In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and …
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In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country’s arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer to learning the truth of what …
The Obama Administration Looks to Latin America After Years of Neglect
President Barack Obama is sending Vice President Joe Biden on a swing through Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago later this month. Which means two things: first, the prospect of off-the-cuff gaffes in three different …
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The CDC says the current strain of bird flu cannot cause a pandemic, why is Chinese art underrepresented around the world and Germany has experienced its biggest spike in immigration in almost two decades
China’s Gays and Lesbians Join the Global Debate on Same-Sex Marriage
With advocates pushing the envelope, the discussion on the legal status of the gay and lesbian community in China is evolving quickly.
Why Chinese Couples Are Divorcing Before Buying a Home
Across China last month, thousands rushed to dissolve their marriages in order to benefit from fast-expiring tax breaks on property investments for unmarried individuals
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Media freedom is declining in Bulgaria, China leads the world in cyber espionage and public confidence in the European Union has fallen to a record low in its six biggest countries
Bird Flu: China Reports 102 H7N9 Cases, 20 Deaths
Experts are suspecting human-to-human transmission, but there is no evidence confirming this yet
More Pain in Sichuan: Earthquake Kills at Least 192
Updated with latest figures on Tuesday morning.
Two days after a magnitude 7.0-earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province, residents are still awaiting rescue as well as essentials like drinking water, food, medicine and …
Tibetans Turn to Alternative Protest as Self-Immolations Prove Futile
Last year, Norbu Jorden ran away to New Delhi to set himself on fire. Driven by accounts of other self-immolations by Tibetans — there have been 112 deaths since 2009 — the 20-year-old student concluded that this was the only …
Laos’ Mammoth Train Project a Fast Track to Debt and Despair
Change is coming to sleepy Laos in the form of a $7.2 billion railway, set to carve its way through this war-ravaged nation. The costs are to be borne by the Laotian government, courtesy of a Chinese loan amounting to a …
U.S. Defense Cuts Lead to First Drop in Global Arms Spending in 15 Years
With battles raging in Congress over the Pentagon’s proposed budget cuts, a new report says the gap in military spending between the U.S. and the rest of the world is narrowing, with Washington’s erstwhile foes — China and …
U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
