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International migrant workers and activists protest the Sixth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong, 2005

Country
China
Time period
11 December, 2005 to 18 December, 2005
Classification
Change
Cluster
Economic Justice
Total points
4 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Rosanna Kim, 11/11/2012

The Sixth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization met from 13-18 December 2005. In this Ministerial, the WTO hoped to move forward after the collapse of trade negotiations in the WTO’s Fifth Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico in 2003.

Chinese elites and commoners use city gods and direct action to hasten flood relief, Qing China, 1742

Country
China
Time period
(1742), 1700 to (1742), 1700
Classification
Change
Cluster
Economic Justice
Total points
10 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Thomas Fortuna, 13/12/2011

During the 1740s, early modern China was undergoing a profound transformation. After decades trying to recover from the turbulent transition from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty, a new era of stability was descending upon the empire, allowing for healthy growth of the economy and the expansion of the market economy.