Big trouble in little China: Hong Kongers defy the government and Beijing
Faith in the “one country, two systems” arrangement, which promises Hong Kong a “high degree of autonomy” from China is waning,…
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China: “forced abortion” photograph highlights brutality of one child policy
Photo of woman forced to abort seven month old foetus causes outrage.
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China’s Uyghur detention camps may be the largest mass incarceration since the Holocaust
Over the last few years, a network of enormous detention camps has sprung up across China’s remote northern province of Xinjiang. According to…
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30 years on from Tiananmen Square, Hong Kong is at the forefront of the fight for freedom
But a new extradition law threatens to further erode the territory's freedoms.
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The night the lights went out: what really happened in Tiananmen Square
Thirty years on, the events that took place in Beijing remain misunderstood – and the Chinese government wants to keep it…
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For Indian Muslims, Narendra Modi’s emboldened leadership is a reign of terror
The BJP’s shady “social media unit” administers a drip-feed of hate against minorities and dissenters.
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Shinzo Abe and the rise of Japanese nationalism
As a new emperor takes the throne, prime minister Abe is consolidating his ultranationalist “beautiful Japan” project. But can he overcome…
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The Bangladeshi teenage girls fighting underage marriage
Learning English, digital and leadership skills gave Modina the confidence to stop her marriage aged 15. Now she’s supporting other girls to…
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