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Harvard University divests holdings of Chinese firm over concern they could benefit terrorist Sudan. Precedent setting decision seen as positive step to limit funding of genocide and terrorism

Duracell is putting profit above people, CBU, 3.16.04

Boycott 'Made in China' for a Free Tibet, a Free China and a Freer, Fairer World Economic Order, By WTN Jamyang Norbu, Dec 14, 2003, 10:45

Nine TYC members detained and released for distributing boycott leaflets, By TYC, Nov 17, 2003, 07:42

Boycott Chinese fireworks - Aug 7, 2003 - Would you intentionally buy products made with slave labor?

'Made in China' No More (TibetNet), Dharamsala, Monday, August 04, 2003 (TibetNet)

Made in China, By Jerry J. Jasinowski, The Washington Times, May 20, 2003

China Linked To Iraq Bio-Weapons, London The Sunday Times, Matthew Campbell 25 May 03

U.S. sanctions Chinese firm; China Support Network applauds - May 24, 2003 (China Support Network) 

Monks spread word about Chinese cruelties in Tibet, By Susan Harrison Wolffis, Chronicle staff writer, Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - The monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in a Michigan shopping mall build a mandala and call for a boycott of Chinese products

China's domestic spending boom leads to deficit - April 12, 2003 - This article points out that the UK has an annual trade deficit with China of more than £6 billion

Consumers, Strike a Blow for Democracy - Boycotting French and German products is silly. If Americans really want to make a political statement at the mall, try avoiding Chinese goods, By Thane Peterson, BusinessWeek Online MARCH 18, 2003

Death, terror in N. Korea gulag (excerpt), by Robert Windrem, NBC NEWS, January 15, 2003
Products made by prison laborers in Korea may wind up on U.S. store shelves, having been “washed” first through Chinese companies that serve as intermediaries. 

It's All Made In China Now, The nation's rapid ascent up the technology ladder has huge consequences for the global economy. FORTUNE, Tuesday, February 19, 2002, By Bill Powell

How China Hides Its Slave Labor From the Free World, Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003

Harry Wu Exposes China's Nazi-like Genocide, Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com, Friday, Jan. 10, 2003

Americans Fund Slave Labor, Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003

Tibetans to boycott Chinese goods, Express News Service, Saturday, January 11, 2003

Boycott Campaign on Streets, Source : Phayul, Friday 3rd January, 2003, By Kelsang Rinchen, Phayul Reporter

Now or Never: MIC Boycott Campaign in India, by Sethu Das, Friends of Tibet (INDIA), January 1, 2003

Tibetans to launch campaign in India to boycott Chinese goods, By PENPA DOLMA, Associated Press Writer, Monday, December 30, 2002

Bad debts put strain on Chinese bank system. , 2002December 27, 2002 (London Times) This article is important because it shows that even a moderately successful boycott could have a powerful effect on the Chinese government.

Workers abused in sweatshops of China’s economic miracle, Times, London, 24th December 2002, From Oliver August in Beijing -  "Mr Wei came to Shenzhen to escape the poverty of his home town near the Vietnamese border, but found a life vastly more unequal that the one he had left behind."

TIBETAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION APPEAL TO BOYCOTT CHINESE GOODS, Dec 8, 2002

US activists boycott goods made in China, The Taipei Times, Tuesday, December 03, 2002

Boycott Campaign to begin on December 7, 2002

Anti-dumping cases to rise after WTO, 29/10/2001

China's banking system suspect - S&P, 10/10/2001

Tiny Computers transfers production from China to Scotland, August 16, 2001

Fairer dumping rules expected after WTO, Beijing (13/8/2000)

Adidas stops buying prison-made footballs from China - an interesting archive news item from 1998

China, Mexico sign WTO bilateral agreement, 14/09/2001

BP pulls out of West-East pipeline project, Press Release September 7, 2001

Falling export hurts economy, 01/09/2001

U.S.-China trade bill clears Senate in final vote. Approval of deal opens a huge market for state products, September 19, 2000

In close vote, Puget Consumers Cooperative rejects a boycott of China, June 10 1999

Tibetan Torture Victims Protest at K-mart against Consumer Goods Exported by Chinese Military

A boycott of China! You read about it here first. Saturday, June 19, 1999 By LIN DE-MAN, SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER