Columnist Tienchi Martin-Liao writes on the ways that Beijing is dealing with the “problem” of its “low-end population” of migrant workers.
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How a tragedy in rural China stirred up a discussion about the bitter living conditions of impoverished women in the countryside.
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The history of censorship in Burma has resulted in a citizenship that views poverty and violence at the hands of the state authority as commonplace.
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Progress in Africa towards fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals is largely made by women. Cartoonist Popa Matumula (Tanzania) takes on the issue in today’s cartoon.
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Sampsonia Way presents a slide show of the Human Rights plenary from One Young World conference. The session covered responsibility for protecting human rights.
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In this week’s Night Watch Israel Centeno analyses Venezuela’s recent presidential election and compares the strategies of Chávez and Capriles.
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In this week’s column, Venezuelan author Israel Centeno issues a sharp critique to the Venice Biennale – and, by extension, the European left – for awarding the Golden Lion prize to the Tower of David, a 45-story “shantytown” project in Caracas, Venezuela.
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