This report was first prepared for a Bangkok meeting: Grassroots Strategies
for Sustainable Chinese Investment, on 3-6 November 2007, convened by
Friends of the Earth-US, Earth Rights International, Focus on the Global
South, Globalization Monitor and International Rivers Network. The
information and statistics mainly belong to the period before or immediately
after the meeting, with minor exceptions. The purpose of the report is to
provide an overview on China’s overseas investment from a labor and
environmental perspective, and to stimulate debate on the issue among social
activists.