East Asia
East China Sea gets scary āagain
A near confrontation between Chinese and US aircraft over disputedĀ East China SeaĀ gasfields comes amid major joint US-Japanese naval maneuvers off Okinawa.
Tag: China
Central Asia
Tibetan monk imprisoned for ‘splittism’: report
A Tibetan monk in China’s Sichuan province was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he led a public prayer session for self-immolation martyrs.
Central Asia
Han-Uighur solidarity amid Xinjiang violence
As another deadly clash is reported from Xinjiang, Shanghai journalist Yang Haipeng has started donning a Uighur skullcap at security checkpoints as a gesture of solidarity.
Central Asia
Uighurs recall independent East Turkestan
In a Capitol Hill ceremony, Uighur exile leaders commemorated the founding of an independent East Turkestan Republic on Nov. 12 in both 1933 and 1944.
East Asia
China: terror blasts in Shanxi; Uighurs feel pressure
Blasts at the Shanxi Communist Party headquarters left one dead—days after dissident Uighur leader Ilham Tohti said his family was threatened by security agents.
East Asia
Tiananmen Square suicide attack?
Police are said to be seeking two ethnic Uighurs in the apparent suicide attack on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, with exiled Uighur leaders warning of a "fierce crackdown."
Southeast Asia
Blood jade empire as Burma warlords diversify
Burma’s military and the rebel Kachin Independence Army vie in control for a semi-underground jade industry in the northern jungles, with the exports going to China.
Central Asia
New deadly Xinjiang raid comes to light
Security forces in China’s far western Xinjiang region shot and killed at least 12 men and wounded 20 others during a raid on what authorities described as a “terrorist facility.”
Central Asia
Tibet: anti-mining protests spread
Over 100 ethnic Tibetans were injured and one man committed suicide as Chinese military forces broke up protests against diamond mining in Kham region, Qinghai province.
Central Asia
Tibet: anti-mining protesters under siege
Ethnic Tibetans protesting what they called illegal mining operations clashed with Chinese security forces in Qinghai province, where hundreds of troops are deployed.
East Asia
China authorities detain human rights advocate
Chinese writer, lawyer and human rights advocate Guo Feixiong became the second leader of the New Citizens movement to be arrested on suspicion of “disrupting the peace.”
Southeast Asia
Chinese mining interests take hit in Philippines
The Philippines high court issued a "temporary environment protection order" against 94 Chinese-owned "small-scale mines" operating on the margins of the law in Luzon region.