2026-04-20
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This is the Beijing Hour.
Examining the events that impact and shape China and the rest of the world.
This is the Beijing Hour.
One hour of news and information brought to you every weekday.
Now here's your host.
Shane Diggum with you on this Monday,
April 20th, 2026. You're listening to the Beijing Hour,
coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, there are conflicting reports on whether
Iran will participate in another round of peace talks with the U.S.
In IslamVet.
A robot at the humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing
has beaten the human world record for that distance,
and tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the Japanese
parliament against the Prime Minister's attempt to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.
In business, China has held its lending rate steady.
In sports, the race for the Premier League title.
In culture and entertainment, china's first national reading week has kicked
off now check in the day's top stories Chinese President Xi Jinping