East Asia

Interview: ‘Do you realize there is also a price to pay for silence?’

Wang Jixian is Chinese national living in Odessa who turned citizen journalist when the war…

Hong Kong changes law, forcing owners to give up pets ‘believed’ to have COVID-19

Authorities in Hong Kong have changed the law to force people to hand over pets…

‘Middle Way’ approach for Tibet not just about politics: Dalai Lama

A Middle Way approach to the question of Tibet’s status under Beijing’s rule does not…

To prevent escapes, North Korea confiscates passports of officials sent abroad

North Korea is now confiscating the passports of both managers and workers stationed abroad to…

Banned Hong Kong statues to find new refuge in democratic Taiwan: rights activists

A bronze statue of late Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo that was removed from public…

Taiwan issues ‘survival handbook’ to prep for possible Chinese invasion

Taiwan has issued for the first time a “survival handbook” to guide its citizens in…

Hong Kong resident held in southwest China for taking part in protests

Authorities in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi have detained a resident of Hong Kong…

As Lao dam plans progress, farmers worry about compensation for lost land

Chinese developers are preparing to begin work on two major hydropower dams to be built…

Only a few thousand tigers survive in Asia in 2022

With the lunar Year of the Tiger well under way, various assessments show that only…

US human rights report cites China’s violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet

China’s abuses targeting Uyghurs, Hongkongers and Tibetans are among some of the worst human rights…

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