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.
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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.
East Asia
Tiananmen spectacle, historical revisionism
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.
East Asia
China arrests 12 in Tianjin explosion
Chinese authorities arrested 12 individuals for illegally storing dangerous materials that led to the Tianjin warehouse explosions, which killed at least 139 people.
East Asia
Korea escalation amid US military exercise
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.
East Asia
Taiwan: protesters occupy Education Ministry
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.
East Asia
China allows first pollution suit under new law
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.
East Asia
Protests as Japan moves toward remilitarization
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.