A series of stabbing incidents is sweeping China in what is claimed to be copycat incidents. One of the first stabbings took place at a school and dozens of people have been hurt since.
There have been eleven stabbing attacks against strangers in China since March. The father of one of the attackers tells Nick Paton Walsh the violent episodes show a society at breaking point.
Alleged notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout is one step closer to being extradited from Thailand to the US, writes Nick Paton Walsh, as his sense invincibility finally fades.
Suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the Merchant of Death, moves a step closer to being extradited to the US after a prolonged trial, writes Asia Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh.
The most powerful man in the most powerful city is sacked by the Russian young blood president, to popular acclaim, and in spite of the prime minister's likely disapproval. Nick Paton Walsh blogs.
North Korea's dear leader Kim Jong-il promotes his son to role of general as experts predict a family sucession, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il is poised to name his son as his successor, but it is difficult to tell what is really going on as a result of the country's secretive regime, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
As UK troops handover to British forces in Afghanistan's Sangin, Nick Paton Walsh asks whether they will be able to succeed in the difficult area.
The suicide bombing in Tajikistan has wider implications for the volatile, repressed and impoverished region of Central Asia, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
In a further twist in the tale of the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, his extradition from Thailand to the US has been delayed. Asia Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh explains why the "merchant of deat