Asia Cast for Tuesday 31st March
In this bulletin …
- Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 18 in China;
- Australia open to Chinese investments; and
- Red Cross workers in Philippines face possible beheading.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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China’s Ministry of Public Health reported this year nearly 42,000 people have been infected with hand, foot and mouth disease and 18 [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 30th March
In this bulletin …
-Decline in China’s exports accelerates;
-Tibetan writer questions Beijing’s version of Tibetan history; and
-Lawyer named for Mumbai suspect.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The decline in Chinese exports accelerated in the first two months of this year as a slump in global demand worsened.
Chinese trade fell to US$266.77 [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 29th March
In this bulletin …
- Vast China-based cyberspy network uncovered;
- Jakarta dam death toll continues to rise; and
- Japan prepares for North Korean missile.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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An electronic spynet based in China has been uncovered by researchers from the Information Warfare Monitor in Canada The Epoch Times reports.
A request by the Office [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 28th March
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese regime uses internet clean-up campaign to shut down cyber dissidents;
- Beijing’s water supply drying-up; and
- Earth Hour 2009 a big hit around the world.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The Chinese regime has been using the excuse of eradicating vulgar content accessible to Chinese Internet users to crackdown on cyber-dissidents, [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 27th March
In this Bulletin…
- Former Sanlu boss loses appeal;
- Chinese military threat to Taiwan continues despite improving ties; and
- Anti-government protesters hold new rally in Thailand.
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The sentences of five people convicted over China’s contaminated milk scandal have been upheld.
Tian Wenhua, the former head of the now defunct Sanlu Group, lost her appeal against a life sentence [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 26th March
In this Bulletin…
- China at top of Amnesty International executions list;
- North Korea places long-range missile on launch pad; and
- Indonesia cancels cultural show under pressure from Chinese regime.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Ten months on from last May’s deadly Sichuan earthquake China’s authorities are still refusing to say just how many students [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 25th March
In this Bulletin…
- YouTube blocked in China over video of soldiers attacking Tibetan monks;
- Peace conference postponed after Dalai Lama is refused Visa; and
- Residents return to Australian town destroyed in bushfires.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The video-sharing website YouTube is reported to have been blocked in China because it has been carrying [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 24th March
In this bulletin …
-Chinese military surrounds Tibetan town;
-UN says Burma’s detention of Aung San Suu Kyi ‘illegal’; and
-Cargo plane crashes at Japanese airport.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Following a Tibetan protest on Saturday, Eastern Tibet is under siege by the Chinese military forces sent from Xiling Province, The Epoch Times quoted Students for [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 23rd March
In this bulletin …
- Video confirms Chinese Regime’s use of extreme violence in Tibetan protests;
- Questions raised over who attacked the soldiers in Chongqing city; and
- Journalists arrested by North Korea.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The Epoch Times has reported that the Tibetan Government-in-Exile released new video footage of the protests in [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 22nd March
In this Bulletin…
- Head chefs lift lid on toxic additives;
- Shocking footage show China lying again; and
- World Bank predicts up to 2 percent down turn.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Another finding of harmful additives being put into Chinese made products has come to the light of day in China.
Mr Li, a baker [...]
