Full Coverage: East Asia

30.06.2007

27.06.2007 China's booming economy has spurred a massive village-to-city youth migration. But Li Qiang -- and so many others without a college education -- now find themselves forced to head back to the village.
From: New America Media

26.06.2007 "Out with the old and in with the new"? Or an "imprudent" decision that harms human rights? After 60 years of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the Costa Rican president announced this month these ties have been broken in favor of establishing relations with China.

25.06.2007 Governments of democratic countries that are still hoping the Olympic Games will help improve the human right situation in China are mistaken and “constructive dialogue” is leading nowhere, warns a leading media freedom group.

25.06.2007 A study by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency says that China's carbon dioxide emissions last year were the largest in the world. But it seems the responsibility for China's soaring emissions lies not just in Beijing but also in Washington, Brussels and Tokyo.

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22.06.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (OneWorld) - Calls for global cooperation in tackling climate change are on the rise as a new study identifies China as the world's number one emitter of greenhouse gases.

20.06.2007 China’s carbon dioxide emissions surpassed those of the US by 8 per cent last year, according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
+ WDM comment on increase in China’s emissions
+ China - new number one climate polluter?

20.06.2007 Environmental problems in China have brought the country's citizens, NGOs, and journalists together in opposition to the government's environmentally unkind policies. But this environmental movement is beginning to resemble a democratic movement as well, says Chinese journalist Jianqiang Liu.

19.06.2007 The mother of imprisoned Chinese journalist Shi Tao has called on the international community to maintain pressure on Chinese authorities to release her son ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

15.06.2007 The International Olympic Committee's response to a report exposing severe exploitation of Chinese workers making Olympics merchandise is seriously inadequate, say the report's authors.

14.06.2007 China has earmarked about $930 million for technology innovations to cope with climate change since 2001, said Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang.

14.06.2007 Rising wintertime temperatures in China mean that people do not need to use as much energy to heat their homes compared with previous years, according to a Chinese study.

10.06.2007 Several Chinese factories supplying goods for the Beijing Olympics are accused of gross violations of basic labour standards in a report - No medal for the Olympics on labour rights - issued on the eve of an International Olympic Committee meeting in London.

07.06.2007 A new series of missiles were tested Thursday morning by North Korea, and with February’s nuclear agreement held up by a freeze on North Korean assets, experts are calling for a new urgency to move the accord forward.

05.06.2007 A protest against the construction of a toxic chemical plant was a landmark event for China’s leading independent bloggers' collective, who were able to post news from the event Friday despite government efforts to create a media blackout.

05.06.2007 Comprehensive evidence that Chinese authorities are complicit in the illegal ivory trade - fuelling a surge in elephant poaching across Africa - is made available in a new report published.