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Deng Xijun’s recent trip to the Myanmar-China border to meet with ethnic armed organization representatives was his second in three months.

We are so used to national states having clearly defined borders with associated immigration officials that it was a surprise to discover a corner of Myanmar that appears, for all intents and purposes, to be part of China. Nicholas Nugent reports from the border town of Mong La.

Charismatic animals like elephants and snow leopards take the conservation spotlight, but wild goats and sheep need protection from illegal hunting too. Here's why.

Hit by political instability, armed conflict and sanctions since the military coup in 2021, Myanmar could grow as a potential threat to Asian rhinos, including the greater one-horned rhinos found in India and Nepal, says a report on rhino horns trafficking across the globe, released by Wildlife Justice Commission, based in the Netherlands. 

China must use its diplomatic leverage over isolated Myanmar to tackle the scam networks menacing Asia, a Kuala Lumpur-based rights group said on Monday (Oct 17), as it warned Malaysians were among the hundreds still trapped inside the Mekong region’s massive online fraud industry. The scams are run mainly by Chinese gangs, paying or duping young people to target their...