U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui with conspiring to defraud his followers of more than $1 billion.
The Justice Department said that Guo, also known as Miles Kwok, diverted funds from thousands of follo…
Myanmar’s junta has expanded its ability to target those who seek its removal from power by sharpening the teeth of law that it’s already used to jail hundreds of people since seizing power in a coup d’etat two years ago.
The addendum to the Anti-Terr…
Lawyers for opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason earlier this month, have been told to seek permission from prosecutors before they can meet with him, complicating efforts to mount an appeal.
Kem Sokha’s lawy…
In a deal seen as an effort to counter China’s growing military power in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia will buy up to five U.S. nuclear-powered submarines, and then build its own using a British design. The plan, which will deepen technological in…
Social media users have been taking aim at Chinese official commentator Hu Xijin, the former editor of the nationalistic Global Times newspaper, after he claimed Michelle Yeoh’s Oscars win as a victory for “Chinese cultural genes.”
“Congratulations to …
Hong Kong authorities have banned a Malaysian rapper who recorded a satirical song about Beijing’s ‘fragility,’ while two people have been arrested for possessing “seditious” children’s stories about sheep amid a crackdown on dissent in the city under …
