Asia Cast for Saturday 7th November
In this Bulletin…
- Crops fail in southern China as drought continues;
- Beijing’s long reaching censorship affects Bangladesh gallery; and
- Philippine wind farm brings unexpected benefit.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Beijing is starting to pay the price for staging its extravagant 2008 Olympic Games.
One year on, the company managing the iconic Bird’s nest stadium [...]
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 Tuesday 2nd June
In this Bulletin…
- Mother and baby persecuted by police;
- Roh mourned in South Korea; and
- Amnesty slams Chinese Communist Regime.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The mother and her two month old daughter that have been made homeless because their husband was arrested for practicing Falun Gong, a Buddha school meditation practice, have come [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 11th February
In this bulletin …
- Repression continues after the Olympics;
- China announces first bird flu outbreak; and
- Human rights activist Gao Zhisheng recounts 50 days of torture.
But first here’s our SOH focus on China.
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Recently, Dejiang County authorities forbade people from holding a dragon dance during the annual Lantern Festival under the pretense it would ‘upset social [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 27th January
In this bulletin …
-Sixth confirmed case of deadly avian flu in China;
-European parliament members send strongly worded invitation to Eutelsat; and
-Rio Tinto completes Chinese smelter sale.
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A 29-year-old man from Guizhou province in China has been confirmed to be infected with the H5N1 avian flu.
According to the BBC’s report on the 25th of January, this [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 17th December
In this Bulletin…
- Olympic promises come to nothing as Chinese regime blocks foreign media websites once again;
- Outbreak of deadly H5N1 bird flu confirmed in India; and
- Australian environmentalists lament government’s back-down on climate change.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Overseas media websites made available in China shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 16th December
In this Bulletin…
- South East Asian leaders sign trade deals ahead of delayed ASEAN Summit;
- 26 still missing in Philippine’s ferry capsize; and
- Niger rebels claim kidnap of UN Envoy
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Following the recent outbreak of avian influenza in Hong Kong, news has surfaced of mass chicken deaths in the cities of Dongtai [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 18th October
In this Bulletin…
- Thousands march in Baghdad Anti-American Protests;
- Taiwan bans baking ingredient from China after melamine found; and
- UN Security Council rotates 5 nations, Iran, Iceland miss out.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Chinese authorities have continued attempts to drive out the family members of the leader of the family church in mainland [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 22nd August
In this Bulletin…
- IOC calls for investigation into under-age Chinese gymnasts;
- Beijing police ordered to investigate Chinese citizens who speak to foreign media; and
- Monsoon rains continues to devastate South Asia.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed to the Epoch Times Thursday morning that it has asked the International [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 21st August
In this Bulletin…
- List of labor camps released to international journalists in China
- Philippines government calls off peace deal; and
- A Malaysian-owned tanker, hijacked by pirates.
-But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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During the Beijing Olympics, a problem has been perplexing the International Olympic Committee and many international tourists; that the audiences could not buy [...]
