Asia Cast for Monday 30th June
In this Bulletin…. – Beichuan province, China, under quarantine again due to a serious plague; – Japan Anti-G8 Summit Protesters Scuffle With Police; and – North Korea government agrees to allow more international help to feed it’s people. But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** News from Beijing, in order [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 29th June
In this Bulletin…. – Report claims Beijing will run out of water in ten years; – Rioters torch police building in south-west China; and – A highly toxic pesticide found on sunken ferry in the Philippines. But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** According to a report by Canadian non-government [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 28th June
In this Bulletin… – Guangdong faces the most serious power shortage in 30 years; – Counting begins after “sham” presidential election in Zimbabwe; and – The price of oil jumps to a record new high. But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** According to Hunan sources, Sun Pinghua of Yueyang [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 27th June
In this Bulletin… – North Korea destroys cooling tower at nuclear facility; – Beijing’s ‘green’ Olympics accused of drying up region; and – Natural disaster network to be set up in Asia Pacific region. But first, here’s our original SOH news direct from China ********************** Two Chinese F-8 fighters are reported to have collided in [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 26th of June
In this Bulletin…. – International Telecom Charity forced out of Burma; – China’s rare fish symbolizing the Olympic rings died suddenly; and – Survivors of the fatal ferry crash in the Philippines found washed ashore on island. But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** On June 23 Public Security Bureau [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 25th June
In this Bulletin… – Oxfam says biofuels are dragging 30 million people into poverty; – Tibet reopened to foreigners; and – China’s housing market bubble set to burst . But first, here’s our original SOH news direct from China ********************** The latest statistics from China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs show that the number of people [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday June 24th
In this Bulletin… – Free thinking lost in China; – Chinese civil rights campaigner denounces Chinese Communist Party; and – Oil prices maintained by speculation But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** According to sources in Sichuan , Fei Xiu, head of the Law Firm under the Justice Bureau [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 23rd June
In this Bulletin… – Residents are outraged by 30% slash of public transport in Beijing; – Oil powers seek tonic to record prices in Jeddah; and – Ferry capsizes in the Phillipines,more than 800 missing; But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** With the Polluted air and sandy weather casting [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 22nd June
In this Bulletin… -Cantonese officials caught making forged notes; -Olympic torch relay began its Tibetan leg under tight security at Luobulinka; and -Man Accused of Attacking Falun Gong Practitioner in Brooklyn Arrested. But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** Reported by Reuters, Shichuan Du river weir police on June 21st [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 21st June
In this Bulletin… – China increases price of electricity and refined oil; – Flash floods and landslides triggered by typhoon kills 12; and – Extreme floods, storms increasing in North America But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China ********************** According to Mainland Chinese source, the PRC State Development and Reform Commission [...]
