CAMBODIA-GRAB FOR RUBBER — Without warning in 2008, bulldozers razed land indigenous Bunong had cultivated for generations to make way for vast rubber plantations. Such land concessions are billed as tools for economic growth in Cambodia and elsewhere, but people displaced by the leases often say the projects bring mostly hardship. By Malcolm J. Foster and Denis D. Gray. 

CHINA-PUNISHING WORKERS — A public sentencing in which eight Chinese workers who had demonstrated for back pay were paraded through streets, with their heads bowed and a guard on each arm, draws fire from critics who question why the deadbeat bosses weren't publicly humiliated instead. 

HONG KONG-SPOOKING BUSINESS — For decades, Hong Kong thrived as an Asian business hub thanks to its killer combination of Western freedoms, independent courts and closeness to mainland China's booming market. Now political and economic ills from the mainland are eroding that edge. 

CHINA-WRITER RELEASED — A Chinese writer linked to the investigation of an online petition calling for the Chinese president's resignation has been released, his lawyer confirms.