East Asia

Protests in China against the Bank Run

Chinese customers opened accounts at six rural banks in Henan and neighboring Anhui province that offered higher interest rates in…

2 years ago

Russia’s Lavrov walks out of G20 meeting over condemnation of Ukraine war

The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali concluded Friday with several nations’ top diplomats condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine in…

2 years ago

Sagaing residents say they face discrimination under Myanmar junta

Burmese citizens with national registration cards indicating they reside in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region face travel restrictions and other forms…

2 years ago

North Korea requires cellphone users to install invasive surveillance app

North Korea is forcing smartphone users to install an app to use the isolated country’s closed intranet that also allows…

2 years ago

Late former prime minister saw the fates of Taiwan, Japan as bound together

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday, once remarked: "If Taiwan has a problem, then so…

2 years ago

Fears grow for Guo Feixiong, on hunger strike in a Guangzhou detention center

Fears are growing over the health of Chinese dissident and former legal advocate Guo Feixiong, also known as Yang Maodong,…

2 years ago

Shooting death of Japan’s Shinzo Abe gets mixed reactions on Chinese internet

UDPATED at  10:40 a.m. EDT on 2022-07-08  The shooting death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe Friday prompted mixed…

2 years ago

Junta bid for Russian deal to address Myanmar’s energy shortages faces hurdles

Myanmar’s junta is in talks with Russia to address the country’s fuel and electricity shortages, although inking a deal may…

2 years ago

Uyghurs abroad in shock after finding relatives listed in leaked police files

Rabigul Haji Muhammed was stunned to see a former classmate on a leaked list of Uyghurs and other Turkic people…

2 years ago

Xian under seven-day lockdown amid surge in COVID-19 cases across eastern China

Authorities across China have stepped up mass testing and COVID-19 restrictions as cases continued to surge in major cities.Millions stood…

2 years ago

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