INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Poet Tanikawa dedicates work to Chinese under house arrest

  A poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa was included in a clandestine mission to send a message to Liu Xia, a Chinese poet who has been under house arrest in Beijing for more than seven years. Liu… Continue…

• Vietnamese Protester Describes Beatings by Police

  A young Vietnamese man caught up in violent protests last week against government plans to grant long-term land concessions to foreign investors was severely beaten by police after answering a summons to report to their… Continue…

• North Korea Exploits Teenage Labor Force to Earn Foreign Currency

  New trade flows between North Korea and China are leading to the exploitation of children hired at low wages in North Korea to work in factories assembling goods for sale across the border, North Korean… Continue…

• China Imposes Exit Bans on US Citizens of Chinese Descent: Report

  China is reportedly holding Chinese Americans hostage, preventing them from leaving the country, as a means to put pressure on overseas family members to return to China, according to a recent report. Law enforcement agencies under the… Continue…