EAST ASIA

‘China will do to us what it did to Hong Kong, and what it has long done to Tibetans and Uighurs’

Taiwan in the firing line

China talks tough – but Taiwan’s people want to choose their own path

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Many women escape North Korea to experience the freedoms they are denied’

China’s Xi Jinping at the pinnacle of power

Re-elected party chairman set to become China’s longest-ruling strongman since Mao

China: UN Human Rights Council fails crucial test

Vote against holding debate on China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang a major letdown

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

China: UN report leaves no room to hide

New Human Rights Commissioner faces early test of holding China to account

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Links between politics and the religious right have impeded progress on LGBTQI+ rights’

Japan: still an outlier on marriage equality

A blow for LGBTQI+ rights as court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

‘The government makes decisions without proper consultation’

Hong Kong: another step closer to China

Hard-line pro-Beijing security chief takes power in a walkover election