2025-01-29
59 分钟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 Bigham with you on this Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
You're listening to a special Spring Festival edition of the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, celebrations continue across China as the country marks the first day of the Year of the Snake.
On New Year's Eve, CMG's Spring Festival Gala set new records for live streaming and social media interactions.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry is making preparations to mediate the second phase of the Israel Hamas ceasefire agreement.
Displaced Palestinians continue to flood into northern Gaza and the US President's order freezing all federal funding has met strong opposition.
In the second half of the day's show, we present Greener, a Journey to 2060 special series exploring China's path towards sustainable development.
Now checking the day's top stories, Celebrations are underway across China on the first day of the Year of the Snake.
In Shandong Province, Zoa is holding a lantern festival to welcome the new year.
Organizers set up over 120 lantern installations featuring folk tales.
An ancient town in the southwestern city of Chongqing is holding various activities featuring traditional performances.
Parks in Beijing received 150,000 visitors on Tuesday, the first day of the week long Spring Festival holiday.
One of the tradition traditional ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing is to visit temple fairs which offer a blend of food vendors, folk art performances and many other festive activities.
Zhou Jiaxin visited the Dongyu Temple Fair, one of the oldest in the Chinese capital, to find out more.
Now we know this is the first Spring festival marking the nation's biggest celebration, categorized as UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
So unlike more commercialized temple fairs, what.
These temple fairs offer is more about cultural heritage, harmony and hope, which is the key element of the Spring Festival I would say.