Full Coverage: China
March 2006
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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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03/30/2006
Despite being the most populous developing country and in the middle of an enormous urbanization process, China contributed very little to the forum billed as the counterbalance to those of the economic elites.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Development] [Economy] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] |
03/30/2006
Chinese consumers who buy cars with engine capacities of more than four litres will have to pay a consumption tax of 20 percent from April.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Image: China to tax large cars © Peter Armstrong
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03/29/2006
Despite China's image as the sweatshop of the world, the country's homegrown technology sector is beginning to bloom.
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03/28/2006
Name the huge Asian country which is set to become a dominant global economic force powered by the world’s largest population.
Read moreHands up all those who said China. The answer is India. Nury Vittachi offers a personal slant on a geopolitical struggle. From: OneWorld UK Related: [India] Image: Nury Vittachi: his family straddles the great divide
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03/24/2006
China will continue its one-child policy, the director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, Zhang Weiqing, said in an online forum.
Read moreFrom: kaisernetwork.org (Kaiser Family Foundation) |
03/23/2006
China has shut down an unspecified number of domestic porn and illegal websites in its latest crackdown on Internet porn and piracy, state media reported today.
Read moreRelated: [Communication] [ICT] |
03/21/2006
China plans to boost coal output by up to 18 percent before 2010 to meet soaring energy needs despite environmental concerns, a government newspaper quoted an industry official as saying.
Read moreFrom: Environmental News Network |
03/20/2006
Kenya and other African countries are beginning to sour on the edicts laid down by their Western allies, looking instead China to help them grow economically and politically, some analysts are saying.
Read moreRelated: [Africa] [Kenya] [Development] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] Image: Kenya roads: which route will the country take? © Peter Armstrong
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03/13/2006
Dozens of hunger-striking dissidents protesting against Beijing's human rights policies have gone missing or been detained, victims of a "clean-up" ahead of a meeting of China's parliament, reports Jehangir Pocha.
Read more* China: house arrests stifle HIV/AIDS petitions From: In These Times |
03/13/2006
The U.S. released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights practices for 2005 last Wednesday. China wasted no time in offering its annual retort, drawing on dozens of U.S. media reports to hold the mirror up to the "self-styled 'guardian of human rights.'"
Read moreRelated: [United States] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] Image: China's report singled out the plight of New Orleans' African-American population. © In These Times
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03/07/2006
The Chinese Communist Party is preparing a new five-year development plan that will focus on raising living standards for the country's 800 million peasants, who have suffered as the income gap between urban and rural dwellers continues to widen.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Land] [Poverty] [Finance] [Governance] |
03/07/2006
As China’s grows and expands, opportunities also arise for Africa, says Stephen Marks.
Read moreFrom: Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice Related: [Africa] [Geopolitics] |
03/03/2006
Hongkongissa moni ikäihminen pitää sosiaalituen vastaanottamista häpeällisenä ja puskee töitä vielä pitkälti yli 70-vuotiaana. Mutta kun voimat loppuvat, yhteiskunta ja kirkot tarjoavat auttavaa kättään, kirjoittaa Pirre Saario Lähetyssanomissa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Lähetysseura Related: [Health] |
03/02/2006
Drive-by thieves who use violence may now face the death penalty, according to an announcement by the provincial authorities in China's Guangdong province.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Justice and Crime] |
03/02/2006
As much as 10–40% of the air pollutants emitted in the Pearl River Delta region in China, one of the world’s fastest growing industrial areas, can be tied to exports, a new report shows.
Read moreRelated: [Trade] [Climate Change] [Pollution] |
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