UN Social Media Posts Removed in China After Backlash

William Ide  |  Voice of America BEIJING — A massive backlash on social media in China has apparently led the United Nations to take down two Lunar New Year posts on refugees and poverty from their Chinese Weibo social media site. The microblog messages appeared to be aimed at boosting awareness, but many took the posts […]

Thailand ‘Full of Chinese Agents,’ No Longer Safe For Chinese Refugees

Qiao Long  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese political refugees in Thailand, many of whom smuggled themselves across Southeast Asia to escape persecution by the authorities back home, say the country is no longer a safe haven for dissidents, as the Thai authorities seem increasingly willing to hand them back over to Beijing. Several Chinese asylum-seekers—some […]

When 1.3 Billion Become Environmental Refugees

<!–[CDATA[Chu Hon Kueng  |  Global Voices I put forward the idea that China should move its capital when Beijing was covered by toxic smog early last year. A year has passed, and apart from the “shock therapy” of “APEC blue”, the air quality in Beijing is still sickening. While some people are worried that Beijing […]