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Strong relationships with North Korea and Burma have given China a central role in international talks with the regimes.[Reuters]
Reports NKorean defectors can pass to third countries - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 02/01/2008
 listen windows media >There are reports Beijing will soon allow more than 40 North Korean refugees sheltering at foreign missions in China to leave for third countries. China usually forces defectors to return to North Korea, where they face harsh punishment. Presenter - Joanna McCarthy Speaker - Hak Min Kim, Senior Program Officer, Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights in Seoul Calls to step up Burma sanctions - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 13/12/2007
listen windows media >The US House of Representatives adopted sanctions against Burma's multi-million dollar gem and natural gas exports, as Aung San Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer called on Australia to use its trade relationship with China to influence the Burma junta. Presenter - Sen Lam Speaker - Jared Genser, legal counsel for Burma's Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi World urges China to pressure Burma on crackdowns - Video feature from ABC's Lateline program 28/09/2007
 watch windows media >There's been international condemnation of the actions of Burma's military rulers, but so far most of the response has concentrated on diplomatic and economic sanctions. There are growing calls for China to use its influence to end the violence. North Korea nuclear facilities to be shut down - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 03/09/2007
North Korea still driving time plan at nuke talks - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 20/07/2007
listen windows media >Talks to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions are likely to close on Friday in Beijing without a deadline for the next phase of disarmament. US chief negotiator Christopher Hill says they want to allow working groups to meet and come up with an appropriate sequence for a shutdown before imposing an overall deadline. Presenter - Sen Lam Speaker - Christopher Hill, US chief negotiator; Brad Glosserman, director at the Pacific Forum at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Hawaii |
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