The massive spectacle in Beijing commemorating China's victory in the Sino-Japanese War was preceded by arrests of activists pushing a dissident version of the conflict's history.
Chinese authorities arrested 12 individuals for illegally storing dangerous materials that led to the Tianjin warehouse explosions, which killed at least 139 people.
Artillery exchanges across the DMZ come amid the joint US-South Korea "Ulchi Freedom Guardian" military exercise, involving 30,000 US troops and 50,000 South Korean.
Student protesters are occupying the Education Ministry grounds in Taipei to demand an end to planned textbook revisions that emphasize the "One China" view of history.
A court in China ruled that a lawsuit against ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil for a 2011 oil spill can proceed under a new law allowing NGOs to directly sue polluters.
Despite a massive nationwide protest campaign, the ruling bloc in the Diet's lower house pushed through a law "reinterpreting" Japan's constitution to allow combat missions.
At least five Chinese attorneys from a human rights law firm were detained after being accused of running a criminal syndicate and smear campaign against the Communist Party.
China's top legislature, the NPC Standing Committee, adopted a controversial new National Security Law that increases cyber security powers and "ideological control over the public."
China's ex-security minister Zhou Yongkang was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and disclosing state secrets, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Deadly repression of a mass protest march over regional development issues in Linshui, Sichuan, comes as wildcat strikes are hitting China's mineral sector.
Chinese prosecutors said that human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been indicted on charges of fanning ethnic hatred and provoking unrest for comments that he posted online.
Amnesty International urged the Taiwanese authorities to drop criminal charges against some 100 activists arrested during last year's Sunflower protests.
