Asia Cast for Monday 11th August
In this Bulletin… – Beijing security ban fans from Olympic cycling; – Three Tibetan supporters were deported from China; and – Up to 130,000 Philippines displaced. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** On the first day of Olympic events, Saturday August 9, the grueling men’s Olympic road cycling race was decided amongst [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 10th August
In this Bulletin… – Chinese stock market plummets on Olympic opening day; – Wife of Chinese human rights activist missing; and – Heavy rain causes homes to collapse, killing 19. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** The Chinese stock market was marked by massive falls on the Olympic opening day. The Shanghai [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 9th August
In this Bulletin… – Olympics opening sparks worldwide protests, – Russia and Georgia battle over South Ossetia; and – US housing finance giant posts massive quarterly loss. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China. ********************** An American tourist has been shot dead in Beijing on August 9, one day after the Olympic opening ceremony, [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 8th August
In this Bulletin… – Further details of Chinese authorities crackdown on Falun Gong emerge; – Press freedom group transmits clandestine radio broadcast inside Beijing; and – Despite showy opening ceremony Beijing Games can’t shake off darker mood as athletes and activists denounce human rights abuses. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China. ********************** As [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 7th August
In this Bulletin… – Protesters call for greater scrutiny of China’s labour camps during the Olympics; – Mauritania Junta battles tide of diplomatic outrage;and – Zimbabwe facing severe food shortages by next year; -But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** About 100 Falun Gong protesters gathered in Sydney’s CBD calling for greater scrutiny [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 6th August
In this Bulletin… – President Bush urges China to allow more freedom of expression and worship; – Waving the flag for human rights lands pro-Tibet supporters in a Beijing jail; and – Floods in northwest Pakistan kill more than 30. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Beijing police clashed violently with around [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 5th August
In this Bulletin… -Nine die in worst-ever K2 climbing disaster; -Olympic reporters’ guide to labor camps published; and -Chinese journalists urge Eutelsat and BBG to turn on NTDTV signal. But first, here is our SOH focus on China ********************** With just days to go until the Beijing Olympics start, the Chinese Communist regime has shut [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 4th August
In this Bulletin… – International leaders appeal to athletes to condemn CCP’s human right abuses at the Olympic Games; – Hate table in flushing run by alleged attackers; and – Winds hamper fight against Turkish forest blaze. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Its been reported some international leaders like former Czech [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 3rd August
In this Bulletin… – Sichuan province shaken by yet another earthquake; – Contaminated water leakage in China; and – Thunder and rain predicated in Beijing on the day of the Olympic opening ceremony But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** An earthquake measuring 6.1 shook the boarder of Sichuan and Beichuan province on [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 2nd August
In this Bulletin… – Solar eclipse over China a week before the Olympics is welcomed against tradition – Secretive Chinese state oil company contract in Niger called into question; and – Brazil announces international fund to save the Amazon But first here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Following mass riots in Guizhou , Guanxi [...]
