Projects are dead and surveillance is omnipresent in Xinjiang, which once lured Western companies such as Volkswagen.

By Bruce Pannier The Kyrgyz Republic’s “Tulip” or “People’s” Revolution – the 20 anniversary of which falls on March 24 – is ...

At the end of November 2023 in London, I heard the question—"Why is Ukraine not searching for peace?”—asked by a taxi driver ...

Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign ...

Russia, among other autocratic states, is surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free ...

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

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National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek was thousands of miles into his Out of Eden Walk when he had to pause his journey ...

One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media ...

Mecha Break had a very successful first invitational tournament: is the giant robots shooter ready for the western audience?

It certainly reinforces anxiety that ... many Canadians have about our relationship with the U.S. right now, and the ...

"China has entered an 'Age of Sarcasm’. Anywhere outside of state-sponsored parties, entertainment shows, or the comedies and ...