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Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday 26th August

Posted by Rich Crankshaw on Thursday, August 26th, 2010
 
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In this bulletin:
- Report says thousands could have been saved from China floods,
- Hong Kong mourns Philippine hostage victims,
- Taiwan keeps old tradition honouring the dead alive, and
- Mother Teresa honoured.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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ET-This year’s summer rains have been a season of devastation and suffering in China. Many rivers have registered record-breaking [...]

Asia Cast for Thursday 24th June

Posted by Chris Thomas on Thursday, June 24th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- China’s difficulty censoring microblogs;
- Whaling negotiations break down; and
- Australia’s new prime minister.
But first we have our SOH focus on China.
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Monitoring and censoring content on China’s internet can be a real headache, reports The Epoch Times.
Chief Editor of Chinese online media giant Sina says that posts on their website can reach tens [...]

Asia Cast for Tuesday 8th June

Posted by Rich Crankshaw on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Large sinkholes forming across China;
- North Korean border guards shoot & kill 3 Chinese citizens; and
- 5,000 Palestinians cross the Gaza-Egypt border.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[Audio]
For more information please visit www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
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Our SOH focus on China is next
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While giant sinkholes plague Guatemala, eight sinkholes have suddenly formed [...]

Asia Cast for Saturday 15th May

Posted by Rich Crankshaw on Saturday, May 15th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Chinese miners left dying in debt;
- Australia goes to source in tacking asylum seekers; and
- Japanese mathematician’s clever gravity defying trick .
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[audio]
For more information please visit www.shenyunperformingarts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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Close to a hundred miners in Gansu Province have contracted [...]

Asia Cast for Thursday 13th May

Posted by Chris Thomas on Thursday, May 13th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Sixth school killing in China in less than eight weeks;
- Thailand suspends red-shirt protest crackdown; and
- Internet freedom group to get substantial donation.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[Audio]
For more information please visit www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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In China’s Shaanxi Province, a man wielding a meat [...]

Asia Cast for Monday 10th May

Posted by Daniel Teng on Monday, May 10th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- People’s response to China’s real-name internet policy;
- Philippine election violence runs right up to polling day; and
- Taiwan makes successful invention fair début .
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[audio]
For more information please visit www.shenyunperformingarts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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Academics and Netizens in China have been expressing [...]

Asia Cast for Sunday 9th May

Posted by Rich Crankshaw on Sunday, May 9th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Legal changes target China’s bloggers;
- Another deadly storm lashes India; and
- Indonesian architects design ‘purification skyscraper’.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[audio]
For more information please visit www.shenyunperformingarts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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A recent amendment to China’s law on state secrets means telecommunications companies and internet service providers [...]

Asia Cast for Thursday 6th May

Posted by Trevor Piper on Thursday, May 6th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Chinese bloggers jailed for exposing crimes;
- Taiwan to open tourism office in China; and
- Australian troops given defective equipment.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[Audio]
For more information please visit www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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Three Chinese internet activists have been sent to prison for posting information regarding [...]

Asia Cast for Wednesday 5th May

Posted by Trevor Piper on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
 
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In this Bulletin…
- China’s multiple school killings covered up;
- Hong Kong’s May Day marches; and
- Two held in Karachi over botched New York bomb attack.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[Audio]
For more information please visit www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in [...]

Asia Cast for Wednesday 28th April

Posted by Vanessa Rios on Thursday, April 29th, 2010

In this Bulletin…
- Chinese media exposes release of farmer from black jail;
- Prime ministers of India and Pakistan to meet; and
- Ousted Kyrgyz leader charged with organizing mass killings.
But first we have our Shen Yun quote of the day
[Audio]
For more information please visit www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
Our SOH focus on China is next
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Local media in Guangdong Province have [...]