Timothy McLaughlin

America can’t deliver Myanmar from its dictatorship, but it can do more than shift the burden and look away.

The city’s lawmakers won’t try to solve its problems. They’re too busy mimicking Beijing.

Taiwan is beating back efforts to subvert Saturday’s vote.

Of all the world’s hot spots, the South China Sea is one of the least remarked on and most potentially explosive.

The United States praised Joshua Wong and pledged itself to Hong Kong’s freedom. But when China cracked down, Wong found himself with nowhere to go.

Andrew Chiu lost an ear defending protesters in Hong Kong. Now he’s testifying against his movement on behalf of Beijing.

Thirty-two years ago, the departure of American troops from the archipelago symbolized the end of colonialism. Today, their return seems like the least bad option.

Duterte is gone, but a former secretary of justice still faces a possible life sentence for criticizing his regime.

The city-state has traditionally executed people for drug offenses, but cracks in the national consensus are appearing.

A singular focus on countering the threat of Chinese aggression made America neglect economic ties in the Indo-Pacific.

Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon.

How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?

As the trial of those accused of destroying a passenger plane over Ukraine in 2014 concludes, the O’Briens are still mourning their son, Jack.

Many Hong Kongers are fleeing to Britain as Beijing imposes its own form of colonial rule and imperialist tendencies.

Falsehoods, gaslighting, and endless fabrications in the city are equaled only by the cowardice of the people partaking in the insulting ruse that it is still free.

John Lee’s elevation reflects the distrust and paranoia that have flourished in Beijing and among Hong Kong’s political elites.

An informal, online network is translating publicly available articles and social-media posts. That has been enough to rile Beijing.

Three prodemocracy activists on the run from Beijing, three wild and bizarre journeys to—and through—America

To choose its next leader, Hong Kong uses words such as election, campaign, and vote to present the facade of freedom.

Hong Kong’s main press club has given up in the face of a new, repressive regime.

The city deftly connected China and the world for decades. That historic balancing act won’t be revived.

America used the word human-rights activists have long argued applies to the campaign against Rohingya Muslims.

The city was once lauded for controlling the coronavirus’s spread. But this month, it recorded one of the highest death rates in the world.

Government officials claim that Hong Kong’s media environment is “as vibrant as ever,” another addition to their accrescent portfolio of lies.

Xi Jinping’s first and only priority is political security, making a quick reopening almost untenable.

Two of the country’s most notorious political families are teaming up for the upcoming presidential election to consolidate and control power.

Beijing rewrote the rules of Hong Kong’s recent elections, and the result among voters was apathy.

Suu Kyi may spend the rest of her life in political prison, but the fight for democracy in Myanmar rages on.

The removal of a monument to the Tiananmen Square massacre is part of a broader effort in Hong Kong to erase the public memory.

Beijing’s bludgeoning of the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong would not have been possible without the enthusiastic help of willing collaborators.

A small Hong Kong newspaper illustrates how Beijing uses the tools of a free society to suppress freedom itself.

Beijing’s gloating over America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan masks a deeper anxiety.

A region that was on an upward trajectory has seen its prospects for progress badly damaged by the coronavirus.

Myanmar’s diplomats in the U.S. and at the UN moved to oppose a coup—and found themselves in limbo.

The conviction of a pro-democracy activist is a watershed moment.

Apple Daily was a flawed symbol for media rights. But its closure marks a dark new chapter in Hong Kong.

Much of Asia cannot (or will not) yet get jabbed, so the region is still having to rely on suppression tactics.

Beijing is using dismissals, arrests, and a repressive new law to curtail students’ and professors’ rights.

Prodemocracy activists in the city still have hope.

The country’s people hold out hope for international help. None is coming.