Full Coverage: China

08/30/2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (OneWorld) - One of the most favorable yet systematically overlooked characteristics of solar, wind, biomass, and other types of organic energy is their universality.

08/27/2007 In occasione della visita in Cina della cancelliera tedesca Angela Merkel, l'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati Internazionale (APM) ha chiesto alla cancelliera di affrontare apertamente la questione dei diritti umani nel paese asiatico e in particolare la tutela della cultura e religione tradizionale tibetana. La cancelliera tedesca, alla sua seconda visita a Pechino, ha sollecitato oggi la Cina a promuovere un'azione più efficace contro il cambiamento climatico, una maggiore protezione dei diritti di proprietà intellettuale e ha fatto presente che "le regole di fondo per l'approvvigionamento di risorse devono essere uguali per tutti e ovunque": un'implicita critica alle relazioni tra la Cina e il regime del Sudan. Al riguardo Amnesty International mostra oggi nuove prove fotografiche del dispiegamento di apparati militari, tra cui aerei di provenienza russa e cinese, nel Darfur e denuncia che il governo sudanese continua a lanciare attacchi aerei sui civili del Darfur.

08/24/2007 From an eco-village off the coast of Shanghai to a mobile classroom that brings eco-friendly projects to rural schools and raises awareness among young people, China is confronting its CO2 problem in innovative ways.

08/24/2007 Chinese cyber-dissident and blogger He Weihua's enforced confinement in a psychiatric hospital is an outrage, says an international media freedom group.
+ Jailed Dissident's Wife Under House Arrest in Beijing

08/21/2007 As China aims to slow the growth of its wealth gap by developing the country's interior, its water policies threaten to inflict irreversible damage to the regional environment. Photojournalist Jack Carino explains.

08/19/2007 COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (OneWorld) - Though China would like to be seen at the next Olympics as a major world power that stands for international peace, an Olympic-style torch relay that began in Africa this week is painting a different picture of the giant Asian nation.

08/14/2007 Actress Mia Farrow and fellow campaigners have begun an Olympic-style torch relay through countries that have suffered genocide to press China to help end abuses in the Darfur region of its oil trading partner, Sudan.
From: Canada.com

08/09/2007 Attempts to adjust gross domestic product across China by accounting for its toll on the local environment are floundering.

08/09/2007 Kansainvälinen media on viime kuukausina raportoinut kiinalaisten vientituotteiden, erityisesti elintarvikkeiden virheistä niin, että Kiinan viranomaiset ovat ryhtyneet tositoimiin tilanteen rauhoittamiseksi.

08/08/2007 The 10th anniversary of the weblog leads advocates for fairer globalization to reflect on the pro-democratic power of “citizen journalism” in countries like China, South Korea, and Iran.

08/08/2007 Ensi vuonna järjestettäviin Pekingin olympialaisiin on vuosi aikaa. Amnesty Internationalin Kiinan ihmisoikeustilanteen kehitystä käsittelevässä raportissa kiinnitetää erityistä huomiota neljään ihmisoikeusongelmaan, joita Kiina ei lupauksistaan huolimatta ole ratkaissut. Kiinan ihmisoikeustilannetta voi seurata myös Amnestyn maakoordinaattori Jussi Förbomin blogista.

08/07/2007 One year before the Olympic Games open in Beijing, the Chinese government severely restricts and censors the domestic press despite its promise to “give the media complete freedom,” the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in a new report.
From: Committee to Protect Journalists

08/07/2007 A call for the release of the approximately 100 journalists, cyber-dissidents and free speech activists imprisoned in China has been made at an unauthorised news conference outside the building that houses the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.

08/06/2007 Koululaisia työvoimanaan käyttänyt kiinalainen Le Kit Stationary -yhtiö on menettänyt oikeuden käyttää tuotteissaan Pekingin olympiakisojen 2008 tunnuksia. Kisojen järjestelykomitea perui yhtiön linsessin, kun sen omat tutkimukset olivat vahvistaneet Play Fair 2008 -verkoston jo aiemmin tekemät paljastukset. Kolme muuta työlakien rikkomuksista syytettyä lisenssitehdasta joutui kisajärjestejien tarkkailuun.