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 ********************** During the Beijing Olympics, a problem has been perplexing the International Olympic Committee and many international tourists; [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 18th August
In this Bulletin… – Olympics lip-sync story triggers censors; – Victim warns: Beijing labor camp tour will be fake; and -Tokyo authorities seek arrest warrants on three environmental activists. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Of all forgeries in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, none have been as fiercely suppressed as the lip-syncing [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 13th August
In this Bulletin… – President Bush asked to act on behalf of imprisoned Chinese human rights lawyer; – British journalist caught up in latest Olympic protest; and – Japan and Korea make progress towards diplomatic relations. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China. ********************** There are currently serious concerns over the safety of renowned [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 11th August
In this Bulletin… – Beijing security ban fans from Olympic cycling; – Three Tibetan supporters were deported from China; and – Up to 130,000 Philippines displaced. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** On the first day of Olympic events, Saturday August 9, the grueling men’s Olympic road cycling race was decided amongst [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 7th August
In this Bulletin… – Protesters call for greater scrutiny of China’s labour camps during the Olympics; – Mauritania Junta battles tide of diplomatic outrage;and – Zimbabwe facing severe food shortages by next year; -But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** About 100 Falun Gong protesters gathered in Sydney’s CBD calling for greater scrutiny [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 6th August
In this Bulletin… – President Bush urges China to allow more freedom of expression and worship; – Waving the flag for human rights lands pro-Tibet supporters in a Beijing jail; and – Floods in northwest Pakistan kill more than 30. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Beijing police clashed violently with around [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 2nd August
In this Bulletin… – Solar eclipse over China a week before the Olympics is welcomed against tradition – Secretive Chinese state oil company contract in Niger called into question; and – Brazil announces international fund to save the Amazon But first here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Following mass riots in Guizhou , Guanxi [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 25th July
In this Bulletin… – Foreign media restrictions enforced ahead of Beijing Games; – Jumbo-jet forced to make emergency landing by large hole in fuselage; and – Arson suspected as blaze kills seven people in South Korea. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** On July 21 in Beijing, authorities rounded up petitioners who [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 24th July
In this Bulletin… – Gene-doping of athletes by Chinese doctors shocks experts; – Beijing to allow approved demonstrations in designated areas during Olympics; and – Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** The death of a villager in Xiaoguan county of Shangdon Province’s Wengden city from a mystery [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday July 22nd
<!– @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } In this Bulletin… – Falun Gong denies CCP’s eradication attempts; – Myserious bus bombing; and – Serbian war criminal captured. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** It has been nine years since the Chinese regime started the persecution [...]
