Asia-Cast

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

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According to sources in Sichuan , Fei Xiu, head of the Law Firm under the Justice Bureau of Yibing City has used public property for personal benefits, as well as holding a forged qualification given by the CCP Sichuan Party Committee School’s Correspondence College.

Whilst her qualification is suspicious to colleagues who have evidence of the forgery, Fei Xiu has not been subject of investigation due to harbouring by those in higher ranks.

Sichuan residents have said, forged qualifications and corruption are rife in the region, with local media also engaging in these practices.

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Three months after the violent demonstration in Lhasa, tourism hotspots in the region and other businesses, who mainly survive on tourist-related trade , are still having difficulties attracting customers.

According to BBC reports, even with the conclusion of the Olympic Torch Relay on the streets of Lhasa on June 21 under tight security, local businesses are complaining of low trade after the unrest in March.

The Tibetan Government in Exile claims the Chinese communist regime’s bloody crackdown in the region killed more than 200 people. The CCP however only reported 22 civilian deaths during the March 14 riot, which many now believe were started by Chinese undercover police.

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And now for the rest of today’s Asia Cast
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The independent broadcaster New Tang Dynasty TV, who broadcast uncensored news and information into China have been experiencing problems with their satellite transmissions.

The cause of the downed signal is still unknown, and it is still to be seen when it will be restored. By normal practice, if a transponder goes down, it will be up to the satellite company to respond .

Eutelsat Communications, the satellite operator, said that its W5 satellite had experienced “an anomaly to part of its power generator subsystem” and it had “reduced by a small number the operating transponders on the satellite”.

Many have come to rely on NTDTV’s honest and accurate reporting and have been experiencing frustration at being lied to by state sources. One person wrote..

“We feel like we cannot breathe the fresh air if we cannot see NTDTV. We feel suffocated when we see the faked news and reports from other TV stations.”

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It has now been over a month since the Communist state-controlled protests in Flushing, New York started. In an interview with The Epoch Times Dr. Yang Jianli, a renowned civil rights activist and chairman of the Civil Force Organization, called the behavior of the Chinese Communist regime in the Flushing incidents “despicable.”

He explained that the attacks damage the image of Chinese immigrants and could threaten their status in the US He called on overseas Chinese to step up and resist the violence.

Yang said, “I think all Chinese people should contemplate the true meaning of patriotism seriously. Patriotism should upgrade our nations standing, so that Chinese people can be respected in the international community.

However, those violent deeds can only make Chinese people despised by foreigners, degrade Chinese people’s standing and damage their image. In reality, what they have done is not patriotic, and on the contrary, it harms our country.”

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The rising cost of oil has prompted Saudi Arabia to hold a summit over the weekend.

Before the meeting, Saudi Arabia had pledged to lift daily quotas to 9.7 million barrels by the end of July, an increase of about 500,000 barrels since May.

But without specific commitment from other members of the producers’ cartel Opec to lift production following the meeting, the market considered that Saudi Arabia’s move would not be enough to meet soaring demand, especially from fast-growing emerging economies such as China and India.

Saudi Arabia had blamed the rising oil prices more on speculation rather than an appreciation of market fundamentals.

This has prompted some analysts such as Mark Pervan of Australia’s ANZ Bank, to point out that greater clarity on OPEC capacity would help to alleviate speculative pressure. There have in the past been allegations of over reporting of oil reserves.

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