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US academic barred from China after speaking out over detained scholar

Elliot Sperling, a Tibetologist at the University of Indiana, was turned back on arrival at Beijing airport this weekend and ordered to board a flight returning to the US. Read more

Dalai Lama to Myanmar, Sri Lanka Buddhists: Stop violence against Muslims

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has made a renewed call for Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to cease violence towards the countries' Muslim minorities, in an address delivered on his 79th birthday. Read more

Millions love 'beautiful game,' so why does China struggle with football?

With a population of 1.3 billion, you'd think that there would be 11 people in China who are good enough to put up a fight on the football pitch. Read more

Norwegian vil fly Kinas nye middelklasse til Norge

Bjørn Kjos tar sats i Asia. Les mer

Presidents of China and South Korea Reaffirm Push for North Korean Denuclearization

The two countries reaffirm their firm opposition to the development of nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. Read more

No regrets, say the Chinese women who chose independence over marriage

Becoming a zishunü gave women an unusual degree of independence in a world that allowed them little education, voice or freedom. But it came at a heavy price. Read more

China's gambling capital Macau is world's fourth-richest territory

Macau was returned to China in 1999, shortly after Hong Kong was handed back in 1997 following 150 years of British control. It is home to more than 30 casinos, including the world's largest, the Venetian Macau – which had an estimated 120,000 visitors a day over the 2013 Christmas period. Read more

China snubs North Korea with leader's visit to South Korea

When South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye welcomes Xi Jinping to the Blue House today, it will mark the first time that a Chinese leader will visit Seoul without having first visited Pyongyang. Read more

As South Korea and China get cozy, where does North Korea fit?

Although Beijing remains North Korea's strongest ally, Xi is breaking with tradition by visiting South Korea first, rather than Pyongyang. Read more

China’s meat, processed food consumption is rising. What does that mean for China?

If everyone in the world ate like the average American, the Global Footprint Network estimates that we would need 41 planet earths. Unfortunately, we have only one. Now imagine if China's 1,3 billion population was following suite. Read more