China’s Pledges Hard To Check
Dec 07, 2009
As the global climate conference opens in Copenhagen, analysts fear China’s carbon target will be hard to verify.
Melting Glaciers
Dec 07, 2009
Experts say two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt over the next 40 years. The Mekong team treks to the Mingyong Glacier in northern Yunnan, China, a ...
Uyghurs Could Get Asylum
Dec 04, 2009
Cambodian authorities say they won't repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they could be mistreated.
Uyghurs Could Get Asylum
Dec 04, 2009
Cambodian authorities say they won't repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they could be mistreated.
Currency Hike Targets Markets
Dec 04, 2009
A steep increase in the value of North Korea’s currency appears aimed at choking off one of the country’s most reliable sources of goods.
Incinerator 'Lacks Transparency'
Dec 04, 2009
Residents angered by plans to build a waste incinerator in southern China demand transparency from project backers.
Rubber Kingdom Along River
Dec 03, 2009
Flowing for the first time through this regional capital in Yunnan province, China, the Lancang provides electricity to neighboring Thailand while an ethnic ...
Harnessing the Lancang Jiang
Dec 02, 2009
As the Mekong changes its name and wends through the highlands of Yunnan province, the massive scale of China’s plans to dam the mighty river are readily ...
Asia's Growing AIDS Risk
Dec 01, 2009
Specific groups still face a huge risk of HIV infection as global infection rates slow.
China Taps Central Asian Gas
Nov 30, 2009
China presses into Central Asia with the opening of its first import gas pipeline from Turkmenistan.
Caught Between Two Countries
Nov 25, 2009
An activist holes up in Japan's international airport after being refused re-entry to China by authorities.
Two Executed in Milk Scandal
Nov 25, 2009
Authorities execute two people in northern China for their part in a large-scale tainted milk scandal.
Xinjiang Unity Law 'Flawed'
Nov 24, 2009
Legislation drafted in the wake of deadly ethnic violence in China's northwest is said to miss the mark.
Climate Pact Uncertain
Nov 23, 2009
Prospects for a U.S.-China agreement on climate change are still uncertain.
Bosses Blamed for Blast
Nov 23, 2009
An investigation says bosses at a Chinese mine are responsible for a deadly accident.
The Sacred Plateau
Nov 20, 2009
Nomads describe the ancient practices of water burial and sky burial, threatened by China's policies in Tibet.
