Uyghur event in NY goes ahead despite Beijing’s warning

The Chinese government is increasingly moving Uyghurs from internment camps to the regular penal system while claiming it is closing the camps, experts and foreign diplomats told a forum on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tues…

Indonesia’s first high-speed train wows passengers on trial run

Cepu Supriyanto used to dread the hours-long journey in traffic from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta to Bandung, a popular destination for domestic tourists.
That changed on Saturday, when he got a chance to ride Indonesia’s first high-speed train, built a…