The Lao government is pushing ahead with more hydroelectric dams despite uncertainty about Thailand’s willingness to purchase the electricity they generate, Lao officials and others with knowledge of the situation said.
Laos has 78 dams in operation an…

Credit Suisse has said it will shut down a Swiss bank account belonging to dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s foundation, citing his “criminal record” in China, although he has never been convicted of a crime, according to Ai.
In a Sept. 7 post to Artnet, Ai…

Police in Hong Kong on Wednesday arrested key members of a group that once organized an annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the June 4, 1989 massacre in Beijing, the group said.
Chow Hang-tung, vice chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of…

State-run mainstream media in China appeared to have ignored the 45th anniversary of the death of late supreme leader Mao Zedong this week, although leftist websites ran tributes to the “Great Helmsman.”The Red Song Network posted an article listing ro…