2025-12-19
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Examining the events that impact and shape China and the rest of the world.
This is the Beijing Hour.
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Shane Bigam with you on this Friday, December 19th, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, residents, business,
and foreign visitors in Hainan Province are expressing enthusiasm for the special customs operations that are now in effect.
Beijing's express opposition to the latest U.S.
defense bill
for playing up China's threat and including another round of arms sales for the Taiwan region.
The European leaders have decided not to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's defense needs.
In business, foreign investment in Hainan Province.
In sports, badminton's world tour finals.
and Hangzhou, and Culture and Entertainment, China's character and word of the year for 2025.
Now checking the day's top stories.
A residence in businesses in Hainan province are welcoming the launch of special customs operations.
It took effect on Thursday.