China's Growing Presence in Cambodia
2008-05-28
Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, ...
Quake Victims Allowed Extra Child
2008-05-27
Authorities in Sichuan have announced that China's tough family planning regulations will be relaxed to accommodate parents whose children have been severely ...
Tibetan Detained for Media Contact
2008-05-27
More than two months after Tibet erupted in protests against China's heavy-handed rule, Tibetan sources in the region report the arrest of one of their own for ...
China Probes Quake Graft Claims
2008-05-27
Citizens in China have formed surveillance groups to supervise aid distribution to millions hit by the May 12 earthquake, as officials promise full ...
Rebuilding Costly After Quake
2008-05-23
The Sichuan earthquake will drive up demand for steel for rebuilding—which some say will cause massive damage to the environment.
'Reporters should speak to us more'
2008-05-22
In An county, Sichuan province, our reporter meets anger and frustration. Left to fend for themselves, villagers curse the government.
Millions Homeless in Sichuan
2008-05-22
Five million people are without permanent shelter in the wake of last week's earthquake, with rescuers now beginning to call off the search for survivors. ...
Sisters Fear for Defectors
2008-05-21
Sent back to North Korea from China four times, the Cho sisters finally won resettlement as U.S. refugees. Now they're planning for the future but still ...
Tibetan Nuns Play Key Role
2008-05-21
In Tibet, Chinese authorities have cracked down again on a nunnery suspected of inculcating separatism. The move highlights the quiet but pivotal role played ...
Just Rescued, and Hurrying Back
2008-05-21
Lin Di goes to Beichuan Qiang in Sichuan and meets an earthquake survivor rushing back to search for her father.
Refugee Boats Sink in Burma
2008-05-21
Dozens of Burmese cyclone refugees may have died when their boats went down in the Irrawaddy river after the junta ordered them to return home.
Struggle for survival in Burma
2008-05-21
Nearly two and a half million people have been affected by a cyclone that tore through Burma on May 3rd. The military rulers have prevented international aid ...
As if I Am in the Room
2008-05-21
Reporter Lin Di drove 160 kms north of Chengdu to the mountainous region of Jiangyou and Pingwu on the Fujiang river. He saw schools flattened, with ...
China Quake Survivors Suffer Trauma
2008-05-21
China is sending counselors to areas hit hardest by the devastating Sichuan earthquake in a bid to help hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, ...
Lao Medics Sent to Burma
2008-05-21
As the U.N. Secretary-General heads to Burma and southeast Asia tries to persuade the country's secretive military rulers to accept disaster relief aid from ...
Leading Tibetan Freed, Awaiting Trial
2008-05-20
Chinese authorities have released on bail a leading Tibetan media personality. But Jamyang Kyi still expects to stand trial on unspecified charges related to ...
Aftershocks Rock Sichuan
2008-05-20
At least two schools have collapsed with hundreds of children inside as the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan struggles in the wake of last week's ...
Burma Death Toll Surges
2008-05-16
Burma's military government has sharply revised upward the estimated death toll from Cyclone Nargis, as aid agencies report cholera and continued delays in ...
Quake Pushes China on Food
2008-05-16
China’s government is fighting to curb food prices in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake. Economists argue the country should keep markets open to prevent ...
Sichuan's Race Against Time
2008-05-16
More than 100,000 soldiers, police, officials, rescuers, and volunteers are racing to save lives in the wake of China's devastating earthquake. But the body ...
Tibet Sees Scattered Protests, Arrests
2008-05-15
Two months after a massive crackdown ended the worst anti-Chinese unrest in Tibet in nearly 50 years, residents still report small, sporadic protests by monks, ...
Chinese Rescuers Face Grim Task
2008-05-15
China now says more than 50,000 people may have died in a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province—as rescue workers now shift their focus from finding ...
Quake Survivors Lack Food, Water
2008-05-14
Corpses remain piled up on the streets of cities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, as the authorities mobilize troops to rescue hundreds of ...
Burma Moving Storm Victims
2008-05-14
Burma’s military regime has begun moving large numbers of cyclone and flood victims from a major city hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis last week. And a growing ...
Maymyo: Sleepy Hill Town No More
2008-05-14
Burma's cyclone Nargis has exposed a secretive society in which the junta and its supporters enjoy privileges far removed from the lives of ordinary Burmese. ...
Sichuan Reeling From Quake
2008-05-13
The worst earthquake to hit China in three decades leaves thousands of people waiting anxiously for news of the missing, many of whom are believed trapped ...
Defector Is Best-Selling Poet
2008-05-13
As court poet for North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, Jang Jin-sung enjoyed all the trappings of life among the Pyongyang elite. But he traded it in ...
Disease Hits Cyclone Refugees
2008-05-13
More than 1 million Burmese survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis are still living with scant food or water as the threat of infectious disease mounts. Many say ...
Tibetan Nuns Jailed, Detained
2008-05-12
Nearly two months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, authorities in a heavily Tibetan area of Sichuan province have handed down jail terms ...
China Quake Kills Thousands
2008-05-12
The worst earthquake to strike China in decades has killed as many as 9,000 people, according China's official media, but authorities still haven’t reached ...