So many people are looking to leave China that it's been dubbed the run movement
Crushed by COVID-19 lockdowns and hemmed in by stricter political controls, more Chinese citizens are exploring options to leave China altogether.
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Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown
China's largest city and global financial hub plans to restore mass transit and gradually reopen schools
Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead at 28
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known around the world by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was killed Sunday evening while driving his car in Mansa, a district in northern India's Punjab state.
1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia
A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.
China falls short on big deal in South Pacific but finds smaller wins
Beijing's hopes to developing a marine plan for fisheries holding police training fell short over some countries' concerns over increasing geopolitical tensions and threatening regional stability.
A plane carrying 22 passengers was found crashed on a mountain in central Nepal
Photos of the crash, released by the army, show the plane's parts scattered across a mountainside.
UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
The top U.N. human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of measures on the rights of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.
A China affairs correspondent's long road to get back to 'zero-COVID' China
NPR's China affairs correspondent, details his two-year-long saga to return to his beat in Shanghai amid strict COVID-19 protocols.
Asian founders work to steer the narrative as beauty trends pull from their cultures
The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.
North Korea says its COVID outbreak is now under control. But is it?
After saying there were no cases, officials on May 12 announced an outbreak. But without an adequate supply of tests, some say North Korea is "flying blind." And it still doesn't have vaccines.