Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 30th September
In this bulletin: – Another train crash dents China’s rail safety record, – Discontent growing over land expropriation , – Fans rally for silenced Indonesian broadcaster, and – Asia increasing IT competitiveness. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Hundreds of passengers were injured in a rear-end train collision on a one-year-old Shanghai subway [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 16th September
In this bulletin: – Chinese human rights lawyer released, – Greenpeace highlights China’s toxic produce, – South Korea pressured over deportations, and – Asia’s Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Chinese human rights lawyer Guo Feixiong was released from prison September 13. Although in poor health and weakened by the [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 9th September
In this bulletin: – Slave labour rescue highlights problem, – Chinese environmental damage under investigation, – Indonesian broadcaster targeted over Chinese broadcast, and – Business success squeezes Hong Kong international schools. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-More slave labour has been discovered in China
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 26th August
In this bulletin: – China’s hacker army enters Vietnam dispute, – Hong Kong angry over Chinese leader’s security, – Greenpeace investigation details toxic sportswear, and – Bell rings for peace on Taiwan island. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-News reports in June told of escalating confrontations between China and Vietnam over the [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 19th August
In this bulletin: – Beijing mounts new Xinjiang crackdown, – Report highlights land reform burden, – An unlikely education in Taiwan, and – Smartphone patent battle. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-The Chinese regime has started August 11, another hard-line security crackdown on ethnic violence in the western region of Xinjiang. On [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 5th August
In this bulletin: – Chinese media break reporting restrictions over train crash, – China now cloning entire stores, – Independent broadcaster safely aboard new satellite, and – Thailand elects first female prime minister. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-Since the high-speed train crash in Wenzhou July 23, the Chinese regime
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 29th July
- Questions over China high-speed rail crash, – Ai Weiwei breaks silence, – Court deliberating Indonesian radio manager case, and – Worst-in-a-century floods hit South Korea. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET/NTD-In the aftermath of the deadly high-speed train collision in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, complaints from family members of the victims have [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 15th July
In this bulletin: – Beijing’s glory projects turning sour, – Grow-your-own taking off in Chinese cities, – Tibetans jailed for celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday, and – Malaysia defends heavy handed reaction to protests. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-A new highway in China
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 8th July
In this bulletin: – Beijing’s migrant population reaches 7 million, – Xinjiang tense around riot anniversary, – South China Sea row continues, and – Australian cities some of the most expensive. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Official figures show Bejing
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 1st July
In this bulletin: – China slammed for extending journalist’s detention, – Beijing tested by torrential rain, – Support keeps independent Taiwan broadcaster on-air, and – World’s largest tropical island yields new species. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-Press freedom advocates have criticised the Chinese regime for sentencing a journalist to eight more [...]
