Full Coverage: China

25.11.2005 Heavily polluted river water has reached the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin. The Songhua River is contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical benzene following an explosion at a petrochemical plant on 13 November.

21.11.2005 A case study on working conditions in the factories of the Nokia Mobile Phones and its suppliers concludes that Nokia and its suppliers and subcontractors do not fully comply with either Nokia's Code of Conduct or Chinese legislation, neither ILO conventions. The position of contract labour is especially weak.

15.11.2005 The Chinese government knows that it is losing the battle to control the accessing and sharing of information it would prefer to restrict.

10.11.2005 China and North Korea are failing to protect North Korean women trafficked to China, according to a new report that says the women are detained, repatriated and used as forced labour.

09.11.2005 Human rights protesters marked Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Britain yesterday.
*Amnesty: Economic progress must not blind UK to human rights failings
*Join peaceful protest in London today

01.11.2005 Gearing up to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing gets an unwelcome accolade: the pollution capital of the world.