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As China continues to play an important and more powerful role in the global political economy and especially in Asia, the more interest it generates from various sectors. There is now a growing awareness in civil society organisations and movements everywhere that they have to deeply understand, address and engage with the enigma that is China. Since June 2005, Focus on the Global South has been providing information and analysis about China and contributing to positive changes in China through assisting civil society organizations there to become more aware of progressive discourses and be more integrated with global civil society initiatives.

Objectives:
• To explain the role and impacts of China in the changing global dynamics to activists and the public;
• To contribute in the task of deepening of understanding about the connection between the crisis of overproduction and its consequences (economic, food and ecological crisis) and the realities in China to Chinese audience;
• To contribute to the strengthening of Chinese civil society.
• To strengthen solidarity partnership with progressive actors in China and facilitate their participation and inclusion in global social justice initiatives.

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Wall Street Excess and Main Street Distress: the Apple Connection
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 21:04 By Walden Bello*Foreign Policy in Focus  Apple’s march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers. Ever since the beginning of the current global economic crisis, the focus of both critical analysis and public odium has been speculative capital. In the populist narrative, it was the breathtaking shenanigans of the banks in an atmosphere of deregulation that led to the economic collapse. The “financial economy,” characterized as parasitic and bad,...
Rights of Mother Earth: Revitalizing Natural Resource Struggle in Asia
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 15:56 On April 24, 2010, the Universal Declaration of The Rights of Mother Earth was proposed and launched at the People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Ensuring the rights of Mother Earth, the Declaration recognizes that all living beings have the responsibility to uphold the balance of the natural world and protect Mother Earth’s harmonious functioning. In this panel discussion on The Rights of Mother Earth, organized by Thailand’s working group for Climate...
Why China has to Climb Down on the Spratlys Issue*
Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 12:09 (The Chinese Government newspaper Global Times recently contacted the author for an email interview on the Spratly-West Philippine Sea controversy.  After I submitted my answers, I received no acknowledgment or any further communication from the paper, possibly because the answers I gave were not to the newspaper’s liking.  Under the principle of never allowing a good interview to go to waste, I am reprinting it as my column here.) How do you view the current South China Sea crisis? Will it...
Akbayan Congressman and Focus founder Walden Bello debates Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on "Asia: Who Owns the Wealth"
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 10:53 The debate sponsored by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) takes place 2-415 pm, Monday, June 13 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held at the Shangri-la Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The event is a special edition of the BBC's World Debate Program.  It will be broadcast at the following dates and times:  Programme      Date (GMT)  Time(GMT) Date(PH T)  Time (PH T) BBC World News TV 18-Jun-11 9:10 18-Jun-11 5:10 PM BBC World News TV 18-Jun-...
Rights of Mother Earth: Revitalizing Natural Resource Struggle in Asia
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 11:19 On April 24, 2010, the Universal Declaration of The Rights of Mother Earth was proposed and launched at the People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Ensuring the rights of Mother Earth, the Declaration recognizes that all living beings have the responsibility to uphold the balance of the natural world and protect Mother Earth’s harmonious functioning. In this panel discussion on The Rights of Mother Earth, organized by Thailand’s working group for Climate...