An alleged spy for China living in Istanbul evaded detection by Turkish authorities for years, Sadiq Memeteziz’s undercover work taking him to Hong Kong, Saudi… Read More »Turkish media reveal identities of alleged spies for China
In mid-January, Kim Aris received a letter from his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar and Nobel laureate who… Read More »Suu Kyi’s son receives 1st letter from her since Myanmar coup
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Xinjiang’s Uchturpan county, which borders Kyrgyzstan, early Tuesday killed three, injured five, and displaced more than 12,400 people living in… Read More »Three killed, 5 injured in 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Xinjiang
Seeking to promote its rosy narrative about the peace and prosperity enjoyed by majority-Muslim Uyghurs in the far-western region of Xinjiang, China earlier this month… Read More »Major Muslim group buys into China’s narrative of happy Uyghurs in a stable Xinjiang
Tenzin Younten wanted Tibetans living in the diaspora in Darjeeling, India, to speak in their native language. So, the 19-year-old rapper wrote a song about… Read More »Tibetan rappers gain popularity among diaspora with songs about ethnic identity
Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, will continue to serve as his country’s permanent representative to the international body in New York… Read More »INTERVIEW: ‘The Myanmar people are suffering, physically and mentally’
Vietnam is mounting an assertive campaign to win a seat on the United National Human Rights Council in an Oct. 11 vote, but critics say… Read More »Vietnam promotes 'problematic' bid for UN Human Rights Council membership
A sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Xinjiang led China’s government to send a delegation throughout the far-western region to implement controversial… Read More »China enforces lockdowns as COVID cases spiral in Xinjiang and Tibet
Minorities in China’s Xinjiang region are forced to work against their will and face physical and sexual violence and “other inhuman or degrading treatment” in… Read More »UN report says treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang may be modern form of slavery
More than four years after a dam collapse in southern Laos triggered the country’s worst flooding in decades much of the farmland that was underwater… Read More »‘Most of us are worse off’
