East Asia

Hong Kong leader-in-waiting John Lee officially anointed by Beijing

Hong Kong's leader-in-waiting John Lee received the blessing of ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping at the weekend…

2 years ago

From Chinese detainee to Cambodian diplomat: the radical rebirth of Wang Yaohui

Wang Yaohui has taken an unconventional career path for a Cambodian diplomat. For one thing, he was born in China…

2 years ago

China’s ‘White Guards’ gain reputation for brutal enforcement of Shanghai lockdown

Police officers, neighborhood committee members and community volunteers dressed in head-to-toe white PPE have been a ubiquitous feature of China's…

2 years ago

Uyghur group slams UN rights czar over ‘wasted opportunity’ during trip to Xinjiang

A Uyghur rights group on Saturday expressed “serious disappointment” in the outcome of U.N. Human Rights czar Michelle Bachelet’s trip…

2 years ago

More than 1,000 Myanmar migrants in China wait months or years for deportation

More than 1,000 Myanmar migrant workers are stuck in Chinese detention centers with no way to contact their families or…

2 years ago

North Korea punishes officials for failing to contain coronavirus

North Korea is sentencing mid-tier government and ruling party officials to short jail or labor sentences for failing to stop…

2 years ago

Hundreds of students protest COVID-19 lockdown on Tianjin University campus

Hundreds of students in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin gathered on the Tianjin University campus late on Thursday, in…

2 years ago

China warns overseas Uyghurs to keep quiet during UN visit

Two weeks before a visit by the U.N. human rights chief, China’s state security police warned Uyghurs living in Xinjiang…

2 years ago

Chutzpah in China

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet began a visit to China with a photo op with Beijing's top…

2 years ago

Leaders of least-developed Cambodia, Laos play down concerns of a China debt trap

UPDATED at 1:10 p.m. EDT on 2022-05-27 Leaders of two of the least developed countries in Southeast Asia, Laos and…

2 years ago

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