China

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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Workshop on Food, Livelihoods and Climate Change in the Mekong Region
Climate-Mekong Workshop Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:18 Focus on the Global South together with the Foundation for Ecological Recovery/TERRA,  World Rainforest Movement (WRM), International Rivers, Bank Information Centre and the Thai Working Group on Climate (TWGC), held a workshop titled Food, Livelihoods and Climate Change in the Mekong Region from August 9-11, 2010. The workshop was held at the  Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and attended by over 50 representatives of local networks and civil society organizations from Myanmar, the Lao PDR,...
The blossoming of Sino-Iranian partnership: how an emboldened South is beginning to expose the limits of American power
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 01:01 The blossoming of Sino-Iranian partnership: how an emboldened South is beginning to expose the limits of American power by Javad Heydarian It is undeniable that the year 2009 was a momentous year for People’s Republic of China, as it proved its centrality in the climate change talks, new global economic order, and ultimately in the international strategic-security arrangements. The year was also very important for Iran-China relations as energy investments soared, trade expanded and nuclear-diplomacy...
The prince of Denmark
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 12:54 by Akbayan! Representative Walden Bello Like Hamlet, Shakespeare’s conflicted Prince of Denmark, China was caught between conflicting currents in Copenhagen.  Its failure to manage these led to its biggest diplomatic debacle in years. Almost a month after the debacle at the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen (Conference of Parties or COP 15), the question of who scuttled the talks elicits fury and derision.     Interestingly, in many accounts, President Barack Obama...
The China-Asean Free Trade Area : propaganda and reality
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 10:04 by Akbayan! Representative Walden Bello ON JAN. 1, 2010, the China-Asean Free Trade Area (Cafta) went into effect. Touted as the world’s biggest Free Trade Area, CAFTA is billed as having 1.7 million consumers, with a combined gross domestic product of $ 2 trillion and total trade of $ 1.3 trillion. Under the agreement, trade between China and six Asean countries including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore has become duty-free for more than 7,000 products. By 2015, the...
Free trade bad for ASEAN, warns Solon
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 00:36 By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo posted on inquirer.net “All our fears have come true,” said Akbayan party-list Rep. Walden Bello, reacting to the launch of the world’s biggest free trade area comprising China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Jan. 1 The China-Asean Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), lauded by governments as a spur to intraregional trade and investments, cuts import tariffs on about 90 percent of products and offers members access to a combined market of 1.7 billion consumers....