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The United States has expressed concerns over major land reclamation projects in Manila Bay, where its heavily secured embassy sits on one edge ...

Hong Kong activist Finn Lau has vowed to continue his fight for democracy despite the Chinese bounty on his head
For the most part, London is a relatively safe city in a free country. But there are people living there who experience it very differently. One is Finn Lau. For him, London has become a threatening place. As he tells Michael Safi, he is a Hong Kong political activist in exile in the UK. For years now, he has been on a Chinese government list of serious criminals and all day, every day – even though he is thousands of miles from Chinese territory – he feels as if he is being watched.
A few weeks ago, Lau woke to the news that Beijing had announced a reward of 1m Hong Kong dollars (around £100,000). That bounty is more than what the Hong Kong government is offering for fugitives accused of murder or for arsonists accused of killing 17 people. But Lau is determined not to give in – and he remains hopeful that one day he will be able to return home.

The Solomon Star denies accusations of ‘giving away’ its independence by accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment
Local media in Solomon Islands have been accused of compromising their independence by entering into agreements with Chinese news organisations and accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment from the Chinese embassy.
Since the Solomon Islands government signed a high-profile security agreement with China in March 2022, some newspapers in the Pacific country have received cars, cameras, phones and printing machinery that costs thousands of dollars from the Chinese government, via its local embassy, according to local journalists. Some have raised concern about the gifts and the continued close dialogue between media organisations in China and Solomon Islands.

“Some people think I look too human when I stand up,” the Hangzhou Zoo’s statement said, after a video prompted internet conspiracy theories. “I am a Malayan sun bear!”

Detroit’s Asian-American community and allies on Monday urged the city of Detroit and Olympia Development of Michigan to work with them to create a visual presence that recognizes the former Chinatown ...

More than 52,000 people have been evacuated as Typhoon Doksuri causes widespread flooding
Twenty people have died due to heavy rainfall in Beijing, Chinese state media has reported, as a relentless downpour stretched into a fourth day.
Another 27 people were missing as of 6am on Tuesday (10pm BST on Monday), the state broadcaster CCTV reported, after Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rain and widespread flooding to northern China.

The global industry is cutting some ties to China, but its exposure to forced labor remains high and companies are less transparent, a new report found.

One of the strongest storms in China in years brought torrential rainfall and widespread flooding to the north of the country. More than 52,000 people have been evacuated from Beijing. Footage shared on social media showed vehicles being carried by fast-flowing flood water as bridges collapsed and rivers swelled. Authorities said there was a risk of further floods

Landslides and flash flooding have threatened outer districts of the city, and more than 52,000 residents were evacuated from their homes, the authorities said.

Asian American advocates and families with ties to Detroit's historic Chinatown gathered Monday morning at the site of a 140-year-old building that was demolished over the weekend, mourning the loss ...