Asia Cast for Saturday 11th of July
In this Bulletin…
- Earthquake rocks southwest China;
- Turkish prime minister says ethnic violence in China is genocide ; and
- Defence witness finally heard in trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Almost 300 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province were injured by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake on Thursday. So far only one [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 10th July
In this Bulletin…
- More on the conflict in Urumqi;
- U.S. Marines building presence in Helmand; and
- Australian unemployment increases.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Tianjin City resident and former railroad engineer Zhou Xiangyang has been on a hunger strike for 300 days to protest his illegal arrest and detention for believing and practising Falun [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 9th July
In this Bulletin…
- Beijing’s Confucius Institutes exporting propaganda worldwide;
- Rio Tinto employees held in Shanghai; and
- Efforts by rights groups leads to Afghan law change.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Beijing has moved to revise China’s Statistics Law after a string of embarrassments surrounding figures that don’t add up, says The Epoch Times.
As China [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 8th July
In this Bulletin…
- Death toll unknown in Uighur ethnic murders;
- North Korea suspected in Web attack; and
- Water Woes for Mumbai, India.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Leaders around the world are calling for restraint as word of a possible massacre of Uighur reaches the outside world, reports The Epoch Times.
Residents of the Xinjiang [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 7th July
In this Bulletin…
- Another town in China dying;
- CCP official GDP questioned; and
- Worlds oldest Bible on internet.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The town of Xianghe in Hunan Province, is now suffering serious poisoning from a chemicals factory that has for years been completely ignoring societal and environmental safety.
Recently two people from the [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 6th July
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese police shoot at Uighur protesters in Xinjiang;
- Northwest airlines refuses boarding of Chinese rights activist; and
- India outlines growth challenge.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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A witness in the Xinjiang region of China has reported that Chinese soldiers shot at Uighur protesters Sunday, causing many deaths and injuries, as [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 5th July
In this Bulletin …
- China welfare home seizes babies to put up for adoption;
- UK soldiers die in Helmand; and
- Aussie with swine flu leaves hospital.
But first here’s our SOH focus on China
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The Zhen Yuan County Welfare Home of Guizhou Province in China has been forcefully taking away babies from local residents who [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 4th July
In this Bulletin…
- Cyber, not nuclear, war greatest threat to global security;
- Beijing’s claims of economic growth questioned; and
- New dinosaurs discovered in Australia.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Security experts are warning that a cyber war is much more real threat to global security than a nuclear strike and that it could bring [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 3rd July
In this Bulletin…
- Beijing Olympics most polluted games;
- Contaminated water suspected to reach thousands in Kailuan; and
- Amnesty report claims Israeli attacks were war crimes.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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A study conducted jointly by researchers from Beijing University and Oregon University during the 2008 Beijing Olympics found the Beijing games to be the [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 2nd July
In this Bulletin…
- More details on Shanghai building collapse;
- Japanese business confidence improves, but outlook still bleak; and
- Judging begins in the 2009 Epoch Times International Photography Competition.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Details are emerging of what caused an almost completed block of apartments in Shanghai’s new Lotus Riverside Court development to fall [...]
