Liz Sly

Against the backdrop of a mushrooming corruption scandal publicized almost entirely over the Internet, China announced a sweeping new secrecy law Wednesday that criminalizes the spread of unapproved news and...

While my photographer was taking pictures of Tiananmen Square prettily blanketed by snow last week, an elderly woman wearing a checkered wool headscarf nudged my arm and indicated she wanted...

Watching warily as tensions escalate between China and Taiwan, U.S. officials are urging both sides not to use violence while not publicly spelling out what action Washington would take if...

The offices of the guerrilla army battling Yugoslav forces in Kosovo are in just another decrepit apartment building among thousands in this dilapidated capital. The parking lot is a mud...

Kosovo refugees told new stories of atrocities Sunday as NATO warplanes once again slammed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's propaganda network, knocking Serbian television off the air for several hours with...

China lashed out Tuesday at American proposals to extend a missile-defense system to Taiwan as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright wound up two days of contentious talks vowing to maintain...

Amid continued domestic and international pressure to distance himself from the autocratic behavior of his predecessor, Indonesian President B.J. Habibie is expected to announce a reform program in the next...

China's rising political star, Premier Zhu Rongji, displayed his star qualities before the world's media Thursday in a manner rarely seen by a senior Chinese official. He was candid. He...

Two centuries ago an English philosopher named Thomas Malthus reached some nightmarish conclusions about the future of humanity that guaranteed him an immortal role in one of the most emotionally...

When the winds of change unleashed by the collapse of the Berlin Wall wafted in the direction of Zambia in 1991, they heralded new freedoms never seen here before. Among...