Story Archive

Grieving mother who lost son kills herself after cyberbullying, official warnings

Woman’s son was hit by teacher’s car – and then blasted online

Suicide spike in North Korea prompts Kim Jong Un to issue prevention order

Disclosure of suicide notes criticizing country shocks officials, source tells RFA

Young overseas Chinese mark 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre

"Don't let the truth be hidden in the dust.”

Wife of Vietnamese music teacher on trial calls for his release

She says her home is under surveillance and questioned whether she would be able to attend.

Senior US officials visit Beijing in search of thaw

The trip comes amid an uptick in near-collisions between the two militaries.

In China, AI cameras alert police when a banner is unfurled

The surveillance technology is just one example of the proliferation of ‘predictive policing’ in the country.

Hong Kong police arrest activists marking 1989 Tiananmen massacre anniversary

A British flag-waving protester and an opposition party leader are arrested and a journalist is held

Myanmar shutters 700 mobile bank accounts suspected of funding anti-junta forces

While some may have funded the resistance, many belong to civilian business owners.

Tiananmen commemorations in Hong Kong stifled, but other cities keep memory alive

Beijing seeks ‘dialogue over confrontation’, defense chief says

Li Shangfu’s comments come after reports of a China, U.S. near-miss in the Taiwan Strait.

Comedy and autocracy are made for each other

U.S.-based legal scholar and activist Teng Biao says totalitarian regimes are 'major manufacturers' of jokes

New York exhibit keeps dream of a democratic China alive – across the generations

June 4 Memorial Hall aims to preserve memories erased by Communist Party propaganda

US Defense Secretary ‘deeply concerned’ about China’s unwillingness to engage

Beijing hits back at Austin, accusing the U.S. of destroying stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Have US comics faced punishment for jokes about the army like in China?

Verdict: Misleading

Main opposition party delays election protest following threat from Cambodia’s leader

‘I will handcuff you immediately,’ Hun Sen warned would-be demonstrators.