Inner Asia
UNESCO Declares China’s Hoh Xil Nature Reserve A Heritage Site
UNESCO on Friday declared the Hoh Xil nature reserve in China's Qinghai Province a natural heritage site in a...
In Mongolia, Democracy Unfolds In A Yurt
At 6:55 a.m. on Monday, a man in rural Mongolia stood outside a yurt and looked down at his watch. Five minutes...
China Bans Beards and Veils In Xinjiang
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
China Uighurs: Xinjiang Ban On Long Beards and Veils
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
Xinjiang Ban On Long Beards and Veils
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
China’s Xinjiang Cracks Down On Muslim Practices In…
China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter...
Tibetan Fashion Hits the Beijing Runway
Face painted yellow and white with long braids draping her shoulders, a model in voluminous grey robes walks down the...
Conflicts of Interest Keep Mongolian Child Jockeys In the Saddle
Mongolian courts banned them, human rights groups slammed them and the labour ministry demands they cease, but none of...
China Holds Mass Police Rally In Xinjiang As Hundreds Sent To Anti-Terror ‘frontline’
More than 10,000 armed police in China's western Xinjiang region staged a mass rally in the capital Urumqi, state media...
Chinese Police In Restive Xinjiang To Track Cars By GPS
A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking...
Mongolian Herders Reel Under Dreaded ‘dzud’ Weather
Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the...