Posted in Asia, economy, entertainment, media, news, politics, tagged China, entertainment, satellite TV on January 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
While Chinese president Hu Jintao warned of the influence of Western culture, an order by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) to curb “excessive entertainment” came into effect on January 1st. (photo from chinahush.com)
Therefore satellite broadcasters have cut entertainment TV by two-thirds, state news agency Xinhua has reported. (more…)
Posted in Asia, economy, environment, health, Human rights, news, tagged children, China, Human Rights Watch, lead, poison on June 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
In a report a US-based rights body says China tried to cover up the extent of lead poisoning among children as well as discouraging tests.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its report on Wednesday that in heavily-polluted industrial areas local authorities have been sending children suffering from lead poisoning back to their contaminated homes. (map, from nytimes.com) (more…)
Posted in Asia, history, news, politics, religion, tagged China, Dalai Lama, election, Lobsang Sangay, Tibet on April 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Tibetans all around the world voted to elect the prime minister of their government-in-exile. The result of the elections held in March was announced on Wednesday in Dharamsala, India, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based. (more…)
Posted in Human rights, news, world, tagged Amnesty International, China, death penalty on March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
23 countries carried out executions in 2010, which is four more than in 2009, but the use of the death penalty is globally continuing to fall according to an annual report by Amnesty International. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)
Posted in Asia, economy, news, politics, tagged arms, China, import, India on March 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Between 2006 and 2010, India accounted for 9% of all weapons imports, becoming the world’s largest importer of arms, according to a Sweden-based think tank. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)
Posted in Asia, news, politics, religion, tagged China, Dalai Lama, Tibet on March 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Dalai Lama (photo) announced a plan to transfer his political responsibilities to an elected figure, saying it would be to the long-term benefit of Tibetans.
Tibet’s spiritual leader and head of government-in-exile will start the formal process of stepping down next Monday, at a meeting of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile. (more…)
Posted in Asia, economy, health, news, technology, tagged Apple, China on February 23, 2011| 1 Comment »
Chinese workers have written to Apple asking for help, after being injured while making touchscreens for mobile devices, such as iPhones. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)
Posted in Asia, economy, news, tagged China, property, restriction on February 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Growing concerns over a property bubble lead to the introduction of tough property restrictions in China’s capital, Beijing (photo). (more…)
Posted in Asia, health, Human rights, news, tagged China, factory on December 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
In the Chinese western region of Xinjiang, at least 11 workers were sold to a building materials factory to work without pay, said Chinese state media reports.
Among those workers, who have been fed on “food given to dogs”, are eight intellectually disabled people. (more…)
Posted in Asia, news, politics, tagged census, China, population on November 2, 2010| 2 Comments »
China will begin it’s first national census in 10 years. The authorities hope it will clarify the number of migrant workers, which is said to be more than 200 million by some estimates. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)
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