China ‘can claim the South China Sea’: former Malaysian PM (www.rfa.org)
Mahathir Mohamad said that one day Beijing may realize the claim ‘means nothing.’
Mahathir Mohamad said that one day Beijing may realize the claim ‘means nothing.’
In the video posted March 18 to the official account of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force on the video-sharing platform Bilibili, a woman clad in a camouflage uniform holds up a medal she said was presented to her father after he was among the troops that entered Beijing in early June 1989 to put down weeks of...
A Tibetan Buddhist monk was arrested by Chinese police in June 2023 on charges of republishing books from the exiled Tibetan community and for contacting people outside the region, Radio Free Asia has learned....
World’s largest coast guard vessel has been patrolling near the contentious Vanguard Bank in the South China Sea.
Authorities around China are tightening security measures around people who complain about the government
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While official figures won’t be confirmed until Jan. 17, the Mother and Infant Daily news service said 7.88 million babies were born across China 2023, 1.68 million fewer than in 2022.
In a YouTube video, a voice in English announces that China has researched and developed its own ultra-thin 1-nanometer chip – a staggering claim given that the chip isn’t expected in commercial devices for another decade....
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The Marriage Equality Bill is expected to unlock rights traditionally reserved for husbands and wives.
Resolution accuses Beijing of using Mandarin-only schools to erase Tibetan culture.
Report identifies different types of police used by China to clamp down on Uyghurs.
Kunchok Lodoe was sentenced to 13 years for staging an anti-government protest in 1992.
The military responded to attacks by anti-junta forces with air and artillery strikes. After four days of intense battles with the military in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, armed resistance groups have occupied the city of Kawlin, but residents and aid workers say the fighting has displaced 50,000 people, stoking fears of...
The move is seen as ‘completely politically-driven, to legitimize the occupation and rule of Tibet,’ say experts.
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday issued a royal decree to appoint Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet as the country’s prime minister, ensuring that the transfer of power from father to son will occur later this month....