North Koreans who have escaped to China need help to avoid being sent back against their will, and pressure on Beijing from South Korea alone is not enough to stop it, a former North Korean diplomat told Radio Free Asia.
“It is important to send a stro…
Cambodian officials on Monday unveiled a US$1.1 billion airport near the famed Angkor temples – built by Chinese state-owned companies as part of the Belt and Road Initiative –even as tourist numbers continue to drop.
The first commercial flight …
Myanmar’s junta is beefing up its proxy forces in Kachin state, pitting ethnic minority fighters against one another to counter staunch resistance in the northern region, according to military experts.
The use of ethnic fighters, in addition to other …
One year after Peng Lifa was detained for a lone banner protest that called for Xi Jinping’s resignation on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge, activists in London left a banner on a bridge that read simply: “Where is Bridge Man?” while others gathered outside Ch…
China’s foreign minister has said Israel’s military action in Gaza in the wake of attacks by Hamas militants “goes beyond self-defense” and called for an end to the “collective punishment” of Palestinians as Beijing said it would send an envoy to try t…