Family of ailing, jailed Chinese dissident reboots dissident magazine
The family of jailed veteran democracy activist Wang Bingzhang has said they will relaunch China Spring, the pro-democracy magazine he founded in a bid to...
Month : December 2022
China can still use big data to control citizens despite ditching COVID-19 app
The Chinese government still has access to vast amounts of data on its citizens’ movements, despite pausing a hugely unpopular COVID-19 tracker app in the...
Xi’s consolidation of power feeding tensions over Taiwan: analysts
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power at October’s 20th party congress has profound implications for growing military tensions across the Taiwan Strait in the...
Cambodian appeals eases restrictions on autistic teen son of opposition activists
A Cambodian court of appeal on Friday upheld the conviction of an autistic teenager on an incitement charge, but eased restrictions before releasing him, the...
Asia Fact Check Lab: Are 70,000 master degree holders in China delivering food?
In Brief Amid public concerns about the gloomy job market in China, a 2021 claim that more than 70,000 master’s degree holders in China worked...
Attacked with knives and acid, Cambodian artist calls for arrest of 2 assailants
A Cambodian artist living in Thailand has called on authorities in the two countries to arrest and bring to justice two foreign nationals believed to...
No drinking, singing and fun allowed during 7 days of forced mourning for Kim Jong Il
North Korea is in the midst of a seven-day period of forced mourning to mark the 11th anniversary of the death of former leader Kim...
Senior Lao official admits that many government entrance exams are staged
A senior Lao government official has admitted that civil servant entrance exams are often staged to make way for candidates previously selected, and called for...
Myanmar junta sentences former Central Bank official to 20 years in prison
A court in Myanmar has sentenced a former senior official with the country’s Central Bank, who was arrested in the aftermath of last year’s military...
UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh
Starting in 2023, UNICEF plans to extend a pilot program to educate Rohingya children at upper grade levels who are living at refugee camps in...
