• Uyghur Scholar Tohti Speaks About His Concerns Before Detention

    Uyghur Scholar Tohti Speaks About His Concerns Before Detention

    • Released Date: 13-Feb-2014

    Outspoken Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti gave a lengthy statement by phone to RFAs Uyghur Service reporter Mihray Abdilim before he was detained by Chinese authorities on Jan. 15 from his Beijing home. He had requested that the statement be made public i

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  • Staying Silent in This Country Doesnt Solve Anything

    Staying Silent in This Country Doesnt Solve Anything

    • Released Date: 13-Feb-2014

    Last month, a court in Beijing convicted anti-graft activists Yuan Dong, Ding Jiaxi, Li Wei, and Zhang Baocheng for "gathering a crowd to disrupt public order," a day after the sentencing of prominent dissident Xu Zhiyong, a co-founder of their New C

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  • Puzzle Over China Data and Rising Smog

    Puzzle Over China Data and Rising Smog

    • Released Date: 13-Feb-2014

    Chinas recent energy reports have posed a puzzle for those seeking to understand the connections between slower economic growth and rising urban smog.Ordinarily, a slowdown in growth would be expected to result in reduced rates of emissions, but Chin

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  • US Draws Own Line Over South China Sea Dispute

    US Draws Own Line Over South China Sea Dispute

    • Released Date: 13-Feb-2014

    HOME | COMMENTARIES | EAST ASIA BEATUS Draws Own Line Over South China Sea DisputeBy Parameswaran Ponnudurai2014-02-09 Email story Comment on this story Share story Print storyPrint Share Comment Email SEA-ninedash600.jpgUpdated at 12:01 p.m. ET on 2

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  • North Korean Crackdown on Private Education Overlooks Real Issue

    North Korean Crackdown on Private Education Overlooks Real Issue

    • Released Date: 13-Feb-2014

    Private education began booming in North Korea some 10 years ago and has led the countrys elite, foreign currency earners, and even jangmadang (local market) merchants to pay to educate their children. Music, computers, and foreign languages such as

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  • H&M exec talks Cambodia vision

    H&M exec talks Cambodia vision

    • Released Date: 07-Feb-2014

    Fri, 7 February 2014Daniel de CarteretWith the local garment industry still reeling from the deaths of at least four workers in January, and the possibility of future strikes over minimum wages looming on the horizon, brands sourcing from the country

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