Vietnam arrests Buddhist abbot from Khmer Krom minority

Vietnamese police on Tuesday arrested a Buddhist abbot and two followers – all members of the Khmer Krom ethnic minority – for their alleged roles in two separate incidents involving a pagoda in the country’s south.
The nearly 1.3-million strong Khmer …

Invest in Tibet and give your child a leg up on college exams

Updated on March 27 at 7:22 p.m. ET.
To lure more investment to Tibet, Chinese authorities have announced a sweetener to would-be investors: Move your family to the region, spend three years there and invest 3 million yuan (US$415,000) – and your teena…

Alibaba cancels unit’s Hong Kong IPO, citing sluggish market

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has pulled a planned initial public offering in Hong Kong of its logistics subsidiary Cainiao, sparking fears that the city is losing its shine as a financial center amid a crackdown on dissent.

Chairman Joseph Tsai to…

Uyghur refugees in Pakistan face deportation in April

About 100 Uyghur refugees in Pakistan face deportation in April, after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is over, based on a new government directive, a copy of which was obtained by Radio Free Asia.
The 18 refugee families, who have been living in P…

US and China feud over subsidies for green tech

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday accused China of manipulating global markets for green energy by exporting a “flood” of subsidized products, which she said suppresses the development of competing industries in other countries around t…

Thai lower house approves final reading of same-sex marriage bill

Thailand’s Parliament on Wednesday passed a same-sex marriage bill at the final reading, moving the country a step closer to becoming the first in Southeast Asia to provide equal marriage rights to LGBTQ+ persons.
The bill sailed through the lower hous…