Radio Free Asia has halted its Cantonese-language service after 27 years due to funding cuts by US President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter posted to its website on Monday, the Cantonese service said it would cease publishing news...

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday. The Dalai Lama joined thousands of Buddhist followers on...

Google searches for mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire have surged in Hong Kong after the city’s authorities warned that downloading the game app may violate national security laws. Meanwhile, on Wednesday morning, the game app vanished from Hong Kong’s...

Hong Kong national security police have warned against downloading a role-playing game app that they say promotes Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence. In a statement on Tuesday, the police force’s National Security Department said Reversed Front: Bonfire – a...

A mainland Chinese student who pleaded guilty to offences related to using fake Ivy League qualifications to gain admission to the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been jailed for nearly eight months. Li Sixuan appeared at the Sha...

A Hong Kong man has been jailed for one year after he pleaded guilty to publishing over 100 Facebook posts that the court said incited hatred against police, judges, and the government. Li Chun-kit, 36, was sentenced on Thursday...

Radio Free Asia said Friday it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including a rare Uyghur service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding. Radio Free Asia — created by the...

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed “China Targets”, the fresh...

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor. For the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, his landmark birthday will...