Story Archive
2008-06-23
The Burmese and Vietnamese services were honored with gold and bronze awards for news reporting by the New York Festivals.
2008-06-18
Surging inflation, a sinking stock market, and spreading labor strikes all signal trouble for Vietnam's economy.
2008-06-18
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.
2008-06-18
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. Travel agents in Lhasa say thousands of people have booked into hotels in the city to cheer the event.
2008-06-17
G8 nations are pressing China to end its fuel subsidies as oil consumption and world prices climb.
2008-06-16
Burmese authorities have detained another noted personality after he aided victims of the devastating Cyclone Nargis.
2008-06-13
As grieving parents seek to commemorate their lost children one month after the Sichuan earthquake demolished school buildings, authorities are blocking them from returning to the site to perform traditional offerings.
2008-06-12
“My main agenda is to promote understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese,” an Uyghur professor says after authorities shut down his Web site.
2008-06-12
Five Tibetans are arrested for protesting in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, amid sporadic demonstrations against Chinese rule.
2008-06-11
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 the collapse of a huge number of school buildings in the province.
2008-06-11
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 their own paths.
2008-06-10
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 developer of illegally detaining them.
2008-06-10
Experts are considering an international system to fight speculation in food prices, but questions persist about how coordinated grain reserves would be used.
2008-06-10
Nearly three months after massive Tibetan protests in western China, authorities haven't extinguished the unrest.
2008-06-06
Burmese cyclone survivors and healthcare workers say the junta is still diverting aid.