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Over 1,800 Chinese Christians nationwide convened, Thursday, at the River of Life (Ling Leung) mega-church, 40 miles south of San Francisco.

As Japanese pop-culture finds growing acceptance in U.S. culture, a publishing house released a Christian book based on the bushido-code.

Eight Christian university students and a lecturer were kidnapped in northern Iraq, Wednesday, police said. The group was abducted from a bus east of the city of Mosul, after students were going home after completing exams.

The controversial cardinal of Hong Kong urged followers to demonstrate for universal suffrage on July 1st. With the approaching 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China, Cardinal Joseph Zen asked for citizens to take to the street in support of democracy.

A week after a devastating earthquake shook the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan, a local aid agency urged the international community to help homeless survivors.

World Vision's Hong Kong office has begun relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated Chinese province of Yunnan, planning to distribute food and quilts enough for 9,000 people.

Southeast Asian Christians from all over the nation celebrated diversity at a conference with discussions and performances, Saturday.

Christian leaders from Southeast Asian American community will hold a leaders conference near San Francisco, June 1-2.

World Vision Taiwan organized (WVT) a delegation of leaders from the region’s major denominations to visit Uganda to witness firsthand the devastation of armed-conflict, poverty and AIDS.

SAN FRANCISCO - Throughout Memorial Day weekend, Americans remember the contributions of over 13,000 Chinese-Americans whom served in all branches of the U.S. Armed Services in all major U.S. wars sin

Google co-founder Sergey Brin defended Google’s cooperation with China, at its annual meeting of leaders, Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO - A representative from a U.S.-based family group urged the Chinese community in the U.S. to be more outspoken against legislation and court decisions that would promote homosexual marri

Chinese Christian activists, who met with Bush on Thursday, expressed their gratitude for the U.S. president's determination to champion for religious freedom in China.

Average Christians in Mainland China expressed mixed reaction with Bush’s planned meeting with Chinese leaders representing the 'underground' church, in several internet discussion boards and blogs,

Chinese Christians opposed to Beijing’s control on religion say they will meet with U.S. president, George W. Bush at the White House to discuss the religious freedom situation in China this week.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) placed the People’s Republic of China on its 2006 recommendation for 'countries of particular concern' or CPCs, Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of illegal immigrants, workers and supporters took to the streets, Monday, to demonstrate against the proposed U.S. immigration law.

A Washington D.C.-based thinktank will host a two-panel discussion on freedom in China, Tuesday, closely following Chinese president Hu Jintao’s visit to the White House.

Chinese internet users showed their disapproval for the government’s information control in a petition signed by hundreds of citizens. The document stated that the nation should respect the rights of

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) criticized Myanmar for its role in displacing and killing its civilians in the Northern and Western Karen state in recent weeks.

Winding up his visit to the United States, Friday, Chinese leader Hu Jintao said that China will not follow the western model for human rights and political freedom, after meeting U.S. president Georg

A Texas-based religious persecution monitor group expressed hopes that Bush would put religious freedom the first priority in his discussions with the Chinese president.

A South Korean pastor with a panel of researchers released findings on the North's infiltration tunnel system at a luncheon in Washington D.C., Friday.

The US special envoy on North Korean human rights urged UN General Secretary Kofi Annan to demand improvements to Pyongyang’s human rights standard.

A Beijing filmmaker who was working on a documentary of underground churches in China remains unaccounted for after being taken into police custody.