Asia Cast Saturday 29th November
External Podcast: Visit Asia-Cast.com to listen Chinese human rights lawyer Zhen Engchong and European Parliament Member Helga Truepel who met in Shanghai on Thursday (Photo taken by Epochtimes) In this Bulletin… Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2241′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Asia Cast Friday 28th November
External Podcast: Visit Asia-Cast.com to listen In this Bulletin… – Large scale protests continue in China as thousands more workers lose jobs; – Unknown group claim responsibility for Mumbai terror attack; and – Hong Kong event marks 4th anniversary of movement to quit the Chinese Communist Party . But first, here’s our SOH focus on [...]
Monitoring of recent recession funds questioned
<!–[if !mso]> <! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } –> Recently, the Chinese Communist government issued a speech that they will be strictly supervising the 4 trillion yu en worth of funds that will be used to help its fading economy. Prof. Xie Tian, a Commentator from Sound of Hope Radio said that the problem is that the regime [...]
Millions rebel against the execution of Yang Jia
<!–[if !mso]> <! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } –> The case of Yang Jia has come to a close. Yang Jia murdered six policemen in Shanghai in July, yet the people of China had labelled him a citizen’s hero. You only need know the way citizens are mistreated by the authorities and government to understand why. He was [...]
EU parliamentarian meets Chinese human rights lawyer
Member of the European Parliament Helga Truepel successfully met with renowned human rights lawyer Zhen En-chong, 58, on Thursday in Shanghai. The pair exchanged their views on various issues concerning China, and Zhen believes that the breakthrough by a foreign politician to meet with him is of great significance. Zhen says that the EU Parliament [...]
Labour dispute sparks riot in Dongguan, cars overturned
A mass group protest erupted on Tuesday afternoon in Guangdong province, involving between 2-3000 people. The riot was sparked by labour disputes at a toy factory in Dongguan, and left at least 6 people injured and police and patrol vehicles overturned. Residents present at the riot described to SOH the emotionally-charged public at the scene, [...]
30 years since China’s “reform and opening up,” but things are worse, expert says.
The year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Communist China’s “reform and opening up.” However, in the past 30 years, the disparity of wealth in China is as bad as ever, and various types of appeals are on the rise. In 2007 alone there were 30 million more petition cases appealing to higher authorities. This [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 27th November
External Podcast: Visit Asia-Cast.com to listen Fire engulfs the top floor of the Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists in Mumbai. (Lorenzo Tugnoli/AFP/Getty Images) In this Bulletin… Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2234′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Shanxi mine dam collapse liked to brother of high ranking official
Investigations into a major mine tailing collapse which happened 2 months ago in Xiang-fen prefecture, Lingfen city in Shanxi province killing 276 people have found that Tian Ya-wei, younger brother of the Shanxi provincial Communist Party Secretary was in charge of the transfer of operating rights in the Tashan mine. Tian, who reaped large profits [...]
landslide in Yangtze River’s north shore sends 50,000 cubic metres of mountain mass into the river
A massive landslide at the north shore of the Yangtze River in Chongqing city on Sunday has sent 50,000 cubic square metres of gravel into the river causing massive waves. According to Chongqing Daily News reports, at around 4.40pm on Sunday, a mountain body situated in the city’s Wushan Prefecture, at the mouth of the [...]
