“Evan,” a Chinese grad student at Columbia University in New York, looks around a campus coffee shop anxiously as he explains why he’s helping form a group to challenge the orthodoxy of…
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Chinese visits to Myanmar sow influence, but may hinder interests
A slew of recent visits by top Chinese officials to Myanmar appears to be part of a bid by Beijing to counter U.S. influence on the nation, but rebel leaders warned that…
Sister of imprisoned Tibetan businessman again detained after public protest
The sister of a businessman who is serving a life sentence has again been arrested and beaten for publicly protesting for her brother’s release in front of the high court in Tibet’s…
Court gives Cambodian opposition leader additional charges as election nears.
A Cambodian court on Friday gave additional charges to a detained opposition leader, a move that will likely prevent him from campaigning ahead of July’s general elections. Sporting a shaggy white goatee…
China is bulldozing parks and “green belt” around Chengdu to create more farmland
Reversing years of expensive work, Chinese bulldozers are tearing up parks and gardens in the “green belt” around the southwestern city of Chengdu to create more farmland as Beijing pushes ahead with…
Screams from abducted Vietnamese blogger heard on Thai security camera video
The images on the 38-second video show only a knocked-over traffic cone, a parked car and some concrete paving – but the bursts of high-pitched screams from just off-camera are believed to…
Detained Uyghur student awaits outcome of probe into her case in Xinjiang
A Uyghur college student who supported the “white paper” protests in China is being detained in Xinjiang pending an investigation into her communication with her brother who lives in the United States,…
China broadens scope of its counter-espionage law amid raids on foreign companies
China"s ruling Communist Party has granted itself more powers under an amended espionage law, expanding the definition of what constitutes "spying," amid ongoing raids on U.S. consultancy firms in China. The National…
Vietnamese police bust MDMA ring on heels of airline arrests
Authorities in southern Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City are on a drug busting tear, following the discovery by customs officers last month of MDMA, ketamine and cocaine hidden inside 156 toothpaste tubes…
Rights lawyer, activist wife forced from Beijing home following utilities shutoff
A human rights lawyer and his family were forced to move out of their home after their landlord shut down their water and electricity – a tactic used recently on other activists…