Lao authorities have rescued more than 1,680 victims of human trafficking from the Chinese-run Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone between its establishment in 2007 and the end of August this year, Radio Free Asia has learned.
The victims included La…

The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered suspected debris in Manila-claimed waters from the launch of another Chinese space rocket. 
Last month, Manila accused the China Coast Guard of forcibly confiscating similar rocket debris salvaged b…

Marwayit Hapiz is a renowned Uyghur artist whose vivid oil paintings of everyday Uyghur life and customs are enjoyed in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as well as in Germany, where she has lived since 1996. She was encouraged to pursue the arts at…

Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan monk to three years in prison after his participation in a campaign that discouraged local residents from killing and selling animals, sources told Radio Free Asia. 
Monlam Gyatso, a Tibetan monk, write…

A Vietnamese legal expert has been arrested for providing classified information to “foreign entities” in a move possibly linked to his support for personal property rights in the one-party communist state, RFA has learned.
Hoang Ngoc Giao, director of…

Beijing is currently facing an extraordinary wave of deaths as COVID-19 rips through the population, amid a widespread lack of data as mass, compulsory testing is abruptly halted across the country, residents and officials told Radio Free Asia.

As Chi…