Full Coverage: East Asia
January 2008
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01/24/2008
The death sentence imposed on a young Malaysian woman caught smuggling narcotics by Beijing authorities has aroused condemnation among Malaysians who are now questioning their own country's death penalty.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [China] [Malaysia] Image: Some Malaysians feel a moratorium on the death penalty is necessary. © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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01/23/2008
Greenpeace activists temporarily blocked the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship from illegally refuelling in Antarctic waters yesterday - the latest skirmish in a two-week battle.
Read moreFrom: Greenpeace International Related: [Japan] Image: © Greenpeace International
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01/23/2008
Kiinan uusi työsopimuslaki, kohonneet vähimmäispalkat ja yuanin vahvistuminen ovat saaneet halpojen työvoimakustannusten perässä juoksevat ylikansalliset yritykset harkitsevat Kiinasta poistumista.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [China] [Labor] [Corporations] [Globalization] Image: - © Out There News
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01/21/2008
Still Life starts with a huge advantage: it is set in a town being demolished brick by brick, stone by stone, before being flooded by China’s vast Three Gorges dam.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [China] |
01/18/2008
Rebiya, a woman from the Uighur community in western China, was forced to flee her home due to her father's involvement in controversial political matters and now struggles to attain citizenship in Kyrgyzstan, her land of refuge.
Read moreFrom: Refugees International Related: [China] [Kyrgyzstan] |
01/10/2008
China's surprising move to ban the manufacturing and distribution of plastic bags commonly used at grocery stores follows a growing movement that will help rid the ocean of the bags' toxic residues.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [China] |
01/10/2008
Kesäkuusta lähtien Kiinan kaupat eivät saa enää jakaa ilmaisia muovipusseja.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [China] [Environment] Image: -
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01/09/2008
A nationwide campaign against plastic bags has been launched in China, with the government banning production of ultra-thin bags and forbidding supermarkets and shops from handing out free carriers from 1 June.
Read moreFrom China Daily Related: [China] Image: Plastic bags inside a whale's stomach
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01/08/2008
Backed by a government intent on promoting innovation and fuelled by a "brain gain" of scientists and entrepreneurs returning from abroad, China’s health biotech industry only needs a more favourable investment climate to emerge as a global force in the production of therapies and medicines, says a new study.
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01/07/2008
China is introducing new censorship regulations to control online posting of videos and audio files.
Read moreFrom: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related: [China] |
01/04/2008
"The United States has been so focused on the Middle East that it has missed the great movements of the world," including China's pragmatic and expansive investment in Africa and the rise of the left in Latin America, says Richard Rodriguez.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [United States] [China] [Middle East] [Africa] |
01/04/2008
China has been urged to accelerate the abolition of the death penalty instead of expanding its lethal injection programme.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [China] Image: © Amnesty International USA
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01/02/2008
Vuoden alussa Kiinassa voimaan tullut työlainsäädäntö parantaa muun muassa palkansaajien työsuhdeturvaa. Samalla työvoimakulut kuitenkin nousevat, ja osa työvoimavaltaisen teollisuuden työpaikoista saattaa karata halvempiin maihin.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [China] [Labor] [Law] Image: - © Radio Netherlands
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