2025-04-18
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This is the Beijing Hour.
Do Hongyu with you on this Friday, April 18, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
the Chinese president concludes a state visit to Cambodia with the two sides pledging to build an all-weather community with a shared future.
The International Monetary Fund warns of the consequences of searching U.S. tariffs.
Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum on a mineral steel.
In business,
the 5th China International Consumer Products Expo in sports Manchester United reaches the semifinals in the Europa League.
In culture and entertainment, China's documentary heritage collections enter UNESCO's memory of the world register.
Now, today's top stories.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on China and Cambodia to carry forward the iron-cland friendship forged by the elder generation of Chinese leaders and King Norodom Sihanouk.
He met King Norodom Sihanouk during a state visit and said the two sides should endow their community with a shared future with new connotations of the time.
President Xi also met Queen Mother Norodom Maninith Sihanouk and held her as a promoter of the China-Cambodia friendship.
He welcomed the Queen Mother to visit China anytime.
While holding talks with Cambodian Senate President Hansen,
President Xi urged both sides to make good use of a new strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers and defense ministers.
The two countries agreed to build a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era,
following talks between President Xi and Prime Minister Han Manet.