East Asia

Tibetan monks told to take blame for statue demolitions

Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are forcing Tibetan monks to take the blame for the destruction of sacred statues…

2 years ago

Xinjiang goldsmith’s death after release from prison is followed by son’s demise

A Uyghur goldsmith died 20 days after being released from prison and his 20-year-old son died the next day at…

2 years ago

Former RFA blogger in failing health in Vietnam jail

A Vietnamese journalist jailed for writing articles that criticized Vietnam’s one-party communist government is in failing health, with prison authorities…

2 years ago

President Biden warns China over invasion threat, drawing parallel with Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Monday that China is 'flirting with danger' with its ongoing threat to annex democratic Taiwan, saying…

2 years ago

Biden unveils US Info-Pacific economic plan after summits in Japan, South Korea

U.S. President Joe Biden wound up his visit to South Korea and Japan Monday with the announcement of the Indo-Pacific…

2 years ago

China pushes the ‘Sinicization of religion’ in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs

When Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), visited the largest mosque in Urumqi before the Eid al-Fitr…

2 years ago

Weeks of COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai takes toll on residents’ mental health

The weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown in China has taken a huge mental health toll, with more than 40 percent of the…

2 years ago

Elderly and sick die of COVID-19 complications in North Korean capital

North Korean authorities are mobilizing medical students in the capital of Pyongyang to help in hospitals suddenly overwhelmed with cases…

2 years ago

UN rights chief’s office announces dates of China visit, including Xinjiang

The U.N.’s human rights chief on Monday will begin a six-day official visit to China, including to the far-western Xinjiang…

2 years ago

Philippines deploys buoys as ‘sovereign markers’ in South China Sea

The Philippines has installed buoys and opened some command posts to mark out and assert its sovereignty in waters and…

2 years ago

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