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Basic income: a human rights approach

China human rights work: it’s emotionally draining, but country is the story of our lifetime, says Amnesty researcher

 Human rights work still ‘relevant’

Work

Various national and local struggles for workers' rights have encompassed the fight against slavery and forced labour, claims for decent working conditions and fair wages, the right to form and join trade unions, and the right to strike. In some ways, these movements antedate the human rights movement. International standards and procedures were elaborated through the work of the International Labour Organization (ILO), established in 1919 at the end of the First World War, and against the background of the Russian Revolution. At that time, an international focus was regarded as crucial to counterbalance the increasing appeal of an advancing Communism promising to vindicate workers' rights. Social justice was seen in the context of both World Wars as essential to achieve lasting peace. The ILO developed detailed Conventions and elaborate mechanisms for monitoring compliance with the various standards.

PERSPECTIVAS - A China e a liderança na Ásia Oriental - HojeMacau - 08.11.2017

“The emerging U.S.-China bipolarity will be tense but stable because balancing will be efficient and misjudgments about each other’s capabilities and intentions will be minimized”.

Managing Hegemony in East Asia: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective

Yuan-kang Wang

A China no mar da China Meridional, contra as Filipinas muito mais fraca e o Vietname não-alinhado, está disposta a intensificar o discurso do seu primado histórico autodeclarado na região. O confronto de Scarborough Shoal, refere-se às tensões entre a China e as Filipinas que começaram a 8 de Abril de 2012, com a apreensão pela marinha filipina de oito navios de pesca chineses no disputado local, tendo no mesmo dia um avião de vigilância, avistado oito navios de pesca chineses ancorados nas águas objecto de reivindicação. O navio patrulha foi enviado no mesmo dia para pesquisar o local e confirmou a presença das embarcações de pesca, e as suas actividades, tendo a 10 de Abril de 2012, constatado a captura de peixe, pelos navios de pesca chineses.

The spirit of adventure settles over us slowly sometimes. In the beginning, when those old winds of change blow, we turn our backs, fight, and resist. We just want things to stay the same. Gradually we let go of the need to control. We allow things to change and us to change with them.

We accept the change.

 PERSPECTIVAS - A CHINA e a liderança na Ásia Oriental (I) - HOJEMACAU- 27.10.2017

 “China’s rising power is chipping away at the unipolar structure of the world. The power gap between China and the United States continues to shrink. China’s rise will challenge the U.S policy of maintaining the balance of power in Asia. President Obama’s “pivot” to Asia is an effort to rebalance the distribution of power in the region. Most Asian nations prefer to have the United States as an offshore balancer, an option that they did not have in their pre-modern history. A security dilemma is operating in U.S.-China relations, causing a deepening strategic distrust between the two countries”.

Managing Hegemony in East Asia: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective

Yuan-kang Wang

A China foi o poder dominante na Ásia Oriental durante séculos antes da chegada do imperialismo ocidental no século XIX. Após quase trinta anos de crescimento económico espectacular, a China está novamente preparada para retomar o seu lugar, como poder hegemónico regional.  O argumento advém do facto da China, apesar das suas aspirações a um novo domínio na Ásia Oriental, ainda não estar em condições de desafiar a preponderância militar dos Estados Unidos no Pacífico Ocidental. Fazendo uso da epistemologia objectiva do neorrealismo e das ferramentas teóricas do realismo ofensivo, damo-nos conta das razões que motivam a China a querer ser o poder regional dominante.