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 ********************** Almost 300 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province were injured by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake [...]
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 ********************** Tianjin City resident and former railroad engineer Zhou Xiangyang has been on a hunger strike for 300 days to protest his illegal arrest and [...]
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 ********************** Beijing has moved to revise China’s Statistics Law after a string of embarrassments surrounding figures that don’t add [...]
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 ********************** Leaders around the world are calling for restraint as word of a possible massacre of Uighur reaches the outside world, reports [...]
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 ********************** 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 [...]
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 ********************** A witness in the Xinjiang region of China has reported that Chinese soldiers shot at Uighur protesters Sunday, causing [...]
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 ********************** The Zhen Yuan County Welfare Home of Guizhou Province in China has been forcefully taking away babies [...]
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 ********************** Security experts are warning that a cyber war is much more real threat to global security than a nuclear [...]
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 ********************** A study conducted jointly by researchers from Beijing University and Oregon University during the 2008 Beijing Olympics found [...]
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 ********************** Details are emerging of what caused an almost completed block of apartments in Shanghai’s new [...]
