China’s Pledges Hard To Check
2009-12-07
As the global climate conference opens in Copenhagen, analysts fear China’s carbon target will be hard to verify.
Melting Glaciers
2009-12-07
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
2009-12-04
Cambodian authorities say they won't repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they could be mistreated.
Uyghurs Could Get Asylum
2009-12-04
Cambodian authorities say they won't repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they could be mistreated.
Currency Hike Targets Markets
2009-12-04
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.
Rubber Kingdom Along River
2009-12-03
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
2009-12-02
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
2009-12-01
Specific groups still face a huge risk of HIV infection as global infection rates slow.
China Taps Central Asian Gas
2009-11-30
China presses into Central Asia with the opening of its first import gas pipeline from Turkmenistan.
Caught Between Two Countries
2009-11-25
An activist holes up in Japan's international airport after being refused re-entry to China by authorities.
Two Executed in Milk Scandal
2009-11-25
Authorities execute two people in northern China for their part in a large-scale tainted milk scandal.
Xinjiang Unity Law 'Flawed'
2009-11-24
Legislation drafted in the wake of deadly ethnic violence in China's northwest is said to miss the mark.
Bosses Blamed for Blast
2009-11-23
An investigation says bosses at a Chinese mine are responsible for a deadly accident.
The Sacred Plateau
2009-11-20
Nomads describe the ancient practices of water burial and sky burial, threatened by China's policies in Tibet.