2025-12-17
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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 Bigum with you on this Wednesday, December 17th, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, Hainan Province is preparing to make history,
as the southern island is set to begin its special customs operations on Thursday.
As Japan boosts military spending with a supplemental budget,
China is again criticizing Tokyo's stance on the Taiwan question,
and Thailand's demanding that Cambodia declare a truce as military clashes continue along their border.
In business, China will focus on expanding the domestic consumer market in 2026.
In sports,
FIFA has handed out its annual awards at a ceremony in Doha in culture and ent the inaugural forum on le The clocks ticking toward a historic moment in Hainan as the island province in South China is set to formally launch island-wide special customs operations on Thursday.
The operations will remove trade barriers by pursuing a two-tiered customs system of freer access at the first line,
regulated access at the second line, and free flow within the island.
As the province gets ready to launch the operations,
new policies are already speeding up trade and lowering costs for businesses.
Yang Chengxi visited Yangpu Port.