Story Archive

Uyghurs make up most of 18 workers trapped in collapsed gold mine in Xinjiang

Rescue operations continue five days after the disaster.

Despite brutality, Myanmar regime retains access to a powerful arsenal

Military leaders showed off new aircraft from Russia and China as they celebrated the air force’s 75 anniversary.

‘If you laugh in the face of oppression, then totalitarianism has no hold on you’

Award-winning author Muk Yu 'wanted to take the time' to understand Hong Kongers who now live in Taiwan

Renowned Uyghur poet dies following prison release in Xinjiang

Abdulla Sawut was serving time for his writings about Uyghur revolutionary history and heroes.

Philippines’ Marcos to raise South China Sea dispute during Beijing state visit

Chinese fighter jet and US military plane nearly collide

‘Unsafe maneuver’ put Chinese jet within 20 feet of an American reconnaissance plane, says U.S. military.

Friend of prominent 1989 student activist dies suddenly in police detention

Chen Ziliang, friend of Xu Guang, reportedly died of a heart attack on Dec. 27, according to a local activist.

Restrictions on Nepal’s Tibetan refugees likely to continue under new prime minister

Pushpa Kamal Dahal is a former Maoist guerrilla leader seen as close to China.

Myanmar’s junta courts crack down on student activists

Prison sentences over the past week range from 2 to 25 years.

Death toll from Cambodia casino fire rises to 26

Rescue teams continue to search for victims in the remains of Poipet’s Grand Diamond City Casino.

US, Australia, Canada voice support for South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

China gives a measured response to a strategy that calls Beijing a 'key partner’.

Myanmar court imprisons detained opposition official’s lawyer

Ywat Nu Aung, who represented the NLD’s vice chair, is sentenced to 15 years with hard labor.

Former Uyghur Muslim preacher confirmed dead in prison in China’s Xinjiang

Omar Huseyin was arrested in 2017 for making a pilgrimage to Mecca.

US says passengers from China will be required to present negative COVID test

Health officials said the requirement goes into effect on Jan. 5.

Plan to open border with mainland China sparks fears in Hong Kong

Concerns grow that visitors will bring virus with them and use up finite supplies of fever medicines and vaccines