Full Coverage: East Asia

11.11.2009 Temperatures across the Yangtze River Basin could increase from 1.5-2 degrees Celsius over the next 50 years, while extreme weather events will also become more frequent, according to the largest river basin climate vulnerability assessment yet done.

21.10.2009 The illegal cross-border timber trade between Burma and China continues to be widespread and the authorities in China should do more to clamp down, according to a new review.

01.10.2009 Government security paranoia in the run-up to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China today has led to a reinforcement of online censorship and abusive behaviour towards foreign journalists, says an international media monitoring group.

16.09.2009 A summary of recent developments in climate change negotiations, including rumours of a bilateral deal between China and US. From Poverty to Power

16.09.2009 The fluctuating fortunes of rural labourers migrating to China's cities. BBC News

24.08.2009 On a visit to China last week, Tony Blair said that encouraging people to reduce flying and driving is not an appropriate response to climate change. This is not good enough for a prospective president of the European Union.

23.08.2009 World leaders have gone soft on human rights. Hillary Clinton is put on the spot by a questioner. Aid Watch

13.08.2009 The Chinese government has announced a pensions initiative to reduce the gap in living standards between its urban and rural populations. BBC

03.08.2009 Officials from the UK Government's arms export agency have met Chinese military representatives - even though Beijing is still subject to a European Union military embargo.

03.08.2009 Conflicts in Afghanistan, China, Chechnya and Nigeria deteriorated in July 2009 and the situation in Guinea-Bissau improved, according to the International Crisis Group.

29.07.2009 The number of criminal executions will be reduced in China, according to Zhang Jun, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court.

27.07.2009 Thousands of steelworkers in China's industrial northeast staged a protest against a planned takeover of their state-controlled employer and a group of them killed a top executive at the private company that was to acquire it, according to a Hong Kong-based human-rights group.

20.07.2009 Can the International Maritime Organization be taken seriously by climate change negotiators when its ships choose to sail from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope rather than through the Suez Canal?

15.07.2009 An announcement by major China-based producers and users of palm oil that they intend to provide more support for sustainable palm oil has been welcomed as an important boost for efforts to halt tropical deforestation.

11.07.2009 An important report published jointly by Oxfam and Greenpeace suggests that climate change will be the strongest force acting on poverty reduction in China. Oxfam Hong Kong

19.06.2009 The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidise their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling released today.

03.06.2009 The Chinese authorities have continued to harass activists and escalate censorship ahead of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the violent military crackdown in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, says an international rights group.

12.05.2009 More support is needed for the poorest people who survived the earthquake that devastated western China a year ago, says an international development agency.
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04.05.2009 Liu Xiaobo has been detained without trial since last December. Here he compares life as a dissident in Beijing before and after the arrival of the internet. The Times

19.04.2009 Although his case study of China is hardly typical, Timothy Garton Ash offers a painful reminder that cutbacks in media reporting have further diminished coverage of foreign news. Guardian