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This is the Beijing Hour.
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Now here's your host, Shane Bigum with you on this Monday, December 22nd, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
China's denounced calls by Japanese officials who want their country to have nuclear weapons.
China's top legislature is reviewing a draft law to provide stronger legal protections for children.
Officials from Cambodia and Thailand will meet again on Wednesday to discuss a ceasefire to end their border conflict.
In business, China's held its loan rates unchanged.
In sports, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
In culture and entertainment,
the latest movie and the Avatar franchise This is off to a strong start at the box office.
Now check in the day's top stories.
China's denounced remarks by senior Japanese officials who say their country needs nuclear weapons,
since AUN has more on the foreign ministry's response to Japan's nuclear ambitions.
We heard that the senior officials to Japanese Prime Minister's office as well as officials in the Cabinet openly saying that Japan should process nuclear weapons and also that Japanese Minister of Defense has refused to clarify such remarks,
even saying that the revision of the three non-nuclear principles is not an option to rule out.