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Feminist journalist Sophia Huang stands trial for subversion

Feminist journalist Sophia Huang stands trial for subversion

Rights groups call for the release of Huang and fellow labor activist Wang Jianbing after two years' detention.

Diplomatic missions call on Vietnam to stay inmate’s execution

Diplomatic missions call on Vietnam to stay inmate’s execution

Le Van Manh has maintained his innocence since his sentence in 2005.

Over 1,000 Myanmar workers entering China daily under new permit

Over 1,000 Myanmar workers entering China daily under new permit

Border authorities in northern Shan’s Muse city began issuing the 7-day permit earlier this month.

Transiting Taiwan airport, Chinese activist seeks political asylum

Transiting Taiwan airport, Chinese activist seeks political asylum

Saying he would be jailed if sent back to China, Chen Siming refuses to board a connecting flight.

Former Chinese central bank chief calls for end to 'hukou' red tape

Yi Gang wants ‘city-specific’ measures including fewer barriers for those who move into urban centers to live.

Lao PM visits China’s Guangxi to boost farm exports

Lao PM visits China’s Guangxi to boost farm exports

Move is part of a broader goal to expand investment, tourism between the two nations.

Vietnam executes death row prisoner Le Van Manh

2023-09-23

The sentence was carried out despite foreign diplomatic missions calling for a stay of execution.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

Hun Manet tells UN Cambodia’s elections were fair

2023-09-22

The new premier declined to mention the banning of the opposition and his father’s threats of imprisonment.

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Myanmar's forests under pressure from illegal logging, smuggling

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Vietnamese NGOs shy from UN engagement fearing government reprisal

Vietnamese NGOs shy from UN engagement fearing government reprisal

Fewer groups are taking part in preparations for Vietnam’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review.

Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire which left thousands homeless in the Balukhali camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Rohingyas face prison-like conditions in Bangladesh camps: report

Rohingya say movement restrictions are ‘violently enforced’ by Bangladesh security personnel.

Jens Eskelund, president of the European Chamber is framed by the Chinese and European Union flag during the launch of the European Business in China: Business Confidence Survey in Beijing, June 21, 2023.

China's ill-defined spy law dampens foreign investor confidence

Rifles and ammunition seized by People’s Defense Forces in the raid on Kant That village, Gangaw township, Magway region on Sept. 18, 2023.

Troops arrest more than 100 villagers in Myanmar’s Magway region

An aerial view shows unfinished residential buildings of the Gaotie Wellness City complex in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, China September 12, 2023.

China property faces further ratings downgrades

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