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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.

Mongolia's new president lays out his vision for the country.

Detained Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh's family waits for permission to contact him, four days after his arrest.

A new protest over land development erupts in violence in northeast China.

In an interview with Dan Southerland on June 4, China scholar Perry Link—an expert on China’s language, culture, and popular literature—remembers the 1989 ...

Relatives of two U.S. journalists jailed in North Korea make a new plea for clemency.

A Party official in the central Chinese province of Hubei denies allegations he issued death threats to an activist opposing the government in a land dispute.

New warnings about the impact of dams along one of the world's longest rivers.

Hard times are abetting the massive global slave trade, according to a new U.S. report on human trafficking.

Hard times are abetting the massive global slave trade, according to a new U.S. report on human trafficking.

A young lawyer who defended dissidents and activists faces up to 20 years in jail.

China's power plans draw scrutiny amid doubts about data.

Asian health officials gear up for an expected surge in H1N1 cases.

A Vietnamese minister known for speaking out says police targeted his wife.

The Security Council unanimously approves tighter new sanctions on Pyongyang, but how will they be enforced?

An outspoken "Tiananmen mother" has a plan for her son's ashes, 20 years after his death.

Four of 17 Uyghurs detained for years at Guantanamo Bay are flown to Bermuda.

Computer users are up in arms about a Web filtering system the government says must be installed to protect young people from harmful content.

North Korea sets the stage for the appointment of a successor to leader Kim Jong Il.

A rare large gathering of Tibetan Buddhists ends with six people in custody.

Mining at a site Tibetans regard as sacred will cease, but where will the hazardous waste go?

Women and children belonging to the Karen ethnic insurgent group flee a Burmese military assault in the largest exodus in years.

A first-ever Gay Pride week shows how far China has come since decriminalizing homosexuality 12 years ago, and how far it has to go.

Two U.S. journalists are sentenced to 12 years' hard labor in North Korea. Will they have to serve that time?

Geithner visit marks new U.S.-China approach.

Two Uyghur women describe how police sent five women to jail and seven to forced labor for holding an illegal gathering.

Court documents offer a rare glimpse of Chinese legal proceedings against 12 men sentenced for alleged separatism.