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World Bank backs proposal for an international food reserve to meet emergencies and curb runaway prices, as G8 nations pledge to study the plan.

Chinese police stage a dramatic raid on a flat occupied by ethnic Uyghurs in the restive Xinjiang region.

Cambodia's long-lost "jungle girl" makes progress in small steps after 18 years in the forest.

Cambodia's long-lost "jungle girl" makes progress in small steps after 18 years in the forest.

Vietnam's outlawed Unified Buddhist Church plans a funeral for its outspoken patriarch.

A provincial Communist Party boss and former top Party aide take aim at officials after rioting in southwestern China.

Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou say a teenage girl whose death sparked mass riots in Weng'an county died from drowning, as police ...

A monk describes the grisly task faced by his team of volunteers in dealing with the bodies of those who died in Cyclone Nargis.

China’s price hike for fuel has created demand for more oil, which may be just the opposite of what the government planned, experts say.

Zha Jianguo was jailed nine years ago for "incitement to subvert state power." He has rejected attempts by police to keep tabs on him after his release and ...

Police detain hundreds of people suspected of rioting over alleged mishandling of a teenage girl's death.

Chinese police detain a teacher who openly criticized the construction of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake.

Cantonese reporter wins an award for his coverage of unsafe restaurant practices.

After years of discord, China has agreed to cooperate with Japan on developing a disputed offshore gas field. But major challenges lie ahead.

China’s preparations for the Beijing Olympics have failed to produce long-term environmental gains, analysts say, as pollution grows along with construction ...

Hundreds of relatives and supporters march to government offices in the Chinese city of Qianjiang to call for a probe into the beating to death of a ...

A Tibetan monk makes a bold request for an inquiry into alleged police graft after a large sum of cash goes missing during a search of his monastery in China's ...

A young undergraduate in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang describes how authorities dismantled a grassroots organization he founded to educate people ...

An Inner Mongolian dissident who became a Mongolian citizen is released after six months in Chinese custody.

Authorities in Beijing have extended the detention of Christian publisher Shi Weihan by a further two months while the police gather evidence against him, his ...

Chinese authorities in the western province of Qinghai have drastically shortened the planned Olympic torch relay, changing the route to avoid the hometown of ...

An exile group and local officials say authorities in China's restive northwest have demolished a mosque.

Burmese service is recognized for teamwork and breaking news during the 2007 monk rebellion in Burma.

The Burmese and Vietnamese services were honored with gold and bronze awards for news reporting by the New York Festivals.

Surging inflation, a sinking stock market, and spreading labor strikes all signal trouble for Vietnam's economy.

Residents of a village near the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing are up in arms over plans to build a chemical plant that will use a known carcinogen.

China has brought forward the progress of the Olympic torch through two of its most politically sensitive regions, imposing tight security on the relay route. ...

G8 nations are pressing China to end its fuel subsidies as oil consumption and world prices climb.

Burmese authorities have detained another noted personality after he aided victims of the devastating Cyclone Nargis.

As grieving parents seek to commemorate their lost children one month after the Sichuan earthquake demolished school buildings, authorities are blocking them ...