Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday 26th August
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 the week ending Friday 20th August
In this bulletin:
- Deadly explosion at Chinese firework factory,
- China’s economy becomes world’s second biggest,
- Disease worries in Pakistan, and
- Australian election raises republic issue.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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NTDTV/ET-An explosion at a firecracker factory in Heilongjiang Province killed at least 19 people August 16. Over 150 others were injured in the blast.
The explosion [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 13th August
In this bulletin:
- Mudslides hit northwest China,
- Chinese human rights lawyer honoured,
- Sound of Hope executive detained in Singapore, and
- Report hits out at damaging ‘green energy’ projects.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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ET/NTDTV-Days after the August 7 mudslide in Northwest China’s Gansu Province devastated the area around Zhouqu, Chinese officials reported over a thousand [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 30th July
In this bulletin:
- Floods devastate South Asia,
- Dalian oil clean-up ineffective,
- Thousands rally to keep Cantonese language, and
- Surprise by-election win for South Korean president.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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NTDTV-Chinese state media said Thursday severe flooding in Jilin had washed thousands of chemical storage barrels into the Songhua River. Official reports said 4,000 of [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 23rd July
In this bulletin:
- Online television to let Chinese see beyond Great Fire Wall,
- Ancient drainage system saves Chinese city as flooding continues,
- Tensions on Korean peninsula dominate ASEAN talks, and
- India and Japan announce new hand-held devices .
But first our SOH focus on China.
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ET-Weather conditions could worsen the impact of a major oil slick off [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Thursday July 15th
In this bulletin:
- Google remains in China,
- Floods devastate China’s south,
- Bribery scandal inside Taiwan’s High Court, and
- Fiji expels another Australian diplomat.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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ET-It looks like Internet giant Google will remain in China. State-run media confirmed July 11 the Chinese authorities had approved the renewal of Google’s operating license.
In March, [...]
Asia Cast for week ending Thursday July 8th
In this bulletin:
- One year on from Urumqi ethnic violence,
- Earthquake danger rebuilt in Sichuan,
- Dalai Lama celebrates 75th birthday, and
- New Zealand pursuing Asian trade agreements.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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NTDTV/ET-Security forces in China’s Xinjiang have been on high alert around the July 5 anniversary of the ethnic violence in Urumqi that [...]
Asia Cast for week ending Friday July 2nd
In this bulletin:
- Deadly mudslides in soutwest China,
- Independent TV station wins appeal over China broadcast,
- New Philippine president inaugurated, and
- Taiwanese protests over trade deal.
But first our SOH focus on China.
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NTDTV-A court in China’s Xinjiang region has sentenced Tibetan businessman and environmentalist, Karma Samdrup, to fifteen years in prison. They’ve charged him with robbing [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 25th June
In this Bulletin …
- Heavy rains continue in Southern China;
- US citizen to receive harsher sentence from North Korea; and
- Raging weather seen on far away planet.
But first we have our SOH focus on China.
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Heavy rain fell as forecast on China’s southern Jiangxi Province Thursday.
The National Meteorological Center has warned that the current rain could [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 24th June
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 [...]
