Asia Cast for Friday 21st March
In this Bulletin… – China admits to violence; – North Korea facing food crisis; and – China’s stock index plunges. ******************** For the first time since protests broke out in Tibet over a week ago, China has admitted using severe force to break up protests. The stat run news agency, Xinhua, said Chinese police opened [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 20th March
In this Bulletin -East Timor’s President discharged from hospital -Vietnamese woman faces firing squad and -Chinese authorities intimidating villagers **************************** Five weeks after being wounded in an assassination attempt. East Timor’s President has been discharged from hospital in Australia. Mr Jose Ramos-Horta sustained bullet wounds to the back and chest in the pre-dawn attack on [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 19th March
In this Bulletin… – Dalai Lama calls for end to violence; – Japan’s nominee to Governor of the Bank of Japan rejected; and – Polish parliament to consider boycotting Olympics. ******************** The Dalai Lama has called for an end to the violence in Tibet and said that Tibetans needed to live side-by-side with Chinese people. [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 18th March
In this Bulletin – After days of rioting,UN calls for restraint in Tibet – China ‘Still Executing Prisoners for Organs’ and – Dalai Lama’s Nephew Says Lhasa Death Toll Higher than Reported **************************** You’re listening to Asia Cast on the SOH Radio Network ********************************** Two of the world’s leading humanitarian groups have issued extensive reports [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 17th March
In this Bulletin… – The world rallies behind Tibet; – 16 people killed in missile strikes in Pakistan; and – Election rallies grip Taiwan. ******************** Protests and demonstrations over Beijing’s rule of Tibet have spread beyond the Tibetan town of Lhasa to neighbouring parts of China. Rights groups said protests have broken out and several [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 16th March
In this Bulletin… – Iranian hardline parties ahead in election count; – Hu Jintao re-elected as China’s President; and – Authorities open fire on Tibetan protestors. ******************** According to latest election results, Iranian hardliners allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the lead in the country’s parliamentary elections, but reformists showed strength in some cities where [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 15th March
In this Bulletin – China’s side of Mount Everest closed to mountaineer’s -Taiwan’s finance minister to resign and – Human Rights Torch Relay Logo introduced in Mainland China This spring, China’s Communist government will be denying mountaineer’s permission to climb its side of Mount Everest fearing that Tibet activists may try to disrupt its plans [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 14th March
In this Bulletin… – Al Qaeda issue ultimatum to Austria; – Archbishop found dead in Iraq; and – Tibetan protests spill into China. ******************** Austria’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it received an ultimatum from Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch demanding the release of prisoners in Tunisia and Algeria in exchange for freeing two Austrian [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 13th March
In this Bulletin – Bird Flu Showing Signs of Mutation Says China Expert – Ancient bones stirs ‘hobbit’ debate – Chinese dissidents protest the Chinese Communist Party preventing their return to China ******************************* China’s foreign minister has strongly criticised “anti-China forces” accusing them of politicizing this year’s Beijing Olympics. Yang, Jiechi said individuals and groups [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 12th March
In this Bulletin… – US Chief of Central Command resigns; – Malaysian state of Penang to drop policy of favouring ethnic Malays; and – China’s CCTV sued by Falun Gong adherents. US Admiral William Fallon has resigned as chief of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia after more than a year in [...]
