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 [...]
Asia Cast for the week ending Friday 21st January
In this bulletin: – China’s forced demolitions continue unchecked, – Chinese media given its reporting orders, – ASEAN meeting wraps up, and – UN worried by food prices in Asia. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Forced demolitions continue in China with government officials and local police brazenly covering for those involved 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 19th November
In this bulletin: – Corruption allegations after Shanghai blaze, – Warning that China living beyond ecological means, – Tianhe-1A takes world super computing crown, and – Japan confirms probe brought asteroid material back to Earth. But first our SOH focus on China. ********************** Activists say the inferno that recently destroyed a 28-story building in Shanghai [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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. ********************** NTDTV-A court in China’s Xinjiang region has sentenced Tibetan businessman and environmentalist, Karma Samdrup, to fifteen years [...]
