Cremation is commonplace in cities, but many rural communities view burials as an essential rite for the dead. Read more at ...

The Chinese government once focused on political dissidents and exiled activists. Now, federal officials say, it is targeting ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines as head of a high-level delegation of investors, two senior Philippine officials said Saturday, prompting a protest ...

Japan has lodged a protest accusing China of carrying out the “unilateral development” of gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea. In a statement late on Monday, Japan’s Ministry of ...

FILE PHOTO: Children hold plastic flowers, national flags of China and the Philippines before President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and China's President Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony ...

“Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) is China's inherent territory, and the establishment of Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve is within China's sovereignty. It aims to protect the ecological ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Thursday protested a plan by China to establish a nature reserve in one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea, calling it a “pretext to ...

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Taiwan’s Francois Wu Chih-chung travelled to Israel recently, although it is not clear who he met there. Meanwhile, Taiwan has neither denied nor confirmed the ...

The Philippines said on Monday it will protest the Chinese coast guard's "harassment and endangerment" of Filipino fishermen in a South China Sea shoal last week.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines as head of a high-level delegation of investors, two senior Philippine officials said Saturday, prompting a protest ...