Full Coverage: China
October 2005
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in China
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10/27/2005
Chinese and US researchers say illegal blood donation is to blame for high levels of hepatitis C infection in rural China.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net Related: [Health] |
10/27/2005
Burman sotilashallitus maksaa poliittisesta suojelusta Kiinalle myymällä sille halpaa puuta. Tuhannet kiinalaiset metsurit uurastavat Burman puolella samaan aikaan, kun Kiina on rauhoittanut omat metsänsä.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Myanmar] [Forests] |
10/26/2005
Research on information literacy in China and Indonesia started in September 2005, conducted by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) with funding from UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Education] [ICT] |
10/21/2005
Birds do it. Bees do it. Falling in love may be the most natural thing in the world — but it can be punishable by life in prison or death if you live in Asia and happen to be gay, says Nury Vittachi.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [East Asia] [Sexuality] Image: Nury Vittachi
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10/19/2005
Chinese logging companies have been illicitly importing timber across the Burma-China border – ‘possibly the most bio-diverse, rich, temperate area on earth’ – despite bilateral agreements to combat the illegal trade, and with the full knowledge of both the Chinese government and Burmese regime, new evidence shows.
Read moreRelated: [Myanmar] [Trade] [Forests] |
10/19/2005
Despite facing many challenges, China's civil society has been growing and now provides local communities with a range of services, including legal aid and education for rural women.
Read moreFrom: World Bank Related: [Development] [Poverty] [Capacity Building] [Governance] [Civil Society] Image: Grassroots organizations are becoming a powerful partner in China's development.
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10/19/2005
BANGKOK, Oct 18 (IPS) - An environmental disaster unfolding along the border that military-ruled Burma shares with China has all the elements of hypocrisy written large. In this case, the guilty party is China.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Myanmar] |
10/18/2005
China is in a position to become the world leader in wind power, according to a report by a leading environmental group.
Read moreFrom: Greenpeace International Related: [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] |
10/15/2005
It's goodies v baddies in an Eastern Western on the Tibetan plateau, as local volunteers take on the poachers who are driving the Tibetan antelope to extinction.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Conservation] |
10/10/2005
A climate change meeting between Australia, the United States and four Asian nations including China and India is reported to have been postponed.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net Related: [United States] [India] [Australia] [Climate Change] |
10/05/2005
Kiinassa Guangdongin maakunnan viranomaiset ovat julkisesti tuominneet 20 "hikipajan" toimintatavat Schenzhenissä ja neljässä muussa teollisuuskeskuksessa. Kiinan viranomaiset syyttävät yrityksiä töiden teettämisestä alle 16-vuotiailla lapsilla, palkkarästeistä sekä ylityönormien rikkomisesta. Lehtitietojen mukaan viranomaiset eivät ole aiemmin esittäneet avoimesti samanlaista arvostelua.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Labor] Image: - © Corporate Watch
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10/03/2005
Euroopan unioni on sopinut antavansa Kiinalle tarvittavan teknologian uudenlaista puhtaampaa hiilivoimalaa varten, jonka päästöt eivät edistä ilmastonmuutosta. Sopimus on osa kehittyneiden maiden yritystä sitoa Kiina ja Intia mukaan globaaliin ilmastopolitiikkaan.
Read moreFrom: Ilmastosivut Related: [Climate Change] Image: © Jill Mueller
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