Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao, left, , responds to questions at a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Chen announced at the news conference that he underwrite corrective surgery ...

In order to turn China into an urban nation, local governments have demolished tens of millions of homes over the past decade. Homeowners have often fought back, blocking heavy machinery and battling ...

In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...

To keep up with the huge boom in urban development, China has knocked down villages to make way for new cities, sometimes without consent. When one farmer’s demands for compensation were not met, he ...

On Wednesday, March 14, 38-year old Tibetan monk Jamyang Palden set himself on fire in protest of Chinese oppression. According to Voice of America, he is the 28th person to self-immolate since ...

Chinese authorities are offering reward money in an attempt to put an end to self-immolation protests by ethnic Tibetans. Officials in Kanlho Prefecture announced Wednesday a reward of about $8,000 to ...

A Pinduoduo employee’s suicide, the second work-related death at the company in as many weeks, and an Ele.me courier’s self-immolation have set the Chinese internet ablaze with discussion on labor ...

While visiting one of the exhibitions at the Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) on Saturday morning, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, felt provoked by one of the artworks on display and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A business tycoon who bills himself as China’s No. 1 philanthropist told reporters in New York that he has brought two women to the U.S. to undergo surgery for disfiguring burns they ...