Dow Jones reports that a Japanese court this week rejected a lawsuit seeking compensation for 45 Chinese men forced to work as slave laborers at coal mines in Japan during World War II. Read More >

China's President Hu Jintao has urged government officials to "put people first" when developing new safe production methods to boost the nation's economy. Read More >

Alcoa has released its 2005 China Sustainability Report, which provides detailed insight into the environmental, social and economic achievements and challenges of Alcoa in this Asian region. Read More >

Stora Enso has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address the key findings of the environmental and social impact assessment of Stora Enso's plantations in China's Guangxi Province. Read More >

China is slated to be officially declared free of the debilitating disease lymphatic filariasis, 15 years ahead of the global elimination target of 2020. Read More >

The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) was launched in Beijing yesterday. Read More >

Environmental Solutions Worldwide announced that the company's Particulate Reactor Level II diesel emissions reduction catalyst was selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an EPA-sponsored retrofit demonstration program in Beijing. Read More >

China is central to the laundering of illegal timber from some of the world's most endangered forests, according to a new investigative report by Greenpeace. Read More >

Last weekend, 25 Greenpeace activists barged into the coal ash area of CLP Power located in Hong Kong's Nim Wan area and hammered 106 crosses into the ground to symbolize the result of CLP's 106-year coal burning operation. Read More >

Xinhua reports that the China-Brazil High-Level Coordination and Cooperation Committee was held last weekend with visiting Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar. Read More >

China says it will punish those Chinese lumber companies who illegally arrange lumbering operations in Myanmar. Read More >

China's Premier Wen Jiabao has announced a US$10 billion concessional loan for underdeveloped countries. Read More >

Toyota announced that on March 21 it established the Toyota Study Assistance Fund in conjunction with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation to provide assistance to students in mid-western China who for financial reasons would otherwise have difficulty entering university or advancing their tertiary education. Read More >

MadeToOrder has elected Half the Sky Foundation of Berkeley and Beijing as its sole philanthropic beneficiary. Read More >

The Shenzhen Cyber Cafe Association has named China Security and Surveillance Technology Inc. as the exclusive surveillance system and service provider for Internet cafes in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Read More >