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Demonstrators declare 2 November an international day of action and tell world leaders to act on Tibet – where nine monks and one nun have set themselves on fire this year in protest at the Chinese occupation.
Filed in: Activism China Human Rights Tibet
An epic migration to the cities has been responsible for China’s turbocharged economic performance. But, as Richard Swift explains, the cost for many workers has been too great and they refuse to be quiet any longer.
Filed in: China Trade Unions Work
Electronics giant Foxconn employs over a million people in China – in conditions that drive them to despair, reports Jenny Chan.
Filed in: China Corporations Work
It’s official – according to new NI columnist Anna Chen– 2008 isn’t just the Year of the Rat and the Beijing Olympics. It’s also China Panic Year.
Filed in: China Climate Change Globalization
A peek at who’s bankrolling the boom.
Filed in: China Fair Trade Health Hong Kong Trade Trade Unions
Conflicted history in Armenia, Cambodia, Guatemala, East Timor and Japan.
Filed in: Armenia Cambodia China Guatemala Human Rights Japan Timor-Leste
Filed in: China
Grenada’s revolutionary fair trade
Filed in: Activism Caribbean China Climate Change Corporations Environment Fair Trade Grenada Iraq Israel Land Language Oil Palestine South Africa Sri Lanka Trade Venezuela Women Zimbabwe
Exiled singer Sultan Kurash has become a symbol of liberation for Uyghurs still under the thumb of Chinese occupation.
Filed in: China
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Should prostitution be legalized?
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
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