Story Archive
2008-04-11
Chinese authorities in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang have imposed a curfew after a series of police raids looking for weapons and explosives.
2008-04-11
China's economic growth has been the envy of the rest of the world: Measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the country is booming. But if Chinese people were to gauge their country's development on a scale of national happiness, the results might look very different, depending on whom you speak to.
2008-04-10
A former head of the Chinese Communist Party's powerful propaganda department has called for reconciliation amid "sharp social contradictions," rejecting revolutionary politics amid protests and tight security in Tibetan regions.
2008-04-10
China’s government is paying record subsidies to keep fuel costs under control for consumers, but the policy is contributing to shortages and energy waste, analysts say.
2008-04-10
With the Olympic torch passing through this prickly city on April 9, thousands of protesters showed up in a bid to follow on Paris and London demonstrations against China's human rights record.
2008-04-06
China celebrated the Olympic flame's arrival on Monday but a thick blanket of security highlighted concerns that protests over Tibet, human rights and other issues may tarnish the historic torch relay. The flame arrived from Greece on Monday morning ahead of what will be an epic journey through 19 countries, before it returns to China for a three-month tour. Video: AFP
2008-04-05
Tibetan exiles and a witness in China’s southwestern Sichuan province report further protests in the troubled Kardze region, saying four to five people were seriously injured when police fired on a crowd of up to 1,000 people.
2008-04-04
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2008-04-04
Paramilitary police in China’s southwestern Sichuan province fired on a crowd of Tibetan protesters demanding the release of two detained monks, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
2008-04-04
Dith Pran, the hero of "The Killing Fields," was an interpreter and “fixer” in 1970. It was the first year of the war in Cambodia, a time when many Cambodians truly believed that they could defeat the Vietnamese Communists. At that time, the Khmer Rouge were just emerging as a military force that would ultimately conquer the country and send Dith Pran to a labor camp.
2008-04-03
In Sittwe, a port city located on the bay of Bengal, Tyler Chapman met with monks and ordinary citizens who openly expressed their frustration with their government. The ruthless repression of a monks' uprising last fall is not silencing them.
2008-04-03
Authorities in Beijing have sentenced AIDS activist Hu Jia to 3-1/2 years in jail for "incitement to subversion" after he wrote articles online critical of China's hosting of the Olympics.
2008-04-02
China has recently pledged to continue to enforce draconian family planning policies which limit most of the country's families to just one child, in an attempt to keep its burgeoning population under control. But forced abortions, detentions and other official abuses are still being reported.
2008-04-02
Chinese police have conducted raids on several houses in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, possibly looking for weapons and explosives, according to sources in the area.
2008-04-01
Several hundred ethnic Uyghurs have staged protests in China’s remote and restive Xinjiang region following the death in custody of a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist.