In Taiwan
Demonstrators burn a Chinese national flag during a protest against the cross strait talks between Taiwan and China in Taichung December 22, 2009. Noisy but heavily policed protests greeted a top Chinese official when he arrived in Taiwan on Monday for talks on a broad two-way trade deal between the political rivals.
REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
Hundreds protest in Macau on handover anniversary
About a thousand people marched through Macau’s streets on Sunday, urging the government to fight corruption and grant them more political freedom, as the territory marked its 10th anniversary under Chinese rule
Deported Uighurs told UN of fears of China return
Ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated over the weekend had warned the U.N. refugee agency they feared long jail terms or even the death penalty if they were sent back to China, according to statements seen by The Associated Press
Chinese put these dogs on pedestals
One is named Obama, another goes by Son of Bush. They charge tens of thousands of dollars for sex. Convoys of luxury cars, driven by fans, greet the most expensive studs at airports. Meet the canine gigolos — the purebred Tibetan Mastiffs that
Taiwan and China hold talks as protests persist
Top envoys from Taiwan and China began talks Tuesday behind lines of barbed wire shielding them from protesters desperate to stop the island being sucked further into the
India wary as China spreads Nepal reach
When Nepal army chief Chhatraman Singh Gurung was being feted with the honorary rank of general in the Indian Army here last week, his deputy was quietly signing a dea