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Top News headlines from around the world focusing on Asia. These short news bulletins give you "need to know" news, on the pulse of Asia. Primary Format : Current Events Language : Unknown Also Listed as: User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of SOH Radio Inc Podcasts Methings.com listings of SOH Radio Inc Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of SOH Radio Inc Asia Cast for Friday 20th November In this Bulletin… - Foreign investors detained in Beijing; - Hong Kong announces plan for expanded democratic vote; and - Philippine President quits. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Nine foreign businessmen, including citizens of the United States, Canada and Australia, visited Beijing with a message for U.S. President Barack Obama. They were followed by state security and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Wednesday 18th November In this Bulletin… - Tibetan website founder sentenced to 15 years in closed-door trial; - Men survive two months lost in Pacific Ocean; and - Australia issues catastrophic fire alert. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** The founder of an influential Tibetan literary Web site has been charged by Chinese authorities of allegedly divulging state secrets and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Thursday 19th November In this Bulletin… - Outrage at misuse of human blood products; - Opposition says Chinese students threaten Taiwanese jobs; and - Church of Scientology under fire in Australia. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** November 9 marked 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some experts now think Beijing’s Berlin Wall, the rule of the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Tuesday 17th November In this Bulletin… - Rights commission slams China’s one child policy; - Japan’s economic recovery continues to grow; and - Asia gets best view of Leonid meteor shower. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** While Chinese activists and dissidents have seen US President Obama’s visit to China as an opportunity to highlight their causes the authorities have tried [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Monday 16th November In this Bulletin … - Chinese Communist Party’s newspaper sets up in Hong Kong; - Obama discusses rights in China; and - Suu Kyi calls for talks in Burma. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** The official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), established a branch in Hong Kong on November 9th. Qiu Mingwei, former deputy director [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Friday 13th November In this Bulletin… - Student beatings a common sight on Chinese campuses; - Human rights group reports on China’s illegal detention centres; and - North Korea say South Korea will pay for recent gunfire. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** One video circulating on Chinese websites shows a female student in Shanghai viciously beating another girl, a sight [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Thursday 12th November In this Bulletin…    - China’s oppressive security monitoring draws criticism;  - Beijing berates India over Dalai Lama visit ; and  - Australian PM makes Remembrance Day visit to Afghan troops.    But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** The Chinese regime is using the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province as a testing ground for a huge surveillance network, The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Tuesday 10th November In this Bulletin… - Just exactly what does Beijing want out of Africa; - Piece of Berlin Wall unveiled in Taipei; and - Australian courts to make decision on diplomatic immunity. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Chinese leader Wen Jiabao has offered 10 billion US dollars in low-interest loans to African nations over the next three years. The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Monday 9th November In this Bulletin … - Smelter pollution in Chongqing affecting resident’s health; -South Korea urged to learn lessons from Berlin Wall collapse; and -Rebel shutdown in Indian state. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** According to local residents, toxic waste, rich in sulfur, containing gas compounds in both liquid and solid forms is being released from the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Sunday 8th November In this Bulletin … - Man dies in China while in police custody; - Taiwan officials demand explanation over disruption of NTDTV signal; and - U.S envoy says ties could improve in Myanmar. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** A 38-year-old man in China was dead within two hours of being detained at a local police station. Eight [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Saturday 7th November In this Bulletin…- Crops fail in southern China as drought continues;- Beijing’s long reaching censorship affects Bangladesh gallery; and- Philippine wind farm brings unexpected benefit.But first, here’s our SOH focus on China**********************Beijing is starting to pay the price for staging its extravagant 2008 Olympic Games.One year on, the company managing the iconic Bird’s nest stadium [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Friday 6th October In this Bulletin… - Beijing challenged over unconstitutional law; - Indonesian officials resign over corruption scandal; and - New regional body formed to protect rare Asian animals. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** China’s legal community has taken the bold step of speaking out against a vaguely defined charge often employed to convict activists and dissidents. Renowned lawyer Mo [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Thursday 5th November In this Bulletin…- Economic development harming democracy in China;- Typhoon damage helps Taiwan’s wildlife to recover; and- Increase in girls trafficked from Laos for Thai sex trade.But first, here’s our SOH focus on China**********************Speakers at a recent forum hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York discussed how in China economic development [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Monday 2nd November In this Bulletin …- Beijing gets unexpected snowfall;- North Korea ready for talks with the US; and- UN chief in Kabul for key talks.But first, here’s our SOH focus on China**********************Chinese meteorologists have brought about Beijing’s earliest snowfall in a decade, after seeding rain clouds with silver iodide to ease a drought.The Weather Modification Office [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Tuesday 3rd November In this Bulletin…- China’s toxic rivers;- Taipei 101 reaching for new ‘green’ heights; and- Sri Lanka steps-up Tamil release.But first, here’s our SOH focus on China**********************Greenpeace has said that China’s famed Pearl River is dangerously polluted.A recently released report from the environmental organisation says that factories in southern China are dumping hazardous industrial discharges into [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Sunday 1st November In this bulletin … -Abdullah withdraws from Afghan vote; -Guantanamo Uighurs sent to Palau; and -Fire at oil depot rages on in India. Dr. Abdullah has announced in Kabul that he is withdrawing from the second round of the Afghan presidential election, claiming that his demands for ensuring a fraud-free election had not been met. However he stopped [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Friday 30th October In this Bulletin…- Former Beijing bank employees protest buyouts;- Mongolia nominates new prime minister; and- Indonesia could expel refugees.But first, here’s our SOH focus on China**********************Over 500 former bank employees who lost their jobs after forced bank buyouts, protested in front of the Beijing International Conference Centre in Beijing’s Financial Street District, reported The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Thursday 29th October In this Bulletin… - Pollution hotspots mapped by activists in China; - UN to review security after Afghanistan deaths; and - Sri Lankan asylum seekers remain in limbo. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Online activists from Fujian Province have compiled a Google map of the worst-polluted areas in China. Peter Guo Baofeng said they were inspired by a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Monday 26th October In this bulletin … -Half of the population of China does not want H1N1 vaccine; -South Korean cloning scientist convicted; and -Crashes in Afghan kill 14 Americans. Vaccination against the H1N1 flu has been shunned by more than half of all Chinese because they are unsure about the safety of the shot, according to a survey by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asia Cast for Saturday 24th October In this Bulletin… - Report slams Beijing’s response to Xinjiang ethnic violence ; - Campaigners say ASEAN rights watchdog lacks bite; and - Plight of women in rural India exposed. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ********************** Earlier this week a number of Chinese organisations in New York launched a global petition to try and secure the release of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website