Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 10th December (Human Rights Day)
In this bulletin: – Thousands protest land seizures in Southern China, – Asian Games highlights Chinese sports’ elitist nature, – Japanese jets scrambled after Russian planes enter airspace, and – Indonesia arrests top terror suspect. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Thousands of protesters recently gathered for days outside local government offices in [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 3rd December
In this bulletin: – Chinese AIDS patients beaten for appealing in Beijing, – China food safety concerns after baby born with antibiotic resistance, – Chinese media pulled up over Taekwondo sock coverage, and – Tensions reach new high on Korean peninsula. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Around 60 AIDS patients appealing for [...]
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 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 8th October
In this bulletin: – Jailed Chinese activist wins Nobel Peace Prize, – Public pressure secures release of sex trade expose writer, – Tokyo and Beijing agree to talk, and – Flooding continues across.Asia. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-An imprisoned Chinese activist and writer has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. [...]
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. ********************** ET-This year
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. ********************** ET/NTDTV-Days after the August 7 mudslide in Northwest China
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 week ending Friday July 2nd
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Asia Cast for Sunday 20th June
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