BURMA`S military government has sentenced an activist to life in prison for holding up placards calling for parliament to open and for inflation to be curbed, his lawyer said today
CHINA is seeking to give Taiwan two giant pandas, a gift twice rejected and a token of Beijing`s quest to unify with the self-ruled island that it sees as its own
TIBET will be reopened to foreign tourists next month after a six-week closure, Chinese official media said, a move expected to revive the hard-hit tourism industry in the impoverished but scenic mountain area
Limbo ... Gary Glitter has returned to Bangkok from Hong Kong but immigration officials says he won`t be allowed to stay / AFP
