They tell residents and monastic heads that the building of the Gangtuo Dam will go ahead as planned.

Some 19 per cent of the 1,148 or more fish species in Southeast Asia’s longest river are heading towards extinction, according to a report compiled by the WWF and 25 global marine and wildlife conservation groups.

Freedom House released its Freedom in the World 2024 report on February 29. There are 210 countries and territories ranked according to people’s access to political rights and civil liberties. China with a total score of 9/100 received a...

From property curbs in Hong Kong being scrapped to the intensifying durian market in China, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Beijing resumes lending bears to US zoos in a soft-power bid to improve ties with Washington.

Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands alongside Foreign Minister Penny Wong (right) and Special Envoy to Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore in Jakarta, Indonesia to launch Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy, September 6, 2023. © Prime...

Other rallies were held in India’s Bir and Clementown, and in London.

Tibetan monks and local residents are protesting against the construction of a hydropower project that could destroy six monasteries.

Click to expand Image Tibetans protest the Chinese government’s construction of a hydropower dam on the Dri Chu River, Derge county, Sichuan province, China, February 14, 2024. © RFA (New York) – The Chinese authorities should immediately release hundreds...

Strict restrictions on movement and surveillance on outside communication continue in Dege county.

Aaron Bushnell's death in Washington, D.C., is the latest example of an extreme form of protest that people have used to express their grievances and attract the attention of a global audience.

How an ancient hatred has reinvented itself in the modern world

Some Chinese visitors complained on Weibo that they were turned away from an Airbus A400M transport aircraft belonging to the German air force.

‘First super cosmic ray accelerator identified, as of now’, according to an author of paper detailing the discovery.

Chinese police have arrested more than 1,000 and beaten some during interrogation, sources say.

Aaron Bushnell’s protest of the Israel-Hamas war is part of a long history of self-immolation as protest.

Large and unprecedented protests erupted in Dege (Ch. Gengqing) in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The Dege area is part of Kham and historical Tibet, but the Chinese government incorporated it into Sichuan province.  Tibetans living in Wangbuding township...

Inner Mongolia trumpets its success in assimilating minority groups to promote national identity through language, censorship and local laws, and analysts say the measures are likely to be rolled out in other autonomous regions.

Some detainees were beaten so badly they required medical attention, sources say.

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory in western China helps team test Einstein’s theory, finding no evidence that particles’ speed changes depending on energy.

A massive data leak from Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers. I-Soon is yet to confirm the leak is genuine and has not responded to a request for comment...

Detainees are told to bring bedding and food, suggesting they will not be released soon, sources say.