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 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 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’s migrant population has swelled to over seven million. And that lacking the [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 27th May
In this bulletin: – Ai Weiwei’s family say authorities actions unlawful, – Chinese officials’ secret farms, – Taiwan’s premier urges support for independent broadcaster, and – Thai election hots up. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** The family of outspoken Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei recently told SOH the handling of his [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 6th May
In this bulletin: – Protests stall world’s busiest port, – Chinese millionaires moving funds overseas, – Hong Kong media’s self censorship growing, and – Battle-scarred fossil jaw found in Australia But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Shanghai, the world’s busiest port, was recently brought to a near standstill after a strike by truck [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 1st April
In this bulletin: – Beijing jails veteran activist once more, – Tibet rues 52 years under Chinese rule, – Fukushima evacuees fear they’ll never return home, and – India’s tiger population grows. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** NTD-The Chinese regime was heavily criticised after sentencing veteran democracy advocate Liu Xianbin to a [...]
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 4th February
In this bulletin: – China losing ground as world’s factory, – Chinese bulk buying creates Hong Kong baby formula shortage, – Tibet’s Karmapa Lama reassures followers, and – Chinese Consul shocks New Zealand Councillors. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Police in Beijing recently beat a renowned dissident immediately upon his release from [...]
