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27.10.2005 Chinese and US researchers say illegal blood donation is to blame for high levels of hepatitis C infection in rural China.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related topics/regions: [Health]
26.10.2005 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 UNESCOÂ’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Education] [ICT]
Nury Vittachi
21.10.2005 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.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [East Asia] [Sexuality]
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19.10.2005 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.
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Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [Trade] [Forests]
Grassroots organizations are becoming a powerful partner in China's development.
19.10.2005 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.
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From: World Bank
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Capacity building] [Poverty] [Civil society] [Governance]
Image: Grassroots organizations are becoming a powerful partner in China's development.
19.10.2005 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.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
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18.10.2005 China is in a position to become the world leader in wind power, according to a report by a leading environmental group.
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From: Greenpeace International
Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Renewable energy]
15.10.2005 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.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [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.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related topics/regions: [United States] [India] [Australia] [Climate change]
03.10.2005 The first UNESCO Chair in Media and Gender in China was recently established at the Communication University of China.
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Related topics/regions: [Gender] [ICT]

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