Story Archive
2010-12-07
Smuggling of people has emerged as a serious problem In Vietnam, with most of the victims trafficked to China and other neighboring countries such as Cambodia and Laos for sexual and labor exploitation.
2010-12-07
China dismisses the suggestion that a top official ordered a cyber attack as 'ridiculous.'
2010-12-06
Vietnam cracks down on human trafficking, but critics say the government's efforts are insufficient.
2010-12-06
A veteran Chinese dissident says it is in Beijing's best interest to free jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.
2010-12-06
Leaders of China and the United States hold talks for the first time since North Korea’s attack on a South Korean island two weeks ago.
2010-12-06
Inflation may boost China's energy efficiency claims.
2010-12-05
Police in Hohhot detain an imprisoned activist’s wife and question his son.
2010-12-04
Pressure from China may keep some freedom-loving Asian nations from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
2010-12-03
Chinese authorities crack down on political activists in the lead-up to the Nobel award ceremony.
2010-12-03
Chinese authorities launch a fresh drive against 'separatism' in the northwestern region.
2010-12-03
Burma was ranked next to worst among 178 countries in corruption in a 2010 report released in October by Transparency International, a Berlin-based monitoring group. China was ranked 78th and Vietnam 116th while Cambodia and Laos emerged low at 154.
2010-12-03
The number of AIDS deaths in Asia may have stabilized but there are no indications of a decline in the prevalence of the deadly disease.
2010-12-02
The Tibetan poet Woeser, under close surveillance in Lhasa, expresses her fears for Tibetan students protesting Chinese education reforms that aim to slowly eradicate Tibetan language a a medium of instruction in their schools.