Churches in the United States including St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity Church in New York City sell crucifixes made under horrific Sweatshop conditions in China, where workers, including young girls as young as 15, are forced to work 19 hour shifts seven days a week, a report by the National Labor Committee reveals.
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GoDaddy suspends 10 Chinese human rights sites without warning
Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy has come under heavy criticism for suspending 10 Chinese human rights sites without warning on August 17.
Congress probes Yahoo! for helping China imprison reporter
US Congress on Friday launched an investigation into Internet giant Yahoo!’s role in a human rights case in China that sent a journalist to jail for a decade.
IOC under fire after urging "negation" of human rights in China
The International Olympic Committee came under sever criticism this week by human rights groups for calling on China to negate human rights ahead of the 2008 Beijing games.
China aiming at US military's Achilles' heel with anti-satellite missiles
China’s strategists have concluded that the easiest way to defeat US military power is to target its Achilles' heel: its space-based capabilities and their related ground installations, and the Chinese anti-satellite test (ASAT) was part of that strategy to combat US military superiority, according to a policy brief published by Carnegie Endowment.
China eyes Iraq's oil
China is pushing to regain access to Iraq's oil reserves at discussions held Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who received a hamper of economic gifts on his first state visit to Beijing to meet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
China using 'child labour' to produce Olympics merchandise
12 year-old children are forced to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week in unsafe and unhealthy conditions making Olympic merchandise, according to a report released by labour rights group ahead of the International Olympic Committee meeting in London today.
China forcibly evicts 1.5 million people for Olympics
The Chinese authorities are forcibly evicting 1.5 million people from their homes in Beijing without compensating them to make way for the Olympics leaving many displaced former residents homeless, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions revealed this week.
US seizes anti-freeze tainted toothpaste from China
The US Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers to avoid toothpaste made in China as it contains solvent used in anti-freeze after tubes containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) were seized at the border.
China defends Sudan over Darfur
China today defended Sudan's conduct over the issue of Darfur genocide, on the grounds that the Sudanese government has declared a two-month cease-fire period and criticised US President Bush for imposing sanctions on the African nation arguing that too much pressure will not be helpful for the settlement of the issue.
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