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On Tuesday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” the show escalated its beef with widely disliked Texas Senator Ted Cruz spectacularly — simply by presenting a completely accurate biography of him t

But few, if any, democracy activists arrested since the February 1 coup are expected to be among them.Suu Kyi is among 3,141 people arrested in connection with the coup, according to a tally by the As

Among those sentenced was Jimmy Lai, 72, who founded the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper.During Friday's sentencing hearing, judge Amanda Woodcock said the defendants 'deliberately defied the law'

HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading veteran pro-democracy advocates were found guilty on Thursday of unauthorized assembly, as Beijing’s campaign to quash the city’s opposition ensnared s

The other defendants included 'Hong Kong's father of democracy' Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan.They were charged with organizing and taking part in a protest

In a unanimous and unsurprising decision Tuesday, the standing committee of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, endorsed proposed changes to how Hong Kong lawmakers and th

'I've known Xi Jinping for a long time.Thus did Biden frame the conflict between America and China in almost purely ideological terms.your children or grandchildren are going to be doing their doctora

Protesters against the February 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other towns, defying a warning that they could be shot 'in the head and back' while the country's genera

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.China’s crackdown on Hong Kong has happened swiftly: A rising power has asserted its authority over a global financial capital, through a harsh

Hong Kong may be about to find out the democracy that fits best, at least in Beijing's opinion, is no democracy at all.The Election Committee, a Beijing-dominated body which currently chooses Hong Kon