Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 8th April
In this bulletin: – Petitioners targeted around regime’s latest sensitive day, – Chinese regime pressures Vietnam over SOH broadcast, and – Cherry blossom draws Taiwan crowds. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** According to the latest announcements from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, low levels of radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 25th March
In this bulletin: – Chinese pensioners left empty handed, – Beijing reaffirms rapid nuclear expansion, – People power saves iconic trees, and – Indonesia stifling media freedom. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** As China’s population of senior citizens approaches its peak, analysts warn poor management and corruption has left pension funds in [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 18th March
In this bulletin: – Chinese quake victims waiting for aid, – Land seizures and forced demolitions continue unchecked in China, – Japan’s emperor addresses nation, and – US lists top Chinese companies selling counterfeit goods. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Residents in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province have said relief efforts in the [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday 10th March
In this bulletin… – China’s legislature holds annual sessions, – One-child policy making Chinese soldiers soft, – Hong Kong upholds judicial independence, and – Rising tourism straining Asia’s heritage sites. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-The equivalent of China’s legislature convened for its annual session Thursday March 3. All the while security [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 25th February
In this bulletin: – Chinese regime tightens dissident crackdown, – Beijing launches state-run search engine , – Hong Kong support for China human rights alliance, and – Asia-Pacific nations evacuate thousands from Libya. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-The Chinese regime has apparently started another crack down on dissidents around the country. [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 18th February
In this bulletin: – Beijing worried by middle-east protests, – Voice of America’s China service faces chop, – Chinese parents play matchmaker, and – Singapore Asia’s greenest metropolis. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-China’s official state-run media and portal websites all recently reported on the resignation of Egyptian president Mubarak. However, there [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 11th February
In this bulletin: – China’s tainted milk squeezes Hong Kong dry, – Buying restrictions could increase Chinese house prices, – Media entering darkest hour in China, and – Japan, Russia island dispute flares again. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Ever since China’s tainted-milk scandal emerged, mainland parents have been flocking to Hong [...]
asia Cast for the week ending Friday 28th January
In this bulletin: – Public speaking helping defend Chinese human rights, – Drought hits China’s northern breadbasket, – Australian and Indonesia battle flooding, and – South Koreans lapping up fortunes with their lattes. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** A retired university professor recently took his views on government corruption and forced land [...]
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 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 [...]
