2025-08-19
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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 Begum with you on this Tuesday, August 19th, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
the U.S. president says he's begun making arrangements for a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts.
China's foreign ministers in India,
where the two sides have pledged to improve ties for peace, prosperity, and friendly coexistence.
Hamas and other other Palestinian factions say they've accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal.
In business, China looks to improve financing for small business.
And today we have part three of our special series, The Unyielding East,
China's World War II Relics,
telling stories about the nation and its people that stood their ground against fascism.
Today we meet a passionate collector of relics from the Hongpu Military Academy,
a school that became a cradle of heroes during World War II,
inspiring a united stand against Japanese invasion.
Now checking the day's top stories.
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