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China claims a U.S. Navy ship was operating illegally in China’s “exclusive economic zone.” The United States says Chinese ships surrounded and harassed their ...

In an interview, actor and activist Richard Gere says that, in the long run, Tibets dark time will be over.

Petitioning authorities for redress has a long history in China. But does the system work?

North Korea announces an upcoming missile launch. But will it have the effect the isolated Stalinist country wants?

Gao Zhisheng took on China's legal system at great cost. Now his wife and children are seeking U.S. asylum.

U.S. and Chinese officials pledge to work together to avoid further naval confrontations.

China's mental health resources are woefully inadequate, and experts say they've never been in greater demand.

Wearing traditional Tibetan khatas, the ceremonial white scarves that symbolize goodwill, Chinese democrats join the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans in ...

Lao Hmong asylum-seekers get a high-level visit but remain determined not to go back to Laos.

Images of the Buddha are considered sacred in Laos. So who's stealing them?

Life in hardscrabble North Korea gets harder, as authorities crack down on a key segment of the unofficial economy.

DHARAMSALA, India: Tibetans pray for the long life of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and worry about a future without him.

A year after brutally suppressed protests in Tibet, quiet descends on Dharamsala, India, where exiled Tibetans unite in somber prayer.

China has invested billions to lock up foreign oil during the global slump.

China's women have legal protection against workplace discrimination—at least in theory, they say.

To mark International Women's Day 2009, five Chinese women discuss their experiences of work, family, and whether they are achieving gender equality.

China's media czar takes aim, but experts wonder if anyone can rein in Web 2.0.

While China accuses Uyghur "separatists" of fomenting unrest, a Uyghur economics professor says, Give them jobs.

North Korean defectors say tattoos mark them as foreign. Now they have help in removing them.

State-run dance troupes get a cold reception from Tibetans protesting China's often heavy-handed rule.

Petitioners in an eastern Chinese village say they were forced to attend reeducation sessions or “law study groups.”

A total of 6.1 million university students are expected to graduate from Chinese colleges and universities this year. But job prospects are increasingly ...

Petitioners report tight security and heavy surveillance in Beijing as two major meetings get under way.

China's coal miners risk lives in outmoded industry, analysts say.

China gets a badly needed food safety law, but critics say freer media and better enforcement are also necessary.

Health groups call for a probe into abuses by Burma’s junta during 2008 cyclone relief efforts.

The new U.S. envoy on North Korea will head to Asia as Pyongyang readies a rocket launch.

Buddhist monks in Qinghai stage a march and protest at the start of a somber Tibetan New Year.

North Korea increases demands on South Korean firms in the Kaesong industrial complex.

A Burmese journalist is honored for bravery but may not have heard about it in prison.