Asia Cast for Tuesday 21st July
In this Bulletin…
- Calls to free jailed bloggers;
- Chinese spies in Germany uncovered; and
- North Korea said to be no threat to U.S.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Australia’s Foreign Minister Stephen Smith is hoping to discuss the detention of Australian mining executive, Stern Hu, with his Chinese counterpart sometime this week.
Smith flew to [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 20th July
In this Bulletin …
- Wife of missing human rights lawyers speaks out for Falun Gong;
- Veteran Chinese reporter publicly withdraws from the CCP; and
- Clinton meets top Indian leaders.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Geng He, wife of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, spoke out for Falun Gong on the anniversary [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 19th July
In this Bulletin …
- Events held worldwide commemorating 10 years of persecution of Falun Gong;
- Man dies after contracting swine flu; and
- Fugitive linked to Jakarta blasts.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Events are being held around the world to commemorate the 10 years of brutal persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
In Sydney, [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 18th July
In this Bulletin…
- China to fight EU at WTO over increased duties;
- India Moon probe encounters difficulties; and
- Nepalese child soldiers being freed.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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China is challenging the World Trade Organisation’s anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made screws and bolts imposed by the European Union (EU) in January.
China’s commerce ministry is going [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 17th July
In this Bulletin…
- Engineer guilty of giving shuttle secrets to China;
- U.N. & U.S. thwarting North Korea’s illicit weapons trade; and
- Turkmenistan’s ambitious desert sea project.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Chinese-born Boeing engineer, Dongfan Chung has been found guilty of giving space shuttle technology secrets to China. He will be sentenced in November [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 16th July
In this Bulletin…
- Political pressure stops Chinese law firms defending people’s rights;
- Opposition casts doubt on Myanmar’s prisoner amnesty ; and
- Backpacker lost in Australian outback found alive.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Chinese authorities are forcing many of the law firms behind China’s emerging civil rights movement to shut down, according to The [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 15th July
In this Bulletin…
- Employment rate of college students in China disputed;
- Darjeeling tea and tourism hit hard; and
- Scores killed in Iran plane crash.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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China’s Ministry of Education is claiming that this year’s employment rate among college students has reached 68 percent growing by 44,000 from last year.
However, a [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 14th July
In this Bulletin…
- China and Rio Tinto clash;
- Japan protests Uighur violence; and
- New EU-South Korea trade pact.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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In Guizhou Province, rescuers have located three miners that were trapped underground in the Xinqiao coal mine.
The three miners, all in their mid-30s, had survived for 25 days by licking water [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 13th July
In this Bulletin …
- Compensation figure reveals much higher death toll in Xinjiang uprising;
- North Korean leader has cancer; and
- Third body found near Papua mine.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The Chinese regime recently announced special compensation plus funeral fees totalling 100 million Yuan (US$14,634) for “the innocent dead” of the July [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 12th July
In this Bulletin …
- Blue Dam internet filtering software expected to surpass Green Dam;
- Metro bridge collapses in Delhi; and
- Teams probe Australian’s murder in Papua.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Despite the controversy around the Green Dam Internet filtering software, the Shanghai Andatong Information Safety Technology Company is embarking on plans to manufacture [...]
