Story Archive
2009-03-18
China's new offensive on Tibet may demand a different strategy in reply, writes Tibet scholar Warren Smith.
2009-03-18
Almost 20 years after the deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a former PLA soldier calls for a full inquiry.
2009-03-18
A leader of the 2007 Saffron Revolution is still fighting back from a remote prison in northern Burma.
2009-03-18
An outspoken cyber-dissident's health is suffering badly in jail, his wife says.
2009-03-18
A Burmese dissident's wife calls on prison authorities to treat her husband's eyesight before he goes blind.
2009-03-17
A planned bauxite mine in Vietnam will provide jobs, but some experts fear its environmental impact.
2009-03-17
A writer in Dharamsala provides a personal glimpse of a youth movement now redefining Tibetan culture.
2009-03-17
Jailers in the central Burmese city of Meiktila face new allegations of abusing political detainees.
2009-03-16
A Chinese journalist says time is running out for U.N. refugee officials to hear his asylum case.
2009-03-16
China cites progress in pollution reduction drive as experts urge greater efforts.
2009-03-16
A U.N. investigator calls on Burma's military government to make major reforms ahead of planned elections.
2009-03-15
Chinese and Tibetan discuss how the international financial crisis could impact events inside Tibet and the way the Chinese leadership deals with Tibetan protests.
2009-03-15
Chinese security forces have blanketed the region, but Tibetans are still staging small-scale protests.
2009-03-13
A desperate ethnic minority group in Burma gets more help from the U.N.'s refugee agency.
2009-03-13
China claims a U.S. Navy ship was operating illegally in China’s “exclusive economic zone.” The United States says Chinese ships surrounded and harassed their vessel in international waters.