Full Coverage: East Asia

23.02.2007 Each time Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Africa, he leaves a bigger Chinese footprint on the continent. This February, Hu made his most visible push yet for settlement of the Darfur crisis.

23.02.2007 Single-minded pursuit of exports has helped China reach record economic growth figures. But millions of Chinese have been left behind, and this growth has severe environmental costs. These are indicators that India must be wary of copying China's Special Economic Zones-approach.

16.02.2007 A Japanese whaling ship carrying tens of thousands of gallons of oil has been disabled by fire in Antarctic waters near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground. A Greenpeace ship, in the area to try to stop the hunt, has offered its assistance.

16.02.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed relief Thursday after a seventh round of free trade negotiations between South Korea and the United States ended without an agreement.

14.02.2007 Tuesday's agreement by North Korea to take the first concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for aid and normalized relations marks a long-awaited diplomatic breakthrough for U.S. President George W. Bush and a clear victory for "realists" in his administration, says analyst Jim Lobe.

13.02.2007 Shouting "fair trade, not free trade," representatives of U.S. and Korean labor groups are holding an all night vigil Monday to make sure their voices are heard by negotiators working on the largest free trade agreement since NAFTA.

12.02.2007 Every year on Valentine's Day, millions of Americans head to their local florist shop or supermarket to buy flowers for a friend, spouse, or family member. Few of us ever ask where all these flowers come from or who helped grow and pick them.
From: Monthly Review

09.02.2007 China is to cancel all Mozambican public debt to China incurred in 1980-2005, President Hu Jintao announced yesterday.
From: allAfrica.com
* Christian Aid backs Benn over new Chinese loans to Africa

07.02.2007 G7 Ministers of Finance should make good their Gleneagles commitment to the 40 million people living with HIV and AIDS by coming up with a clear funding plan for universal access to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, according to anti-poverty agency ActionAid.