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A global war on labour? by Vittorio Longhi (October 2007)

The number of trade unionists killed, arrested or ‘just’ dismissed in the pursuit of their members rights has increased alarmingly over the past year, according to a survey by the International Trade Union Confederation. Italian labour journalist Vittorio Longhi, interviews ITUC general secretary Guy Ryder about these and other issues facing the international trade union movement

China’s pollution solution by Lucia Green-Weiskel (October 2007)

With China now leading the list of global polluters, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play an increasingly important role in tackling the country’s environmental challenges. Lucia Green-Weiskel reports from Beijing on the dilemmas facing civil society groups in working with China’s authoritarian state

No carbon copy of the west? by Melanie Jarman (December 2005)

With China’s energy consumption increasing by 65 per cent over the past three years alone, its rapid industrialisation has already made it the world’s second largest emitter of the greenhouse gases that accelerate climate change. Mel Jarman looks at how it is approaching the issue

The struggle continues: fighting back after Tiananmen by Han Dongfang (December 2005)

Sixteen years ago, the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 left the blood of the Chinese democracy movement on the streets of Beijing. Now China’s new economy is claiming more lives. But the workers are fighting back.

From Mao to the market by John Gittings (December 2005)

There is more continuity between Maoist and modern-day China than is often recognised, writes John Gittings. It’s the importance of the Chinese people that has been lost along the way

Revving up the China Threat by Michael Klare (November 2005)

Michael Klare looks at how the Bush Administration’s stance on China has gone from worry about its economic strength to full-on preparation for a new cold war

Don’t build dams everywhere! by Chen Guojie (May 2005)

With the effects of dam construction going well beyond the dislocation of people, China is waking up to its hydro legacy.