Full Coverage: East Asia

27.09.2006 from WattHead blog:
'China's influence on the global economy, from the prices of commodities, construction materials, energy resources, etc. will be inescapable.'

26.09.2006 Beijing has closed over 50 schools for children of migrant workers in the past two weeks in a move that "appears designed to discourage migrants from staying in the capital," according to a top human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch

22.09.2006 Captive breeding of Tibetan antelope, also called the Chiru, may be difficult due to the inhospitable terrain and the need for large financial resources, the Power Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nuwang Rinjin Joora, has said. The shahtoosh shawl, which provides livelihoods to a large number of people, is made from the hair of the Chiru due to which the animal now figures in the list of endangered species.

19.09.2006 Conservationists worldwide congratulated China as it implemented a stronger wildlife trade law and urged it to continue its existing ban on trade in tiger derivatives. The new Regulation for Import and Export of Endangered Species of Wildlife, will enhance China’s ability to combat illegal wildlife trade.

15.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 15 (OneWorld) - Dozens of South Koreans took to the streets of Washington, DC Thursday in support of small farmers forced to relocate to make way for a massive new U.S. military base in their country. President George W. Bush was meeting with his South Korean counterpart just steps away in the White House at the time.

13.09.2006 Amnesty International has called on Russia, China, and Arab leaders to "work hard to get Sudan's consent for a UN peacekeeping force" before the peacekeepers currently in Darfur are forced to leave on September 30.

13.09.2006 from China Dialogue:
The environmental costs of China’s development are often presented as the final straw that will break the planet’s already burdened carrying capacity. But China knows it needs to 'go green' fast.

06.09.2006 from SciDev.net:
Asian and European companies will pay two Chinese chemical companies more than US$1 billion to reduce their emissions of one of the most potent gases involved in global warming, a refrigerant called HFC-23.

01.09.2006 Creative solutions are helping get kids in school and improve the quality of education.