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A Mongolian nomadic herder group says mining operations in the resource-rich landlocked country are threatening their livelihoods

Mongolia herder on mission to tackle mining firms

The destruction of Mongolia’s grasslands to access a wealth of mineral riches has sparked an anti-mining movement led by a nomadic herder who says force ... Full story

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) greets Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo after introducing him to address the US-China Business Council dinner in his and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan’s honor in Washington on July 28, 2009 at the end

Should China be ‘Contained’?

‘If power is the ability to obtain the outcomes one wants, it is important to remember that sometimes our power is greater when we act ... Full story

Europe’s Ukrainian Test

‘Anchoring Ukraine inside a DCFTA and political association agreement would undoubtedly bring significant benefits to the country and strengthen its European ties. But these benefits ... Full story

A migrant worker makes a phone call after arriving at a Beijing bus station

Frustrated Chinese migrant workers rise up

Migrant worker Yue Yaowei has lived in Beijing for six years but is not recognised as a resident of the Chinese capital – and so ... Full story

China’s admission spotlights Three Gorges woes

Last October, a huge chunk of hillside broke free in this city on the Yangtze River, and the deafening landslide nearly knocked Wang Songlian’s home ... Full story

Sunset glows while a boat of Papuan tribesmen travel on Lake Sentani, the site of annual festival located in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province

Indonesia’s ‘lost paradise’ opens up to intrepid tourists

For decades, the only foreign visitors to venture into Papua were gold-diggers, anthropologists, missionaries and soldiers fighting imperial wars.But the vast, western half of New ... Full story

The ancient Angkor temple in Cambodia described as the world’s largest three-dimensional puzzle

Solved puzzle reveals fabled Cambodian temple

It has taken half a century, but archaeologists in Cambodia have finally completed the renovation of an ancient Angkor temple described as the world’s largest ... Full story

At Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, the national flag rises to the music of the national anthem

Growing pains as ruling party turns 90: Hu Jintao

Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the ruling Communist Party faced severe “growing pains” as it turned 90 yesterday and said corruption, and alienation from China’s ... Full story

The Communist Party of China

Membership exceeding 80 million, making it the largest political party in the world. Growing numbers of youths and private entrepreneurs have joined the party in ... Full story

Myanmar children playing football at a playground in Yangon (Photo: June 20)

Myanmar’s beautiful game loses its lustre

When Myanmar’s junta leader ordered the creation of a new football league two years ago – apparently after ruling out a bid for Manchester United ... Full story