Xi Jinping visits Mao’s caves
President Xi Jinping has led top military brass on a pilgrimage of caves that were a key revolutionary base for the late supreme leader Mao...
Month : June 2024
Jailed Myanmar activists in India in danger of deportation: rights groups
India must not force about 200 jailed Myanmar refugees to return home, an advocacy group told Radio Free Asia on Thursday, citing dangers that they...
China’s political refugees remain at risk long after leaving country
Chinese nationals are seeking political asylum in ever larger numbers, but face transnational repression from China and lack of understanding from foreign authorities as they...
Defying China, US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama
Defying a warning from China, a delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, in northern India, on Wednesday, telling the Tibetan...
Putin visits Vietnam aiming to renew Cold War ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a grand welcome with a 21-gun salute on Thursday after arriving in old ally Vietnam on a trip that...
North Korea, Russia agree to offer military assistance if either is attacked
North Korea and Russia have agreed to offer military assistance “without delay” if either is attacked under a new partnership treaty signed after a summit...
Ecuador ends visa-free entry for Chinese nationals fleeing country
Authorities in Ecuador have suspended visa-free entry to Chinese nationals starting July 1, citing a jump in arrivals, half of whom either overstay the terms...
Protesters arrested in Myanmar over marches on ousted leader’s birthday
Protesters marched in cities across Myanmar on Wednesday in a show of support for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her birthday and to...
Putin to visit Vietnam to affirm traditional partnership
On the afternoon of March 2, 2001, the packed hall at Hanoi’s Vietnam-Russia Friendship Palace almost erupted in adoration as President Vladimir Putin walked in....
Did South Dakota ban watermelon sales because it is antisemitic?
A claim emerged in both English and Chinese-language social media posts that the U.S. state of South Dakota banned the sale of sliced watermelons because...
