There are today more than 650 million women suffering the direct consequences of child marriage. Global instability - war and ...

In the far southwest of China, plans to build massive reservoirs as part of hydroelectric dam projects have condemned dozens ...

Initially, the Dalai Lama pushed for Tibet's full independence, but since the 1970s he has adopted the "Middle‑Way Approach": accepting Chinese sovereignty but seeking autonomy for Tibet within China.

Life’s a lot better when you stay curious and open-minded about the world. That’s easier said than done, however. Adult ...

At the end of a long road trip through rural China in 2009, American journalist Barbara Demick had an encounter that would ...

Up to a few months ago, Ben Suc was a prosperous village of some thirty-five hundred people. It had a recorded history going back to the late eighteenth century, when the Nguyen Dynasty, which ...

By law, organ donations in India are only permitted between close relatives or with special government approval, but traffickers manipulate everything – family trees, hospital records, even DNA tests ...

California-based chipmaker Nvidia has officially become the most valuable company in the world, beating Silicon Valley rivals ...

Early on, "old friends of the Chinese people" were ideological supporters, but as China's foreign policy has become more pragmatic and market-driven, the phrase has been used to describe trade ...

Crews picked through mountains of debris and waded into swollen rivers Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic ...

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