2025-08-08
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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, August 8th.
2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, Israel's security cabinets approve plans for the takeover of Gaza City,
but not full occupation of the enclave.
Fish farming is raising incomes and helping the environment on the Qinghai-Shizhong Plateau.
And the latest U.S. tariffs affecting 90 nations have taken effect.
In business, trading volumes on Chinese stock markets have recorded new highs.
In sports, the World Games in Chengdu are now officially underway in culture and entertainment.
A Chinese war film has made its debut in North America.
Now checking the day's top stories.
Israel's security cabinets approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take control of Gaza City.
It stopped short of the Israeli military's full occupation of the entire enclave that Netanyahu had pushed for.
Protesters have taken to the streets near the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem,