East Asia
Hong Kong: ‘localists’ boycott Tiananmen vigil
The annual Hong Kong vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre took place amid a split, with the city’s biggest student union boycotting.
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East Asia
Real threat in North Korea: regime collapse
North Korea's missile tests point to a desperate regime trying to keep its own populace distracted, and to spook the international community into providing food aid.
East Asia
China: lawyer detained for post mocking president
Civil rights lawyer Ge Yongxi was detained by Chinese authorities for posts on social media that "poked fun" at President Xi Jinping in relation to the Panama Papers.
East Asia
Tiananmen dissident: Trump threat to freedom
Wuer Kaixi, veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests, called Donald Trump a threat to values of freedom after the candidate called the 1989 pro-democracy movement a "riot."
East Asia
Taipei presses South China Sea territorial claims
President Ma Ying-jeou's provocative visit to the disputed Spratly Islands seems aimed at pressing the incoming Tsai Ing-wen to adopt a "one China" position.
East Asia
China passes draconian anti-terror law
China's new anti-terrorism law requires technology companies to provide decryption to officials, restricts media reportage on terrorist activity, and permits overseas military raids.
East Asia
China: prominent rights lawyer released
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang received a suspended sentence and was released—after protesters clashed with police at the courthouse when he was convicted.
East Asia
China: crackdown on Guangdong labor activists
At least 18 Guangdong-based labor advocates have been detained in police sweeps seemingly aimed at heading off further industrial strikes in the region.
East Asia
Taiwan: indigenous demand land restitution
Taiwan's Aboriginal peoples have launched a new push for restitution of usurped lands and recognition of local autonomy for indigenous communities.
East Asia
China releases journalist over declining health
A Beijing court released ailing journalist Gao Yu on medical parole, while upholding her conviction for leaking an internal Communist Party document.
East Asia
Okinawa: anti-base protesters score win —for now
Protestors in front of Camp Schwab in Okinawa burst into cheers as the island's governor revoked the permit for a new US Marine base—but Tokyo may override the decision.
East Asia
Japan’s Diet approves foreign troop deployments
Despite huge protests, Japan's parliament approved a measure allowing the Self Defense Forces to deploy troops on foreign combat missions for the first time since World War II.