2025-05-23
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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 Bigham with you on this Friday, May 23rd, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
first-time exhibitors from eight countries are participating at the China Central and Eastern European Countries Expo.
Federal authorities in the U.S. have now charged a suspect in the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy personnel in the trucking industry in the USA.
it's feeling the impacts of Washington's tariffs on imports.
In business, Beijing's global trade and investment promotion summit.
In sports, the latest from the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha.
In culture and entertainment, Chinese filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Now check in the day's top stories.
The China CEEC Expo has welcomed first-time exhibitors from eight countries.
The event in eastern China offers a platform for 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe,
along with CEEC-plus countries that are attending in Ningbo.
Slovenia and Slovakia are the guests of honour at this edition.
They are members of the 17-plus-1 cooperation framework between China and the countries in the region.
Biran spoke with State Secretary Matush Frunges at the Slovenian Ministry of Economy.