Fighting Beijing’s long arm of repression
Young Chinese people in the United States are taking a stand against Beijing’s growing willingness to extend enforcement of party censorship and police surveillance among...
Month : March 2023
US calls on Laos to increase efforts to combat human trafficking
The U.S. State Department has called on the government of Laos to increase its efforts to combat human trafficking this year ahead of the release...
Asia Fact Check Lab: Can TikTok share US user data with China’s government?
In Brief When TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday, he was asked a key...
Asia Fact Check Lab: Did Putin kneel before Xi Jinping?
In Brief Around the time of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow earlier this week, a Twitter account with more than 50,000 followers posted...
UN water conference ends with hundreds of non-binding commitments
The first global water conference in nearly 50 years adopted almost 700 voluntary commitments that U.N. chief Antonio Guterres declared were “game-changing, inclusive and action-oriented.”...
Cambodian news site details phone calls between opposition party official, mistress
A Cambodian pro-government news site published details from a telephone conversation between a top opposition party official and his alleged mistress, prompting one political observer...
Myanmar junta pledges 15 villages for Rohingya repatriated from Bangladesh
Myanmar’s junta is planning 15 new villages with 750 plots of farmable land in Rakhine state as part of a pilot program that would see...
Vietnamese weigh in on release of flight attendants nabbed with illegal drugs
The release of four flight attendants caught illegally bringing a stash of narcotics hidden in toothpaste tubes into Vietnam has sparked a wide range of...
Hong Kong plans to loosen laws to allow more reclamation of Victoria Harbour
Authorities in Hong Kong are planning to weaken environmental protections for the city’s iconic Victoria Harbour, removing the need for judicial oversight of major reclamation...
Manila to Beijing: Intimidation, coercion won’t solve territorial differences
Territorial disputes shouldn’t be solved through “coercion and intimidation,” the Philippines said Friday as its diplomats prepared to confront Chinese counterparts about China’s recent actions...
