Police in Beijing have contacted the family of a Chinese student studying in the United States after he expressed support online for the "Bridge Man" protester, who unfurled banners on a Beijing…
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US Navy chief: Can’t rule out Taiwan invasion by 2023
Beijing could invade Taiwan as early as this year or next, the chief of U.S. naval operations said at a forum in Washington on Wednesday. The comments came days after U.S. Secretary…
Vietnamese citizen journalist sentenced to jail for advocating for land petitioners
A Vietnamese court sentenced citizen journalist Le Manh Ha to eight years in prison and five years of probation on the charge of “disseminating anti-state materials” for his advocacy on behalf of…
Trappings of North Korean leader’s lavish lifestyle visible by satellite
Bruce Songhak Chung is the deputy director of the Geo Satellite Information Research Institute at Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Using Google Earth, he identified as many as 30 luxury villas…
Around 190 locals arrested in Myanmar’s Mandalay region
Police in Mandalay region’s Wundwin township have been arresting and interrogating locals for more than two weeks, following the murders of a police inspector and the township administrator, residents told RFA. Acting…
Shoe thrown at Hun Sen put up for auction to raise money for charity
The man who threw a shoe at Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen last year says he got the shoe back from police – and plans to auction it off to raise money…
UK government sued over forced-labor imports from Xinjiang
Britain’s government will appear in court at the end of October to answer charges it has failed to block products made with forced labor in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang from entering…
Charter amendments turn Chinese Communist Party into a 'gang' led by Xi, analysts say
Amendments to the Chinese Communist Party charter have transformed the ruling party from an organization for political cooperation to a "gang" led by general secretary Xi Jinping, analysts told RFA. The amendments,…
Keen Sword to test ‘interoperability' between the Japanese and US militaries
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…
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…