China's first group of female fighter pilots completed their inaugural solo missions this week, in Chinese-made J-10 fighter jets. State-run CCTV News reports that China became only the fourth country in the world to have female fighter pilots, af...

Information on the recent wave of Tibetan self-immolations had been largely absent from state-run CCTV News until today. In this piece, the network reports on two Tibetan monks arrested by Chinese authorities in Sichuan province for "inciting self...

The plight of homeless and runaway children is on everyone's mind in China after five street kids were found dead in a dumpster last month in Bijie. State-run CCTV News interviews several runaways about what caused them to leave, and reports on wh...

The controversy over China's Household Registration System, or "Hukou", has been reignited by a 15-year-old student who was unable to take the national university entrance exam in Shanghai because her parents migrated there from rural China. LinkA...

Migrant workers in China struggle with life in the big city, but the children they leave behind often struggle even more. LinkAsia speaks with UNICEF China's Dale Rutstein about the pilot projects he is working on to make life easier for the child...

Earlier this year, it was president-in-waiting Xi Jinping who mysteriously disappeared from public view. Now, it's new propaganda chief Liu Qibao. Contributor David Bandurski reports on China's "systemic obsession with secrecy" involving the well-...

Pakistan's media and judiciary have been historical allies, siding together to depose former military strongman Pervez Musharraf. But as contributor Wajahat Khan reports, the two sides are now at each other's throats over accusations of suppressin...

Hundreds of thousands of Thais flooded the streets around the palace in Bangkok, dressed in the royal color yellow, to wish King Bhumibol a happy 85th birthday. The king, who has been battling health issues, made a rare public appearance and used ...

A stunning concession from state-run Chinese media: "A growing number of microbloggers are becoming a force to be reckoned with in exposing abuse of power." CCTV News attempts to appropriate Weibo's power to take down low-level corrupt Party offic...

Temperatures in Inner Mongolia have reached as low as -36 degrees Fahrenheit as an unprecedented storm has swept the region in recent days. State-run CCTV News reports on the effect this weather will have on communities that depend on livestock an...