A famous writer and illustrator in Japan has produced a new manga booklet portraying the experiences of an ethnic Uzbek woman forced to teach Mandarin to mostly Uyghur detainees in ‘re-education’ camps in northwest China’s Xinjiang region.
Shimizu Tomo…

Vietnam’s National Assembly elevated two party officials to the position of deputy prime minister on Thursday after dismissing their predecessors, whose tenures were marred by bribery scandals.
Tran Hong Ha and Tran Luu Quang terms last until 2026. Tra…

Thailand joined most of Southeast Asia’s tourism-reliant economies Thursday in keeping entry restrictions lax for Chinese tourists who resume foreign travel next week, despite WHO warning that Beijing is underrepresenting the severity of its COVID-19 o…

The internal border between the former British colony of Hong Kong and the rest of China will open for the first time in three years on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people expected to undergo the COVID-19 tests required to move back and forth betw…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to set up a hotline to avert miscommunication in the contested South China Sea, over which Manila has filed 65 diplomatic protests since Marcos took of…

The anti-corruption arm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party has warned it will pursue officials who use the “revolving door” between state-owned companies and government to evade investigation or cash in on their former status.

The Central Commissio…