injured, officials and medical staff say.
2016-01-05
President Xi Jinping's nationwide anti-graft campaign shows no sign of abating in the New Year.
2016-01-05
Shu Xiangxin is beaten and tortured while in a police-run detention center in the eastern province of Shandong despite being party to a private prosecution, his lawyers say.
2016-01-04
A January peace conference will meanwhile be led by the outgoing administration, with the NLD one of several invited groups.
2016-01-04
The Lao official overseeing the scheme has not publicly divulged the figure, but insists that the country will be able to repay the loan within five years.
