Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday announced the postponement of elections for the city’s top job after ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping told her government to throw all of its resources at pursuing a “zero-COVID” str…
Continue ReadingU.S.-born Eileen Ailing Gu, competing for her mother’s native China at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, became the first woman to win three freestyle skiing medals in a single Games. The 18-year-old was lionized by Chinese state media and nationalisti…
Continue ReadingThe investigation into the unauthorized leak of an official video showing the crash of a F-35C fighter jet in the South China Sea last month has concluded with five navy personnel facing charges, the U.S. Navy said.
Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for…
A top Chinese official in Tibet visited monasteries in and near the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week to warn monks against behavior considered disloyal to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, state media sources said.
Wang Junzheng, party secretary in th…
Taiwan on Friday welcomed the passage of a foreign policy report through the European Parliament hitting out at China’s military “saber-rattling” near the democratic island and its support for the will of its 23 million citizens.”Taiwan and the EU are …
Continue ReadingAfter the Feb. 1, 2021 Myanmar coup that deposed the democratically elected government, Buddhist monk Shin Sarita took part in anti-junta protests. But when people across the country began joining People’s Defense Force militias, he decided to leave th…
Continue ReadingThousands of workers staged nearly 30 strikes throughout Vietnam ahead of and over the Lunar New Year celebration, demanding higher wages and other benefits, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) said Wednesday.
The holiday known as Tet is …
