Asia & the Pacific

Wildfire surge of omicron confirms: Health care for profit more deadly than coronavirus

The ominous toll of 800,000 deaths from COVID-19, reached in the U.S. Dec. 14, confirms that health care for profit…

December 24, 2021

Have you been lied to about Xinjiang, human rights − and China?

This statement was issued by the International Action Center (iacenter.org), posted at wp.me/p4Yme1-4Rf and available in PDF at wp.me/P4Yme1-4SF. Claiming…

December 20, 2021

Pakistan: Brutal lynching of Priyantha Kumara

Sialkot, Pakistan — Last week a mob tortured and then lit Priyantha Kumara on fire. Kumara, a Sri Lankan, was…

December 17, 2021

Let Afghanistan live!

Contrary to the narrative of U.S. politicians and journalists, the August 2021 withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan…

December 15, 2021

The case of Peng Shuai and U.S. hypocrisy

U.S. and Western imperialism are super-obsessed with finding any angle to demonize and smear the People’s Republic of China, politically,…

December 7, 2021

Victory for farmers in India!

On Nov. 19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the fascist Bharatiya Janata Party, declared that he would concede…

November 22, 2021

First clinic for transgender youth established in China

The Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, located in Shanghai, has announced the establishment of a health clinic to safely manage…

November 15, 2021

Protest targets discrimination against Koreans living in Japan 

  A demonstration in front of the Japanese Consulate in New York City on Oct. 28, with drums, chants and…

November 4, 2021

U.S. protesters demand release and repatriation of Aafia Siddiqui

Reprint from Al Jazeera Excerpts from an article in Al Jazeera Dozens of protesters and human rights activists are calling…

October 28, 2021

South Korea general strike organizes answer to ‘Squid Game’

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, which has 1.1 million members, called a one-day general strike on Oct. 20. Over…

October 25, 2021