Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Friday, July 11, 2014
China Admits Tiger Skin Trade
China ‘admits’ trading in tiger skin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28258595
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
After Postponing Pandas Over MH370, Beijing Finally Flies Animals To Malaysia
21 May 2014
Last updated at 03:53
China sends pandas to Malaysia
Feng Yi, one of the two Chinese pandas on loan to Malaysia, looks out from its cage upon arrival
China agreed to loan them to Malaysia to mark 40 years of diplomatic ties this year.
But Beijing postponed their delivery because of disagreements over the Malaysian authorities' handling of the disappearance of flight MH370.
Most of the passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines plane were Chinese, and their relatives have accused the authorities of mishandling the search for the plane.
Beijing's loan comes, however, as it looks to build allies in the region amid growing anti-China sentiment in South East Asia caused by territorial rows over the South China Sea.
China has often used "panda diplomacy" to strengthen ties, and has sent pandas to the United States, Singapore and Japan in the past.
The pandas arrived in large cages in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur early on Wednesday morning
They will have to be kept in quarantine for a month before the public can view them
In 2011 two pandas, including Tian Tian seen here, were given to the Edinburgh Zoo
China has also given pandas to Belgium, including Hao Hao seen here at an official ceremony in Brugelette
Pandas, considered one of China's national treasures, are often loaned to countries as part of "panda diplomacy"
Recent moves by Beijing to assert its claims in the South China Sea have angered its neighbours.
China's placement of an oil drilling rig in waters also claimed by Vietnam sparked anti-China protests that left at least two dead and several factories burnt down.
The Philippines has decried China's alleged move to build an airstrip on a disputed reef and is taking China to an international court over its South China Sea claims.
Earlier this month thousands of American and Filipino troops conducted a military exercise following a visit to the Philippines by US President Barack Obama.
Malaysia has openly supported the United States' naval build-up in Asia, which is seen as an effort to contain China, reports the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysians have also grown tired of criticism from the families of Chinese passengers missing on Flight MH370, our correspondent adds.
But the pandas, called Fuwa and Fengyi which means "lucky child" and "phoenix" in Mandarin, are being seen as a peace offering.
Local media has expressed excitement, with by-the-minute coverage of their arrival and exuberant headlines such as "Panda-monium erupts, they are here!"
Local authorities said the pandas will be quarantined for a month before the public can view them.
Feng Yi, one of the two Chinese pandas on loan to Malaysia, looks out from its cage upon arrival
Two pandas from China have arrived in Malaysia as Beijing looks to build ties amid regional tensions.
The eight-year-old pandas will be housed in a 1.6 hectare air-conditioned complex at the national zoo.China agreed to loan them to Malaysia to mark 40 years of diplomatic ties this year.
But Beijing postponed their delivery because of disagreements over the Malaysian authorities' handling of the disappearance of flight MH370.
Most of the passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines plane were Chinese, and their relatives have accused the authorities of mishandling the search for the plane.
Beijing's loan comes, however, as it looks to build allies in the region amid growing anti-China sentiment in South East Asia caused by territorial rows over the South China Sea.
China has often used "panda diplomacy" to strengthen ties, and has sent pandas to the United States, Singapore and Japan in the past.
The pandas arrived in large cages in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur early on Wednesday morning
They will have to be kept in quarantine for a month before the public can view them
In 2011 two pandas, including Tian Tian seen here, were given to the Edinburgh Zoo
China has also given pandas to Belgium, including Hao Hao seen here at an official ceremony in Brugelette
Pandas, considered one of China's national treasures, are often loaned to countries as part of "panda diplomacy"
Recent moves by Beijing to assert its claims in the South China Sea have angered its neighbours.
China's placement of an oil drilling rig in waters also claimed by Vietnam sparked anti-China protests that left at least two dead and several factories burnt down.
The Philippines has decried China's alleged move to build an airstrip on a disputed reef and is taking China to an international court over its South China Sea claims.
Earlier this month thousands of American and Filipino troops conducted a military exercise following a visit to the Philippines by US President Barack Obama.
Malaysia has openly supported the United States' naval build-up in Asia, which is seen as an effort to contain China, reports the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysians have also grown tired of criticism from the families of Chinese passengers missing on Flight MH370, our correspondent adds.
But the pandas, called Fuwa and Fengyi which means "lucky child" and "phoenix" in Mandarin, are being seen as a peace offering.
Local media has expressed excitement, with by-the-minute coverage of their arrival and exuberant headlines such as "Panda-monium erupts, they are here!"
Local authorities said the pandas will be quarantined for a month before the public can view them.
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Friday, November 15, 2013
China Mulls End to Mandatory Animal Testing
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China mulls end to mandatory animal testing
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/world/asia/china-cosmetics-testing/index.html
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
Chinese Environmentalist Protests Cancer Village
Chinese Environmentalist Protests Cancer Village
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Concern About China's Mental Health Law
News / Asia
Rights Group Concerned About China's Mental Health Law
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May 03, 2013
A U.S.-based rights organization is criticizing a new mental health
law in China, saying it does not end the country's system of involuntary
confinement.
In a report issued Friday, Human Rights Watch said the involuntary confinement of people with mental disabilities falls far short of the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which China adopted in 2008.
HRW China director Sophie Richardson said the new law does not close loopholes that allow government authorities and families to lock up people in psychiatric hospitals against their will, and without legal recourse.
HRW cited cases of beatings, forced medications and shock treatments, and said psychiatric institutions are often used to imprison political dissidents, activists and petitioners.
The rights group called for the immediate release of political prisoners from such facilities.
In a report issued Friday, Human Rights Watch said the involuntary confinement of people with mental disabilities falls far short of the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which China adopted in 2008.
HRW China director Sophie Richardson said the new law does not close loopholes that allow government authorities and families to lock up people in psychiatric hospitals against their will, and without legal recourse.
HRW cited cases of beatings, forced medications and shock treatments, and said psychiatric institutions are often used to imprison political dissidents, activists and petitioners.
The rights group called for the immediate release of political prisoners from such facilities.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
China To Become More Disabled Friendly
China Institutes Regulation to Improve Accessibility in the Country
- Published on Saturday, 14 July 2012 13:09
The
central government in China released on Tuesday, a new regulation that
will make the country more accessible to persons with disabilities. The
Accessible Environment Construction Regulation requires government and
public facilities to make their facilities and services accessible to
all. A reported 85 million people in China have some form of disability.
The regulation says public spaces such as airports, commercial centers, living quarters, transportation facilities, parking lots, traffic lights, civil service and health institutions must modify their facilities. The state plans to support these efforts.
The chapter also requires the development of special education programs and social activities for the disabled. It discusses the acceptance of service animals, the use of braille for state-administered exams, accessible ballots for elections and a place where the disabled can get information about all the services available to them. It even encourages public facilities to offer free services to persons with disabilities.
The regulations will first require these accommodations in the more urban areas. The rural areas will be given time to gradually come into compliance.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Big challenge for disabled - Wheel Power, The Star
Thursday September 11, 2008
Big challenge
Wheel Power: By Anthony Thanasayan
For the disabled participants at Beijing’s Paralympics Games, the event is often regarded as the highlight of their lives.
AS you read this, as many as 4,000 disabled athletes (including a dozen Malaysians) are taking part in Beijing’s Paralympics Games.
The event, held once every four years, traditionally takes place about three weeks after the Olympics. It is also held in the same country that the Olympic Games took place.
To the disabled sportsmen and sportswomen involved, the Paralympics is often regarded as the most important event in their lives.
(From left) Oscar Pistorious of South Africa, Heros Marai of Italy and Christoph Bausch of Switzerland in the heats of the men’s 100m T44 classification race at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. To me, the event is not only about who wins what and how well they performed. That is important, of course. But what is more important is how a particular sporting event has contributed to the people, and how it will continue to change their lives.
How will life change for the disabled community after major sporting events are over? BBC Online’s web page gave a peek into the lives of the handicapped in China.
The online page’s reporter followed an Olympic volunteer who used a wheelchair and travelled across Beijing by bus and subway, before the Games. The exposure made him realise how serious disability issues are in the country.
Although ramps and lifts were newly added for the Paralympics, this wasn’t so in other towns and villages in China.
The 82.7 million people with disabilities in China still face discrimination and prejudice, which make their daily lives difficult.
Universities in China are still reluctant to take in students with handicaps.
Human Rights Watch based in New York says that “8.58 million employable people with a disability in China did not have jobs last year.”
This even though the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities laws had been enacted and ratified not long ago.
“So far these protections have meant little to (disabled) persons (and) their advocates in China to be able to fairly compete for employment,” the organisation pointed out.
Despite this dismal outlook, the BBC says the good news is that the Chinese government has made a big effort to educate its citizens on how to talk to the disabled athletes during the Paralympics.
One pamphlet advises locals to be helpful, but not too pushy. It also suggests they should be more sensitive to those with disabilities.
Over here in Malaysia, it was announced that we had won the bid to host the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) world general assembly in Kuala Lumpur. The event will be held in November next year.
Even though this is joyous news for the disabled community, many of us are concerned about the issue of accessibility for the international disabled guests when they arrive in KL.
We know what a nightmare it is for a wheelchair user to move around in the capital.
Will the respective local councils be able to tackle these problems by the time our overseas guests arrive next year?
Or will our disabled visitors be restricted in their movements and told where they can go in the city?
Will they stay in posh hotels (with accessible shiny toilets) during their stay or will they be allowed to mingle with the rest of us and have a chance to see what Malaysia is really like?
If nothing is done from now until November next year, will our disabled guests want to come to Malaysia again?
And how would our disabled citizens benefit from such a visit? That is what I really like to know.
Monday, August 18, 2008
HOW CHINA TREATS ANIMALS - PETA video
PETPOSITIVE: With the Olympics going on in China, here's a video that you will not see amidst the splendour of the games. The video is courtesy of PETA.
Warning: This image may be upsetting to many pet-lovers.
Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.
Warning: This image may be upsetting to many pet-lovers.
Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.
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