Topic: Tibet

The Great Walk of China

A journalist's journey by foot from Shanghai to Tibet offers a fascinating look at a part of China seldom seen by foreigners.
12/23/2010 06:05 am

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 12/15

Julian Assange, in his own words, about WikiLeaks' foes (VIDEO)

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, at a seminar at UC Berkeley earlier this year, described surveillance of his organization – and a cyberattack he said came from China.
12/07/2010 06:32 pm

19 countries that won't be at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

This year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Dec. 10 won't only be missing its honoree, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who is under house arrest in China. The number of countries that have declined invitations to attend has risen from six to 19 in the past two months. Nobel committee members suspect that has something to do with China's "you're either with us or against us" tone urging other nations to join its boycott of the Oslo ceremony. Beijing boasted Tuesday that most countries would stay away from attending the ceremony. In fact, only the 65 countries with embassies in Norway were invited, and 44 of those had accepted, according to the Nobel Prize Committee. Who's standing with China? Here's a list. (click on the blue circle in the upper right corner of this page to move through the slides)
11/19/2010 04:10 pm

In China, Britain's Cameron aims to boost trade ties but can't escape human rights issue

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was recently placed under house arrest, called on British Prime Minister David Cameron to raise the issue of human rights during his trip this week to Beijing.
11/09/2010 11:27 am

In Pictures Obama's Asia trip

Global News Blog Robert Kaplan: Indian Ocean becomes battleground for India and China

'China wants a presence. India is unnerved by all of this,' Robert Kaplan, author of 'Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power,' told a small gathering in Cambridge.
10/26/2010 10:45 am

Terrorism & Security China's island patrols, reported embargo on 'rare earth' elements, irritate Japan

China has sent security patrols near hotly disputed East China Sea islets and reportedly embargoed 'rare earth' elements to Japan. Tokyo is entering talks with Washington on how to respond.
10/25/2010 09:54 am

Tibet protests Chinese being taught as sole language in regional schools

Tibet protests the Chinese government decision to teach only Chinese in regional schools. Just two years ago, violent protests in Tibet's capital of Lhasa resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.
10/22/2010 12:47 pm

Africa Monitor Dormant Western Sahara threatens to heat up

The Western Sahara, a piece of disputed territory settled by Morocco that separatists would like to see independent, seems calm, but dissatisfaction is growing in refugee camps.
10/21/2010 04:12 pm

Press Freedom Index: The top 10 worst countries

Syria, Rwanda, and Yemen have fallen to the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today. The three countries join other single-party dominated governments at the bottom of the annual index, while six democratic Northern European nations tied this year as the best places for media freedom. Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have ranked at the top since the index was created in 2002, Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Jean-François Julliard said in a statement. "The defense of media freedom continues to be a battle, a battle of vigilance in the democracies of old Europe and a battle against oppression and injustice in the totalitarian regimes still scattered across the globe," he said. Click through the following slides to read about the 10 lowest-ranking nations.
10/20/2010 05:31 pm

Koro language discovered in India

Koro language, spoken by roughly 1,000 people, has been discovered in a remote corner of northeast India. Researchers looking into the Koro language had to travel on foot to reach many in this area.
10/06/2010 01:10 pm

How a minor China-Japan fishing dispute blew into a diplomatic hurricane

The confrontation in disputed waters between a Chinese fishing boat and Japanese Coast Guard vessels have quickly soured China-Japan relations. Neither governments appear ready to lose face in the standoff.
09/23/2010 11:40 am

Terrorism & Security China Japan standoff: Wen Jiabao warns of 'consequences' if boat captain isn't released

The China-Japan boat standoff escalated Tuesday with a stern warning from the Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao.
09/22/2010 10:00 am

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 09/21

In Pictures Space photos of the day 09/08

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 08/31

Global News Blog China traffic jam vanishes overnight?

The China traffic jam that has awed the world this week essentially vanished overnight, according to some Western media outlets. But that's not likely to mean smooth driving anytime soon.
08/26/2010 08:17 am

In Pictures China's huge traffic jam

China and the US battle to assert presence in South China Sea

US warships are staging their third set of exercises in less than a month off the coast of China, in a show of force that has prompted fears of prolonged maritime tensions in the region.
08/17/2010 10:17 am

Opinion Are China and America on a collision course?

Probably not. The greater threat is that President Obama and President Hu, preoccupied with domestic matters, will fail to muster the political will needed to find collective solutions to the international problems their nations share in common.
08/05/2010 11:51 pm

Yao Ming, others will appear in short film promoting China

Yao Ming, John Woo, and piano prodigy Lang Lang are among dozens of celebrities who will appear in television commercials later this year in a bid by China to boost its image abroad.
08/04/2010 02:44 pm

Opinion Free Tibet from China – and the West, too

Tibet will be free once it’s shaken off the bonds of both Chinese authoriatian rule and patronizing Western pity.
07/29/2010 04:59 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 07/12

Google stops routing Chinese users to Hong Kong after Beijing objects

Google said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users to its Hong Kong site after the Chinese government objected.
06/29/2010 04:24 pm