Tutti i temi: Cina

27.12.2006 from China Daily:
Global warming could have a major effect on the health of the Chinese people and the country's agriculture, according to a new report.

22.12.2006 from Worldwatch Institute:
In China, where greenhouse gas emissions are quickly catching up with those of the United States, people are already starting to feel the effects of a changing climate.

22.12.2006 The world's new economic powerhouses, including India, Brazil, South Africa and China, are largely responsible for a dramatic surge in trade and investments among the 132 developing nations in the global South.

18.12.2006 Kiinassa valmistellaan uutta työlainsäädäntöä. Huhtikuussa julkistettu lakiluonnos lisäisi työntekijöiden oikeuksia. Työsuojelu ja vähimmäispalkkojen toteutumisen valvonta tehostuisivat. Lisäksi työntekijöiden mahdollisuudet rajoittaa irtisanomisia paranisivat ja viikkotyöaikojen enimmäismääriä rajoitettaisiin.

15.12.2006 A growing number of journalists are being imprisoned around the world for publishing their work on the Internet, with one in three cases made up of individuals whose work appeared primarily on the web or by e-mail, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found.

06.12.2006 from Planet Ark:
"There is a sense of urgency in China," says Sir Nicholas Stern, head of the British government's economic service. "It's important to recognise that China is moving, and moving quite quickly."

05.12.2006 "The environmental crisis in China is dead serious," says Chinese-born Dale Wen in an interview looking at the nexus between economic growth, environmental harm, democracy, and globalization.