The Japanese and U.S. militaries will hold another large-scale joint exercise next month, this time also joined by ships and aircraft from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Exercise ‘Keen Sword’ will…
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Beijing banner protester lauded as China's new Tank Man, or 'Bridge Man'
A protester who hung two protest banners–one of which called for the removal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping — on a Beijing overpass on the eve of the ruling Chinese Communist Party…
Malaysian official tells UN to stop interfering about Myanmar deportations
United Nations organizations and other groups should stop meddling in Malaysia’s internal affairs, the country’s home minister said Thursday when asked about these agencies criticizing the deportations of Myanmar nationals, including asylum…
Vietnamese court to hear the country’s biggest gasoline smuggling case
UPDATED at 9:23 a.m. EDT on 10/25/2022. Dong Nai provincial court in southeast Vietnam is about to start hearing the largest gasoline smuggling case in the country. It involves the alleged smuggling…
‘Fake News’ damages the work of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security is warning individuals not to take advantage of the way it handles cases by spreading fake economic and financial news. Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. To An Xo,…
U.S. official: Key allies will adopt China chip-export bans
A multilateral deal to extend a U.S. ban to China of exporting technologies used to make cutting-edge microchips will be inked “in the near term,” a U.S. Commerce Department official said on…
Chinese dissidents, activists await release from house arrest, forced 'vacation'
Chinese police have yet to release dissidents and rights activists from house arrest and other restrictions in the wake of the 20th party congress, with one activist detained for breaking restrictions, people…
Asia gets mixed marks amid ‘global rule of law recession’
South Korea has overtaken Hong Kong in terms of adherence to the rule of law, according to a new report, and now falls just short of Asia’s best-ranked jurisdictions, Japan and Singapore,…
Chinese police detain dissident who forwarded 'Bridge Man' content
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang have detained a dissident who openly supported the Oct. 13 "Bridge Man" anti-Xi Jinping banner protest ahead of the 20th party congress in Beijing,…
Xi Jinping's extended term as supreme leader sparks warning to China's ethnic groups
Xi Jinping"s third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups in China, exiled activists warned in recent forums and interviews with…