asia Cast for the week ending Friday 28th January
In this bulletin: – Public speaking helping defend Chinese human rights, – Drought hits China’s northern breadbasket, – Australian and Indonesia battle flooding, and – South Koreans lapping up fortunes with their lattes. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** A retired university professor recently took his views on government corruption and forced land [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 14th January
In this bulletin: – River diversion won’t solve Beijing’s water shortage, – Torture of Chinese human rights lawyer documented, – North Korea re-opens hotline to the South, and – Thousands across Asia-Pacific affected by flooding. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** According to a former environmental protection worker a major project to divert [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 7th January
In this bulletin: – Shanghai petitioners panic Beijing, – Earthquakes rattle southwest China, – 2010, year of the large scale protest, and – Taiwan doctor wants qigong popularised. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** A group of 1,200 petitioners from Shanghai caused panic in Beijing when they went there en mass. Authorities in [...]
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 26th November
In this bulletin: – Honk Kong fears law changes favouring People’s Liberation Army, – Shanxi Province deadly chemical plant explosion, – North Korean shelling inflames peninsula tensions, and – Freed Burmese opposition leader reunited with son. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** ET-Some Hong Kong politicians are worried proposed legislative amendment could give [...]
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 29th October
In this bulletin: – Student demonstrations spark campus lock down in China, – Beijing police refuse to register missing lawyer as missing, – Natural disasters besiege Indonesia, and – Attack on newspaper ahead of China forum. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Colleges and University campuses in China have been locked down after [...]
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 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 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 [...]
