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Exclusive: Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaks to journalists following an appearance in New York May 3, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK | Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:44am EDT
(Reuters) - When Chinese...
China jails 19 Uighurs for religious extremism
BEIJING | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - Courts in China's far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on...
China used military in Xinjiang: exiled Uighur leader
AFP June 20, 2013, 7:46 pm
TOKYO (AFP) - Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer claimed Thursday the Chinese government used military force in the latest episode of what she calls "ethnic cleansing" in the troubled province of Xinjiang...
Kim Jong Un hands out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to senior North Korean officials to see what lessons can be learned from it
By PAUL MILLIGAN PUBLISHED: 10:59 GMT, 18 June 2013 | UPDATED: 11:08 GMT, 18 June 2013
Senior government officials in North Korea were given copies of...
Insight: FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law, records show
By John Shiffman, Kristina Cooke and Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON | Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:20am EDT
(Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27...
Government spending curbs hit luxury goods sales in China
Staff Reporter 2013-06-17 08:39
A Cartier store in Nanjing. (Photo/Xinhua)
Sales of luxury goods in China have fallen, as the crackdown on lavish government spending has reduced the previously significant financial support made by...
Google backpack camera has 'wish list' for Taiwan scenic spots
CNA 2013-06-17 08:39
Google takes its Street View "Trekker", the compact backpack version of its Street View cars to Taiwan. (Internet Photo)
Google Inc. took its Street View "Trekker" — the compact backpack version of its...
GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits
Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009
Ewen MacAskill, Nick Davies, Nick Hopkins, Julian Borger and James Ball
The Guardian, Monday 17 June 2013...
Greek PM offers to reinstall state TV
Date June 16, 2013
Bringing back state broadcasting: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Photo: Reuters
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has offered to partially reinstate state broadcaster ERT after vehement protests over its dramatic closure...
14 June 2013 Last updated at 16:01 GMT
UN: India to be world's most populous country by 2028
India's population is forecast to continue to grow until 2050, according to the United Nations
India looks set to overtake China as the world's most populous country from 2028, according to the...
15 June 2013 Last updated at 03:59 GMT
NSA snooping: Facebook reveals details of data requests
Facebook, which recently opened a massive data centre in Sweden, said it had "aggressively" protected its user data from the US government
Facebook received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data...
Death penalty upheld for Taiwan woman who murdered family
CNA 2013-06-14 12:58
Lin Yu-ju is escorted from the court during her first trial in Nantou county, May 20, 2011. (Photo/Liao Chao-hsiang)
Taiwan's Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the death penalty to a 32-year-old Taiwanese...
Wu-Tang clan: Family carve their names on famous Chinese mountain
Staff Reporter 2013-06-15 14:17
The family may get a visit from some angry kung fu practitioners after leaving their address along with their names. (Internet photo)
Vandalism of cultural relics at popular tourist sites has...
My family are my jewels, says Zhejiang man whose wife cut off his penis
Staff Reporter 2013-06-14 14:58
A toilet. (Photo/CFP)
When Mr Han awoke to searing pain on June 7, all he could find on the bed was a pair of scissors and bloody pants. Both his wife and his penis were missing, reports...