Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 21st January
In this bulletin: – China’s forced demolitions continue unchecked, – Chinese media given its reporting orders, – ASEAN meeting wraps up, and – UN worried by food prices in Asia. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Forced demolitions continue in China with government officials and local police brazenly covering for those involved in [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 14th January
In this bulletin: – River diversion won’t solve Beijing’s water shortage, – Torture of Chinese human rights lawyer documented, – North Korea re-opens hotline to the South, and – Thousands across Asia-Pacific affected by flooding. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** According to a former environmental protection worker a major project to divert [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 7th January
In this bulletin: – Shanghai petitioners panic Beijing, – Earthquakes rattle southwest China, – 2010, year of the large scale protest, and – Taiwan doctor wants qigong popularised. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** A group of 1,200 petitioners from Shanghai caused panic in Beijing when they went there en mass. Authorities in [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday 30th December
In this bulletin: – Beijing refuses UN enforced disappearance convention, – Microblogging aids Chinese journalists fight against censorship, – Taiwan study links wealth and energy consumption, and – South Korea presses urgency for denuclearising the North. But first our SOH Network focus on China. ********************** Dissidents in China have criticised the Chinese regime as a [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday 23rd December
In this bulletin: – Human cost of one political career in China, – Beijing detains Christian legal theorist, – CCP official handed law suit during Taiwan visit, and – India cautioned over development targets. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Dozens of people in a region of Yunan Province have been seized and [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 17th December
In this bulletin: – Dalian markets selling diseased pork, – Security official charged over Chinse Anti virus scam, – Korean War abductions under investigation , and – Taiwan smashed people smuggling ring. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** SOH Network Chinese reporters recently confirmed an outbreak of foot and mouth disease among pigs [...]
Special Freedom House interview edition of Asia Cast
SOH’s Trevor Piper recently spoke to Sarah Cook, Asia Research Analyst and Assistant Editor at Freedom House, about the organisation’s newly launched China Media Bulletin. Freedom House is an independent watchdog organisation that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 10th December (Human Rights Day)
In this bulletin: – Thousands protest land seizures in Southern China, – Asian Games highlights Chinese sports’ elitist nature, – Japanese jets scrambled after Russian planes enter airspace, and – Indonesia arrests top terror suspect. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Thousands of protesters recently gathered for days outside local government offices in [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 3rd December
In this bulletin: – Chinese AIDS patients beaten for appealing in Beijing, – China food safety concerns after baby born with antibiotic resistance, – Chinese media pulled up over Taekwondo sock coverage, and – Tensions reach new high on Korean peninsula. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Around 60 AIDS patients appealing for [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 26th November
In this bulletin: – Honk Kong fears law changes favouring People’s Liberation Army, – Shanxi Province deadly chemical plant explosion, – North Korean shelling inflames peninsula tensions, and – Freed Burmese opposition leader reunited with son. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Some Hong Kong politicians are worried proposed legislative amendment could give [...]
