Full Coverage: East Asia

28.01.2007 The political will exists to combat China’s pollution, but collusion between business and local governments remains a major obstacle. Jianqiang Liu asks: who is really harming the country’s interests?

26.01.2007 Government members of the world’s five tuna regional management organisations have failed to agree an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and stop the plundering of these valuable species, says a global conservation group.

22.01.2007 from PlanetArk:
'We could not have our ambitious goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020 if we can't also include other important players like China,' warns EU External Relations Commissioner.

19.01.2007 Reported cases of syphilis in China increased from 194 in 1985 to over 113,000 in 2005, according to an article in The Lancet and investigators believe improved surveillance would show an even higher increase.

17.01.2007 China's cities currently generate roughly one third of the world's trash. As China continues to become more urbanized, its cities are struggling to keep up with the increasing waste treatment requirements.

14.01.2007 from chinadialogue:
China became the “workshop of the world” because of cheap raw materials and a lack of environmental responsibility. Companies did not need to pay the true price of materials, for environmental recovery or compensation, and so that cost was not passed onto the consumer. We all have a responsibility to change this.