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. 

The Andes

Edward Snowden and Ecuador press freedom

Edward Snowden seeks refuge in Ecuador, just as the Andean country has passed a media law protested by the Committee to Protect Journalists as imposing arbitrary censorship.