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…