Indian Christians seek equal treatment for their schools

Christians in a southern Indian state have urged the provincial government to end discriminatory education policies that adversely impact Christian-run schools receiving state funds. The Christian community runs around 6,000 of the estimated 8,403 schools in Tamil...

Indian Catholic school targeted by hardline Hindu mob

Hardline Hindu activists stormed a Christian school in central India, accusing it of disrespecting a Hindu god and demanding a police probe against its nun-principal. The move “seems to be part of a well-orchestrated conspiracy to target our school,” said Sister...

Dynamics of obedience, dissent within Chinese society

Since the commencement of the treated radioactive water release from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea in late August, an unsettling surge of over 400,000 nuisance calls has flooded the Japanese embassy in Beijing. This disturbing influx of harassing...