The defense lawyer for ‘Onion Leaf Bae,” an activist whose online video mimicked a Turkish chef in apparent mockery of a senior government official, said he was kept from seeing his client…
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China’s transgender ‘medicine girls’ can’t find the medicine they need
For transgender women in China, transitioning can feel like a mythical quest, a fresh obstacle arising just after one has been cleared. Treatments are expensive, difficult to obtain and can require years…
Calls grow for British government to speak out against Hong Kong's media crackdown
British lawmakers and the son of jailed media magnate Jimmy Lai have criticized the United Kingdom for failing to oppose China"s crackdown on Hong Kong"s once-free media and support embattled journalists in…
Two-thirds of suitable elephant habitat in Asia lost in 3 centuries
Across Asia, over 64% of the land suitable as a habitat for elephants historically has been lost in the past three centuries, a new study examining ecosystems in the continent said. The…
Junta raids force more than 7,000 villagers to flee Salingyi
More than 7,000 residents of villages in Sagaing region’s Salingyi township have fled their homes ahead of junta raids, according to a member of the pro-democracy Salingyi-Yinmarbin Strike Committee. The man, who…
UK Confucius Institutes enable ‘transnational repression,’ study says
Chinese staff at the so-called Confucius Institutes across the United Kingdom are recruited to enforce Chinese Communist Party (CCP) discipline and values in the country, new research has found. The state- Confucius…
Biden may briefly visit Papua New Guinea on way to summit in Sydney
President Joe Biden may stop in Papua New Guinea for several hours on his way to Australia later this month, an official and media reports said, in an attempt to highlight a…
American Samoa criticizes US plan to expand size of Pacific marine sanctuary
President Joe Biden’s plan to expand marine sanctuaries around the United States’ remote Pacific islands has been greeted with dismay in American Samoa, where officials fear a heavy blow to the U.S….
Locals find mutilated bodies of 5 fellow villagers in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
Villagers have discovered the mutilated, charred bodies of five locals, who were arrested in Indaw township in Myanmar’s northerly Sagaing region a month earlier, according to an official from the Indaw Revolution…
China’s demand for raw materials drives deforestation by mining, report says
Mining is one of the top drivers of deforestation globally, with up to one-third of the world’s forest ecosystems affected by its indirect impact, a new environmental report said. China is the…