Via Xinhua. WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) — China is of great help to African countries in their efforts to deal with the current global financial crisis and the worst world economic downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930s, Zambian Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane told Xinhua here on Saturday. Musokotwane, who is in Washington … [Read more…]
Via Xinhua. BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) — China will create 300,000 additional jobs for the disabled in cities and towns by 2010, said the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010) released Monday by the Information Office of the State Council (Cabinet). The plan said the state will guarantee the disabled people’s right to … [Read more…]
Via Xinhua. BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) — The average life expectancy of Chinese is expected to reach 73 years by 2010, according to the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010) released Monday by the Information Office of the State Council, or Cabinet. The basic framework for the basic health care system covering the … [Read more…]
Via Xinhua BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — China unveiled a three-year plan on health care reform Tuesday, which it said would lay a solid foundation for equitable and universal access to essential health care for all in China by 2020. Under the 850 billion yuan (124 billion U.S. dollars) plan for 2009 to 2011, the … [Read more…]
[Review by Thomas Fenton] Jenny Clegg’s superbly analytical book arrives at a critical historic moment. The US-dominated post-cold war world order is finding itself increasingly challenged in the context of the imperialist economic collapse and the quagmire into which the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have descended. This year will also mark the 60th … [Read more…]
In March 1959 the victorious socialist forces proclaimed the end of serfdom in Tibet, bringing to an end a long history of feudal backwardness and imperialist meddling in this autonomous region of China. To commemorate this red letter day of the revolutionary calendar, members of the Hands Off China campaign held a meeting on 5th … [Read more…]