Asia News
About this original series
Daily Asia Brief report from New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV). Asia Brief covers news and stories concerning Asia and the world.
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# Episodes
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Rating
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Episodes of Asia News
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International Human Rights Day in China
Dec 12 2007, NTDTV news And we still have news coming in from Beijing on International Human Rights Day. People came from Henan Province to appeal local injustices, despite snow and extreme cold. But also present was a large police force sent to keep international reporters from reporting on the scene. On December 10, residents gathered trying to submit an official complaint. Most of the appealers this day were teachers who came to appeal their loss of worker benefits. [ Mr. Zheng, Teacher fro...
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Release date
Dec 12, 2007
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Runtime
01:36
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Protesters Speak Out in London
Dec 12 2007, NTDTV news UK residents arrive in front of the Chinese embassy for a peaceful protest. They’re urging China to improve human rights conditions, especially wide spread persecution of its own people. It was the 59th International Human Rights Day on the 10th Dec. That day, all kinds of people came together in protest at the Chinese embassy in London. Miss Chen was lucky enough to have come to the UK after escaping persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. [Miss Chen, Falun G...
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Release date
Dec 12, 2007
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Runtime
02:02
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Overseas Chinese Remember Nanking Massacre
Dec 10 2007, NTDTV news This Thursday will be exactly 70 years after the day when the Japanese army entered the Chinese city of Nanking. What followed is known today as the Rape of Nanking or Nanking Massacre. And in New York this weekend, local Chinese groups came out to rally for greater awareness of the massacre and for human rights in general. Emotions over the Nanking Massacre also swelled up late last month, over the filming of a new Japanese movie called "the Truth About Nanjing." The m...
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Release date
Dec 10, 2007
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Runtime
00:48
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Chinese Appealers Locked up in Mental Hospitals
Dec 10 2007, NTDTV news And in Wuhan province, appealers recount their experiences of being abused by police and unlawfully sent to mental hospitals. Some were forcedly given harmful drugs. All they did was to lodge an appeal to the central government. Mrs. Zhou's husband was a lecturer at Jianghan University in Wuhan province. In 1996 he died due to lack of medical care. His workplace failed to provide him with his rightful medical insurance. So when Mrs. Zhou decided to appeal for justice to...
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Release date
Dec 10, 2007
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Runtime
00:48
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China Mine Explosion Kill 100+
Dec 7 2007, NTDTV news A mine blast in China kills more than 100 people, leaving dozens still unaccounted for underground. It happened after a gas blast ripped through a coal mine in north China today. it's yet another terrible disaster to hit the country's most dangerous industry. The explosion happened at a mine in Hongtong county in the northern province of Shanxi, which is China's largest coal-producing province. Local media report that 104 miners died in the explosion and only 15 survived...
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Release date
Dec 7, 2007
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Runtime
00:52
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Beijing Lawyer Wins Award
Dec 7 2007, NTDTV news On Monday, the French human rights organization Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l'Homme will recognize Mo Shaoping. The Beijing lawyer is being praised for his human rights work in China. Mo Shaoping is winning the award for defending human rights, democracy issues and speaking up for Falun Gong. [Mo Shaoping, Award Winner]: “Talking about human rights is forbidden in China. Human rights protests, human rights issues, democracy issues or Falun Gong news a...
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Release date
Dec 7, 2007
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Runtime
01:28
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Australian Olympian Carries Human Rights Torch
Dec 6 2007, NTDTV news Steve Moneghetti wasn't a good runner in Primary School, but soon grew up to be one of Australia's best marathon runners. In 2000 Steve Moneghetti lit the cauldron in Ballarat, Victoria, for the Sydney Olympic Games. And this time, he lights the torch for the Global Human Rights Torch Relay. Steve Moneghetti lit the Human Rights Torch, marking the start of the Global Human Rights torch relay in Ballarat, a city in Victoria, Australia. Steve Moneghetti competed in the mar...
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Release date
Dec 6, 2007
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Runtime
01:40
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Brits Debate China Olympics
Dec 6 2007, NTDTV news A debate on whether the Chinese Communist Party is using the Olympics to hide its human rights problems was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in England. The Economist of England hosted the event. On one side: Amnesty International's Mark Allison and freelance writer Jonathan Mirsky. On the other: economist Li Xuan and Sunday Times economy editor David Smith. Amnesty's Mark Allison says the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, has been trying to cover up human rights abu...
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Release date
Dec 6, 2007
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Runtime
01:08
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Anson Chan Sworn into Hong Kong Legislature
Dec 5 2007, NTDTV news An outspoken advocate of democracy, Anson Chan, has been elected to Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday. Six years ago she resigned as the Chinese territory's No. 2 official in dismay over its slow pace of political reform. The results of the by-election for a legislative seat in Hong Kong were released early Monday morning. Pro-democracy candidate Anson Chan, Hong Kong's former Chief Secretary, known as the "conscience of Hong Kong", won the election over her rival, Co...
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Release date
Dec 5, 2007
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Runtime
02:20
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Group Proposes New Chinese Government
Dec 5 2007, NTDTV news According to an Epoch Times newspaper report, Chinese dissident groups around the world are betting on an impending regime change in mainland China, and they intend to be ready whenever it comes. On December 5, the "Future China Forum," a group dedicated to bringing about a peaceful transition to democracy, announced that it will be laying the groundwork for a transitional Chinese government. The group feels this will expedite the collapse of communist rule in the world'...
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Release date
Dec 5, 2007
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Runtime
01:38
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