'Many people have tremendous anger towards the Chinese Communist Party, but also tremendous fear,' Chinese-Canadian activist Anastasia Lin says.

The party was already facing criticism of its heavy-handed censorship, on display during the outbreak, and other social controls under President Xi Jinping.

A knife-wielding man also slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Stephen McNeil said Thursday it's best to maintain a dialogue with China, even as Canada's Public Security minister decried the nation's formal arrest of two Canadian citizens it has been holding since December.

The app is called "Xuexi Qiangguo". First released in January this year, its name means 'Study to make China strong.'

Michelle Suarez became the first transgender senator elected to the legislative body in Uruguay on Tuesday. She vows to pass laws that would expand and protect the rights of transgender people in the country.

Most of the hundreds of people roaming along the "Malecon" seafront were not immediately aware that Castro had passed away at the age of 90.

Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro has died at age 90.

Vietnam's prime minister stepped down Wednesday after 10 years in office.

Looking to appeal to millennials, China's state-run news agency released a bizarre video featuring two cartoon characters rapping Communist Party slogans.