Asia Cast for Friday 2nd January
In this Bulletin…
- Sanlu executive pleads guilty in Chinese poison milk trial;
- Taiwan holds record-breaking celebration of traditional Chinese calligraphy; and
- Burmese authorities give hope to North Korean refugees.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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One of the Sanlu Group executives on trial over China’s tainted milk scandal could face execution after pleaded guilty to [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 1st January
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese executives on trial over poisoned milk scandal;
- Joblessness could affect China’s social stability in 2009; and
- Thailand’s political crisis set to continue.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The chairwoman of the now bankrupt Sanlu Group has gone on on trial over the Chinese tainted milk scandal known to have [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 26th December
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese regime’s crackdown in Tibet continues;
- Aid agencies say things improving four years on from Boxing Day Tsunami; and
- Man charged for his part in hate crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in New York.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Reports from Tibet indicate that a number of those arrested after the [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 18th December
In this Bulletin…
- Tuberculosis China’s deadliest killer disease;
- North Korea to keep border with South closed; and
- Report reveals wealth of new species discovered in Southeast Asia.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Tuberculosis has become an increasing threat to people’s health in China. There are currently over half a billion cases in China; [...]
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 Wednesday 10th December
In this Bulletin…
- Civil rights movement still growing in China;
- 80,000 chickens culled after bird-flu outbreak in Hong Kong; and
- the Dalai Lama addresses the European Parliament.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Chinese authorities face an increase in the number of protests being held across the nation over redundancies and pay.
In Sichuan Province, 500 [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 5th December
In this Bulletin…
- Public security and police personnel attack Communist Party offices;
- Dalai Lama urges EU to not back down on China’s human rights issues; and
- Report warns of toxic toy danger.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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A university lecturer is being investigated as an “anti-revolutionary” suspect after being reported to the authorities for [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 4th December
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese dairy exports down 90 per cent as melamine scandal continues;
- Environmentalist reveals land scandal in Yunan Province; and
- Chinese regime misleads Israeli government into denying press freedom during an open meeting.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Exports of dairy products from China have fallen by over 90 per cent [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 3rd December
In this Bulletin…
- 10,000 taxi drivers strike in southern China;
- Belgian TV crew beaten and robbed while reporting on AIDS in China; and
- First NTDTV photography competition draws huge entry.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Up to 10,000 taxi drivers across Guangzhou Province went on strike together this week in a dispute over rental [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 29th November
In this Bulletin…
- Bangkok airports remain closed by protesters;
- Melamine tainted soy-meal recalled in France; and
- Mumbai’s Taj Hotel siege ends, terrorists killed.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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European Parliament member Miss. Helga Truepel has met with renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Zheng Enchong on Thursday in Shanghai.
The pair exchanged their views on sensitive [...]
