China - US
there have to be more Human Rights in China - Democracy Now: LINK ¤ DEMOCRACY NOW
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- "Hu Jintao - acknowledged in the visit that - a lot needs to be done !"
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- "in China - over human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "Sharon Hom - executive director of the NGO "Human Rights in China" - said !!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "when Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel prize - the Chinese government’s response !"
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- "really showed the Chinese problems - the Chinese government had made a campaign - in the international community !"
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- "for example tried to persuade the Norwegian government - not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony !"
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- "and of course human rights - are very important - for all foreign companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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new Rights for Chinese Workers - Global Labor Strategies: LINK ¤ G L S
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- "when the Chinese government proposed - significant pro-worker reforms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there was a behind-the-scenes lobbying - over these reforms in China’s labor law !"
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- "corporations had been lobbying - to limit - or weaken - new rights for Chinese workers !"
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- "on the other side are pro-worker rights forces - in China !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "backed by labor - human rights - and political forces - around the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the official labor organization - the All-China Federation of Trade Unions - ACFTU !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "takes a strong stand - against corporate pressure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "human rights organizations mobilize support - for the workers’ rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the EU was at first neutral - and then for the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Chinese Google made - business as usual !"
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- "as it provided the China-based version - of its search engine !"
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- "according to a - Google representative !"
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- "Google complied - with the law in China !"
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- "and was filtering - "Google.cn" - as it had been !"
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- "Google's filter - was undergoing changes !"
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- "but publicly Google - was not "explaining the changing nature - of its filter" !"
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Unions - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BEIJING17771
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- "five Wal-Mart stores - in China - have established unions !!!!!!"
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- "( it before had tried to avoid a labor union - or a "third party" ! )"
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- "an article in the Xin Jing Bao reported - that Hu Jintao !"
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- "ordered more effort to be put - into building party - and trade union organizations !!!!!!"
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- "after he read - a government report !"
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- "on factors for instability - in foreign-invested enterprises !"
Farmers - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BEIJING3393
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- "Chinese farmers complained - about biotech soybean imports !"
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- "and the farmers wanted - less biotech !!!!!!"
Coca-Cola - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BEIJING702
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- "China's ministry of commerce - MOFCOM - did not permit !"
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- "Coca-Cola's acquisition - of Huiyuan !"
Criticism of Amcham - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BEIJING24304
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- "there was strong criticism - at US American businesses - in China !!!!!!"
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- "from Western media - and the US Congress !!!!!!"
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- "particularly at members of the - US American chamber of commerce in China - Amcham !!!!!!"
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- "for public comment on - China's labor contract law !"
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- "global labor strategies reported - US corporations had lobbied against - new rights for Chinese workers !"
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- "the New York Times wrote - China drafts law - to empower unions !!!!!!"
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- "representatives of seven - of the largest US companies - in China !"
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- "met with the - US embassy !"
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- "the US embassy had worked closely - with the seven US companies - in China !"
Media: Amcham - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BEIJING253
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- "Business News in Shanghai wrote - the US House of Representatives approved !"
- "a bill called - the American economic recovery and reinvestment bill !"
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- "the American chamber of commerce - Amcham - was strongly against this bill !"
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- "stated that this proposal - would lead to revenge - by global trading partners !"
UNITED STATES - CHINA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ UNITED STATES - CHINA
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- "the US Chinese relations - American-Sino - are complex and problematic - and have frictions !"