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 Friday 12th November
In this bulletin: – Chinese scientists turning coal into (black) gold, – Chinese regime warned press freedom could cause its collapse, – Death toll from Indonesian volcano now over 200, and – Burma under scrutiny. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** A Beijing court sentenced an activist campaigning for families affected by China’s [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 5th November
In this bulletin: – China hungry for bio-technology, – Beijing’s cultural genocide in Tibet, – North South Korea resume family reunions, and – Indonesian volcano’s biggest eruption since 1870. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTDTV-With a population projected to grow to 1.44 billion by 2030 China is turning to bio-technology and to [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 15th October
In this bulletin: – Beijing censors ‘end censorship’ call from former CCP figures, – Hong Kong air pollution more deadly than SARS, – Windows Phone 7 launched in Asia, and – Commonwealth Games come to grand finale in India. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTDTV-A group of former senior Chinese Communist Party [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 17th September
- Freed Chinese rights lawyer under house arrest, – iPad launched in China, – Historic Australian election finally over, and – Royal New Zealand Air Force carry out Antarctic rescue . But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTDTV-Chinese authorities placed well-known rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng under house arrest just after he completed a [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 10th September
In this bulletin: – Author says regime creating conditions for China’s toxic food, – Pacific’s busy typhoon season continues, – Taiwan considers implications of strong yen, and – Strong aftershock rocks New Zealand. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ICT-The author of a book on the safety of China’s food told the SOH [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 3rd September
In this bulletin: – China’s earthquake disaster relief inadequate, – Modern technology eroding traditional culture, – Children suffer as Pakistan faces flooding triple threat, and – Indonesian volcano’s third eruption biggest yet. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ICT-According to an expert at China’s Geological and Environmental Monitoring Institute, the country’s earthquake disaster [...]
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. ********************** NTDTV-Chinese state media said Thursday severe flooding in Jilin had washed thousands of chemical storage barrels into the [...]
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. ********************** ET-Weather conditions could worsen the [...]
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. ********************** NTDTV/ET-Security forces in China’s Xinjiang have been on high alert around the July 5 anniversary of [...]
