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January 2008

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Some Malaysians feel a moratorium on the death penalty is necessary.
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.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [China] [Malaysia]
Image: Some Malaysians feel a moratorium on the death penalty is necessary. © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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.
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From: 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.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [China] [Labor] [Corporations] [Globalization]
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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.
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From: OneWorld UK
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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.
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From: 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.
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From: Worldwatch Institute
Related: [China]
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01/10/2008 Kesäkuusta lähtien Kiinan kaupat eivät saa enää jakaa ilmaisia muovipusseja.
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From: OneWorld US
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Plastic bags inside a whale's stomach
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.
From China Daily
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Related: [China]
Image: Plastic bags inside a whale's stomach
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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Related: [China]
01/07/2008 China is introducing new censorship regulations to control online posting of videos and audio files.
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From: 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.
From: New America Media
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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.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related: [China]
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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.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [China] [Labor] [Law]
Image: - © Radio Netherlands

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