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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 ...

“My main agenda is to promote understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese,” an Uyghur professor says after authorities shut down his Web site.

Five Tibetans are arrested for protesting in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, amid sporadic demonstrations against Chinese rule.

China sacks 15 officials for malpractice over their response to the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, as grieving parents attempt to take the government to task over ...

In an increasingly diverse and divided China, experts cite a new key distinction: those who are burdened by the expectations of others, and those who follow ...

Farmers in central China are in a tense standoff with officials who want to bulldoze their fields, as evicted Shanghai residents accuse a large property ...

Experts are considering an international system to fight speculation in food prices, but questions persist about how coordinated grain reserves would be used.

Nearly three months after massive Tibetan protests in western China, authorities haven't extinguished the unrest.

Burmese cyclone survivors and healthcare workers say the junta is still diverting aid.

Parents across southwestern China are struggling to hold local officials accountable for allegedly shoddy construction standards in school buildings that ...

Burmese authorities detain the country's best-known comedian as he returns from a major aid effort in cyclone-devastated areas.

Burmese authorities detain the country's best-known comedian as he returns from a major aid effort in cyclone-devastated areas.

China’s subsidy costs for food and fuel are soaring while the country tries to cope with damage from the Sichuan earthquake. Experts say the government can’t ...

Nineteen years after Chinese troops fired on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square, a prominent Beijing lawyer says police grabbed him as he left his ...

A private group run by several prominent Burmese is turning attention to the psychological trauma suffered by the millions of victims of Tropical Cyclone ...

Thailand has returned another group of ethnic Hmong sheltering in a refugee camp to neighboring Laos. The Hmong say they chose to return once it became clear ...

Never mind that state media still demonize anything marginally capitalist. In North Korea, nothing shouts "status" like a smuggled kitchen appliance.

Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.

Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.

Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the ...

Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the ...

Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week detained five monks in connection with a series of small blasts during massive anti-Chinese ...