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Thousands of riot police patrol the streets of Urumqi a day after protests there ended in deadly riots. Reports describe police firing into the crowds in ...

China blames overseas Uyghurs for inciting rioting in the northwestern city, saying at least 156 people died in the violence.

Uyghur youths now under official Chinese protection describe the deadly clash in Guangdong that sparked the July 5 protests and riots.

China's northwesternmost region gets capital to finance an expanded and improved road network.

The Obama administration has picked a new envoy for human rights in North Korea, sources say.

A report details a secret visit to North Korea by a high-level Burmese delegation last year. Pictures were taken showing military sites and signing ceremonies.

On the 12th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover, residents march—and sing—to voice their discontent with the status quo.

The Obama Administration announces new sanctions on companies with ties to North Korea.

Beijing indefinitely postpones enforcement of a new regulation that prompted an international outcry and threats of legal action.

The editor of a Cambodian opposition newspaper is convicted in absentia over articles accusing officials of corruption.

The editor of a Cambodian opposition newspaper is convicted in absentia over articles accusing officials of corruption.

Political pressures drive China loans.

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.