Story Archive
2008-08-28
Months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, hundreds of monks are detained in Qinghai.
2008-08-28
Unarmed Uyghur police come under attack while searching for suspects in an August clash.
2008-08-27
China has ordered a ban on some new coal mines after a series of deadly accidents during preparations for the Olympic Games.
2008-08-26
Unusual incident reveals that successful recruiters are rewarded with money and rice.
2008-08-26
Americans expelled from China for Olympic protests speak about their fears and loss of control during interrogation
2008-08-25
Tibetan schoolchildren, now refugees in India, use art to express their thoughts about their homeland, their families, and China’s Olympics.
2008-08-21
According to Beijing police, 149 people filed 77 applications for permits to protest. But, police say, 74 of them were "withdrawn." Two were suspended, and one was rejected. In this exclusive video, a petitioner airs her grievance and is arrested.
2008-08-20
Gao Wenjuan was alone Aug. 20 at Ritan Park, one of the three designated zones for protesting during the Olympics, although no protests have yet been permitted.
2008-08-20
In an interview with Yahoo! News, South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak pledges to work for Korean reunification. Lee denies that relations between the two Koreas have taken a step back, though he acknowledges difficulties for the moment.
2008-08-18
Authorities in Beijing have turned down dozens of groups and individuals with grievances who wish to use the officially sanctioned Olympics “protest parks” in the capital, activists and police said.
2008-08-15
BEIJING—This is my last day in Beijing. Yesterday I forgot to mention an important point about pirated goods. I didn't find any “official, licensed” Olympics items or authorized Olympics Adidas sports products among the pirated products in the Silk Market.
2008-08-14
A Communist Party document sets out new curbs on Muslim Uyghurs after a spate of attacks.
2008-08-14
A Khmer-American woman launches a new quest to find a sister who disappeared in Cambodia 33 years ago.
2008-08-14
A Khmer-American woman launches a new quest to find a sister who disappeared in Cambodia 33 years ago.
2008-08-13
China's government has put the Olympics ahead of key energy and environmental reforms, experts say. Officials are promising changes after the Games end.