When China allowed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to die in police custody, it made a bet that world governments were more invested in improving trade ties than defending political dissidents. Even as...
Four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified from Hong Kong's parliament Friday in a move that will worsen growing fears the city's freedoms are under serious threat from Beijing. Former Umbrella...
Exiled Tiananmen Square student protest leader Wu'er Kaixi said on Friday the world had "failed to save" Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who he described as his mentor. Wu'er is one of the...
China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for liver cancer. It said the case was an internal affair and that other...
When saxophonist Chen Shen-ching was jailed during Taiwan's "White Terror" political purges, it was music that helped him hold on to his sanity. Banned from taking his instrument into prison he...
The world hailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as a brave fighter for human rights after his death from cancer. Liu, a government critic and thorn in the side of the authorities for...
Chen Guangcheng, one of China's best-known activists who fled to the United States, charged Thursday that Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo was "deliberately killed" by the country's rulers, urging the...
Democracy activists and members of the public gathered outside China's liaison office in Hong Kong Thursday night to mourn the death in custody of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and vent their...
As Liu Xiaobo braced for his verdict, the late Chinese democracy activist penned a moving statement declaring his love for his wife while telling his jailers: "I have no enemies." But the authorities...
China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. The Chinese intellectual and activist, who championed non-violent...
The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a trip likely to anger China, a key investor across Africa and its largest trade...
Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking the first such move by a foreign technology firm following the imposition of...
China faced sustained international pressure on Thursday to let cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo seek treatment abroad, as official hospital updates suggest the democracy champion is close...
Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in China's far western city of Kashgar under the stern gaze of stone-faced police officers. The increasingly...
China's first-half trade with North Korea rose 10.5 percent year-on-year, Chinese officials said Thursday, as the US urges Beijing to apply economic pressure on its neighbour. Customs administration...
The US government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing to release the cancer-stricken democracy activist and his wife so he can receive...
Germany said Wednesday it was ready to treat terminally ill Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, and urged Beijing to let him leave the country. Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert...
China appears to be considering further reforms to its foreign exchange market such as reduced state meddling and freer trading of the yuan, but analysts are sceptical about its efforts to relax...
China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion of its military presence abroad. Chinese sailors sailed out of a naval base in...
Real Madrid and Barcelona square off in a rare overseas Clasico while Manchester United and Manchester City meet for the first time outside Britain as the world's leading clubs strive to optimise...
